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Record Nr.

UNINA9910840635503321

Autore

Marchetti Anne M. <1963->

Titolo

Sarbanes-Oxley ongoing compliance guide [[electronic resource] ] : key processes and summary checklists / / Anne M. Marchetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2007

ISBN

1-119-20150-0

1-280-85530-4

9786610855308

0-470-14494-7

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 p.)

Disciplina

346.730664

658.151

Soggetti

Corporations - Accounting - Law and legislation - United States

Corporations - Auditing - Law and legislation - United States

Financial statements - Law and legislation - United States

Corporations - United States - Accounting

Corporations - United States - Auditing

Financial statements - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

SARBANES-OXLEY ONGOING COMPLIANCE GUIDE; DEDICATION; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: THE PATH TO ONGOING COMPIANCE; THE ORIGINS OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT; GENERATING VALUE FROM COMPLIANCE; MOVING BEYOND INITIAL COMPLIANCE; REMEDIATION PRIORITIZATION; CHAPTER 2: OPTIMIZING COMPLIANCE EFFORTS; CURRENT COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES; FUTURE STATE OPPORTUNITY: COMPIANCE OPTIMIZATION; ISSUES TO CONSIDER WHEN OPTIMIZING COMPLIANCE; RIGHT-SIZING BEST PRACTICES; THE ROLE OF INTERNAL AUDIT: BALANCING THE COMPLIANCE AND AUDIT FUNCTIONS; THE EVOLVING ROLE OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

CHAPTER 3: THE TIME HAS COME FOR ERMTHE BENEFITS OF ERM: VALUE PRESERVATION AND CREATION; IMPLEMENTING ERM; ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT CYCLE; RISK MANAGEMENT REQUIRES A WELL-INFORMED AUDIT COMMITTEE; MAXIMIZE FUTURE PERFORMANCE



THROUGH BPM AND ERM INTEGRATION; CHAPTER 4: ADDRESSING COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES THROUGH AUTOMATION; SOFTWARE CAN ADD VALUE BEYOND COMPLIANCE; CONTINUOUS MONITORING TOOL CONSIDERATIONS; THE CONTINUOUS MONITORING PROCESS; RISK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE; UNIFYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CLOSE TASKS, AND SOX CONTROLS; APPENDIX A: Ongoing Compliance Checklist; PLAN, DESIGN, AND BUILD

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Sommario/riassunto

Quick and easy implementation and maintenance guide for ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance For most companies, achieving compliance to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) has proven to be more challenging, and more costly, than initially anticipated. In many cases, initial and second-year compliance efforts were found to have strained company resources, causing a shift of focus away from such areas as internal audit in order to meet SOX requirements. Sarbanes-Oxley Ongoing Compliance Guide: Key Processes and Summary Checklists provides controllers, CFOs, and auditors with step-by-ste