Sarbanes-Oxley Consulting

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Assistance

Our team of experts has experience in leading and performing the documentation and testing for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance from both the external audit and internal audit perspectives. We are members of the PCAOB (The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) and our professionals are Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) and Certified Information Systems Auditors (CISAs) with "Big Four" and industry experience.

SC&H Consulting has a proven SOX 404 methodology based on the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) frameworks. We will customize our SOX methodology to assist your organization's management in developing a sustainable compliance process under Sarbanes-Oxley Sections 302 and 404.

For those individuals or corporations interested in SOX education, we offer two courses, in partnership with The Institute for Financial Excellence, designed to educate users on the full spectrum of SOX compliance requirements. Branded under the name "SOX IQ" these courses are available on-line and on-demand. Get more information on SOX IQ now.

SC&H Consulting:

• Re-scopes existing efforts to implement the most recent SOX guidance from the PCAOB (e.g.,"top-down" and risk-based audit approaches) to minimize compliance efforts and costs
• Identifies the correct scope of work to only document and test key controls to mitigate risks that could contribute to a material misstatement
• Uses SOX 404 methodology and templates to implement turnkey SOX solutions
• Improves the control environment (e.g., replace detective controls with preventive controls, and replace manual controls with automated controls) to create a sustainable compliance process
• Develops documentation and performs testing that will allow your external auditor to have the highest degree of reliance on our testing
• Uses technology to enable compliance and reduce cost of compliance

SC&H Consulting SOX successes:

• Successfully defended client positions on scope, testing methodology, and conclusions on the level of effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting (ICOFR)
• Successfully reduced external audit fees by providing documentation and testing the auditors could rely upon, and protecting the company from unnecessary increase in scope of work by the external auditor
• Implemented systematic procedures, including a detailed project tracking mechanism, to ensure timely completion of project deliverables
• Provided clients with product that is easy to maintain and rely upon for future years' compliance initiatives, thereby reducing future-year compliance costs

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For further information, click here to view our webinar:

• Developing Effective SOX Compliance Programs
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