diff --git a/verif/conformance/model_files.py b/verif/conformance/model_files.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2023, ARM Limited.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+"""Locate model files helper functions."""
+from enum import IntEnum
+from pathlib import Path
+
+DEFAULT_REF_MODEL_SCHEMA_PATH = Path("thirdparty/serialization_lib/schema")
+DEFAULT_REF_MODEL_BUILD_FLATC_PATH = Path(
+    "thirdparty/serialization_lib/third_party/flatbuffers"
+)
+DEFAULT_REF_MODEL_BUILD_EXE_PATH = Path("reference_model")
+DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR = Path("build")
+
+
+class TosaFileType(IntEnum):
+    """TOSA file types."""
+
+    REF_MODEL = 0
+    SCHEMA = 1
+    FLATC = 2
+    VERIFY_LIBRARY = 3
+
+
+TOSA_FILE_TYPE_TO_DETAILS = {
+    TosaFileType.REF_MODEL: {
+        "name": "tosa_reference_model",
+        "location": DEFAULT_REF_MODEL_BUILD_EXE_PATH,
+        "build": True,
+    },
+    TosaFileType.SCHEMA: {
+        "name": "tosa.fbs",
+        "location": DEFAULT_REF_MODEL_SCHEMA_PATH,
+        "build": False,
+    },
+    TosaFileType.FLATC: {
+        "name": "flatc",
+        "location": DEFAULT_REF_MODEL_BUILD_FLATC_PATH,
+        "build": True,
+    },
+    TosaFileType.VERIFY_LIBRARY: {
+        "name": "libtosa_reference_verify_lib.so",
+        "location": DEFAULT_REF_MODEL_BUILD_EXE_PATH,
+        "build": True,
+    },
+}
+
+
+def find_tosa_file(file_type, ref_model_path, path_is_ref_model_exe=True):
+    """Return the possible path to the required tosa file type."""
+    name = TOSA_FILE_TYPE_TO_DETAILS[file_type]["name"]
+    location = TOSA_FILE_TYPE_TO_DETAILS[file_type]["location"]
+    build = TOSA_FILE_TYPE_TO_DETAILS[file_type]["build"]
+
+    if path_is_ref_model_exe:
+        # Given a path to the reference_model executable
+
+        # Special case - return what we have been given!
+        if file_type == TosaFileType.REF_MODEL:
+            return ref_model_path
+
+        try:
+            if build:
+                # Look in build directory
+                search_path = ref_model_path.parents[1]
+            else:
+                # Look in reference_model directory
+                search_path = ref_model_path.parents[2]
+        except IndexError:
+            search_path = ref_model_path.parent
+    else:
+        # Given a path to the reference_model directory
+        if build:
+            search_path = ref_model_path / DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR
+        else:
+            search_path = ref_model_path
+
+    search_path = search_path / location / name
+
+    return search_path