Entry-level review add-on
StatementProof Starter Review
An entry-level financial-record review for matters with a defined question, a manageable record set, and enough documentation to organize the account activity into reviewer-grade workpapers.
$300 launch fixed fee for qualifying Starter Reviews. Acceptance at this fixed fee is subject to document quality, transaction volume, record format, and statement complexity. Matters outside Starter Review are quoted separately as broader Hopkins Forensic engagements before additional work begins.
Built by Hopkins Forensic. Powered by StatementProof workpapers.
What this is
A defined-scope review for financial records that need organization
StatementProof Starter Review is a narrow, first-pass, statement-face workpaper review for matters where the first need is organization, indexing, transaction review, and issue identification; it does not include a full damages opinion, tracing analysis, or trial-ready expert report unless separately scoped as a broader Hopkins Forensic engagement. It helps turn bank statements, transaction histories, payment records, and supporting documents into structured workpapers that show what exists, what is missing, and what questions need follow-up. The output is reviewer-grade workpapers rather than a narrative memo, and the deliverable is organized financial-record support for whoever is reviewing the matter next — an individual, a fiduciary, an attorney, a CPA, a family member, or another reviewer. The review starts with whatever records are available; if records are missing or incomplete, the workpaper documents the gap rather than estimating what the records do not support.
Who this fits
Matters with a defined question and available records
- Individuals with bank records that need organized review
- Attorneys needing a first-pass financial-record review
- Fiduciaries or beneficiaries reviewing accountings or statements
- Business owners reviewing payments, deposits, or transfers
- Families reviewing elder financial concerns
- Reviewers preparing records before deciding whether deeper accounting work is needed
Fit assessment
When Starter Review fits — and when it may not
Good fit
- One to three main accounts
- Defined date range
- Available bank statements or transaction histories
- Specific question about deposits, transfers, payments, or missing records
- Need for a document index, transaction summary, issue list, or follow-up questions
Not a good fit
- Large multi-entity matters
- Many years of records across numerous accounts
- Matters requiring full tracing across many accounts
- Matters needing expert testimony, audit opinion, CPA attestation, legal opinion, or damages opinion
- Urgent protective, emergency, or law-enforcement response needs
Those matters may require Advanced Review, counsel, CPA, law enforcement, emergency services, or another qualified professional depending on the issue.
What records are involved
Records that support a Starter Review
- Bank statements
- Transaction exports where available
- Check images
- Deposit slips
- Wire and ACH records
- Payment records
- Invoices or receipts
- Credit card statements
- Fiduciary accountings or summaries
- Prior schedules or spreadsheets
- Correspondence identifying disputed transactions
- Any known missing-record periods
What the review produces when scoped
Workpaper-style outputs
- Source document index
- Account and statement inventory
- Missing-record list
- Transaction inventory
- Deposit or transfer issue list
- Payment irregularity summary
- Timeline of key transactions
- Workpaper-style findings
- Follow-up questions for client, counsel, fiduciary, CPA, records custodian, or counterparty
- Recommendation whether the matter appears suitable for a deeper review path
Review depth
Starter Review versus Advanced Review
Starter Review is for defined-scope matters where the goal is to organize records and identify issues. Advanced Review is for larger, more complex, multi-account, multi-year, or layered tracing matters. Starter Review may reveal that an Advanced Review is needed. Advanced Review is the broader engagement for larger, more complex matters, including loss calculations, damages schedules, or tracing analysis when scoped and supported by the records. Starter Review is not a substitute for a litigation expert engagement, audit, or legal analysis.
How the work is performed
Process and deliverable format
Source documents are indexed. Records are checked for gaps. Accounts and date ranges are inventoried. Transactions are organized into reviewable categories. Notable items are summarized. Open questions are listed. Findings are presented in workpaper-style format. The output is organized financial-record support — not a narrative investigation report, not a legal conclusion, not an audit.
Methodology
Built on StatementProof workpapers
StatementProof is the structured workpaper system behind FinancialProofReview. Each engagement runs through the same disciplined process: source documents are indexed, transactions are reconciled, and findings are organized into reviewer-grade workpapers rather than narrative memos.
Hopkins Forensic engagements are led by a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with subject-matter expertise in forensic accounting, fraud examination, and financial-record review. Reviews are conducted from a fraud-examination perspective and produce workpaper-style analysis, summaries, timelines, and issue lists. The work is financial-record review support, not legal advice, law-enforcement authority, charging decisions, or trial-ready expert testimony unless separately scoped.
The methodology is operated by Hopkins Forensic, an independent forensic-accounting firm.
Scope
What does the Starter Review include?
The $300 StatementProof Starter Review is a paid first look using one representative monthly statement from one account at one institution. It shows the StatementProof workpaper format, tests the statement layout and document quality, runs statement-face reconciliation checks, flags items requiring follow-up, and helps determine whether a broader reconstruction or forensic-accounting review should be quoted.
It is not a full account reconstruction, tracing analysis, full fraud investigation, loss/damages calculation, restitution-support schedule, expert report, or multi-period engagement. Larger matters are scoped separately based on record volume, PDF/image quality, account count, date range, and requested analysis.
Start the review
Start with the records available
If the records are incomplete, disorganized, or unclear, the first step is identifying what exists, what is missing, and whether the matter fits a Starter Review or needs a deeper review path.
Not sure which review fits your matter? See how FinancialProofReview compares to a full forensic accounting engagement.
Records still scattered? Start with the Record Chronology Packet to build the timeline and document index first.
About this review service
FinancialProofReview and Hopkins Forensic provide forensic accounting and financial-record review support. They are not a law firm and do not provide legal advice, CPA attestation, audit opinions, law-enforcement authority, charging decisions, or guaranteed outcomes. Trial-ready expert testimony, if needed, is separately scoped and retained. The scope and usefulness of any review depends on the records available.