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Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Compliance: Developing Best Practices for Reporting Internal Controls
April 8, 2004 at 02:00PM ET
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Companies are spending thousands of hours—and dollars—complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires a report assessing the design and operation of your internal controls over financial reporting.
The trouble is—no one knows what the finished product should look like.
Why? Because 1) Section 404 does not specify the methods to be used or procedures to be performed in an evaluation of internal controls. 2) The SEC did not provide a report template—and if you’re like most financial executives—you’re looking for help. 3) You can’t automate integrity. It begins and ends with the way your staff does their work.
Join IOMA in this 90-minute audio conference to gain a working knowledge of Section 404 demands. You’ll discover how other companies have organized their information, and walk away with successful techniques for identifying and establishing sustainable practices to help you comply with Section 404.
DIAL IN AND LEARN:
Michael Ramos, CPA, former auditor and author of How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Assessing the Effectiveness of Internal Control, designed to help companies and accounting firms understand and apply the requirements and methodologies to assess internal controls
Lynford Graham, CPA, National Director of Audit Policy, BDO Seidman LLP
Mr. Graham is responsible for audit policy, development, and implementation as well as maintenance of the firm’s audit tools, techniques, and software. He is also a member of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board and a member of the AAA’s Practice Advisory Committee
Scott Levy, CPA is Partner-in-Charge of Grant Thornton’s assurance practice for the New York area, specializing in accounting, tax and business advisoryservices for public and private middle-market companies.
FOR ATTENDEES ONLY!
Follow author Michael Ramos’ step-by-step process for evaluating a company’s internal controls and proving these systems are effectively in place in his book How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 (Wiley) —just $40 more with your registration. That’s 40% OFF the retail price of $65!
This hands-on resource is packed with forms, checklists, illustrations, diagrams, and tables to assist anyone involved in evaluating and reporting--including CFOs, internal auditors, and outside consultants.
Companies are spending thousands of hours—and dollars—complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires a report assessing the design and operation of your internal controls over financial reporting.
The trouble is—no one knows what the finished product should look like.
Why? Because 1) Section 404 does not specify the methods to be used or procedures to be performed in an evaluation of internal controls. 2) The SEC did not provide a report template—and if you’re like most financial executives—you’re looking for help. 3) You can’t automate integrity. It begins and ends with the way your staff does their work.
Join IOMA in this 90-minute audio conference to gain a working knowledge of Section 404 demands. You’ll discover how other companies have organized their information, and walk away with successful techniques for identifying and establishing sustainable practices to help you comply with Section 404.
DIAL IN AND LEARN:
- The SEC’s definition of “internal control over financial reporting”
- What—and how much—should go into an effective report
- Can you rely on Word and Excel files to document internal controls?
- Internal controls that should be evaluated
- Which functions your auditors can help you with—and which they definitely cannot
- Can this be done affordably?
- The “frameworks” most companies will use for reporting
- The difference between a “significant deficiency”, a “material weakness”, and something that “materially effects” internal controls—and which need to be reported
- Handling quarterly reporting/evaluations
Michael Ramos, CPA, former auditor and author of How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Assessing the Effectiveness of Internal Control, designed to help companies and accounting firms understand and apply the requirements and methodologies to assess internal controls
Lynford Graham, CPA, National Director of Audit Policy, BDO Seidman LLP
Mr. Graham is responsible for audit policy, development, and implementation as well as maintenance of the firm’s audit tools, techniques, and software. He is also a member of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board and a member of the AAA’s Practice Advisory Committee
Scott Levy, CPA is Partner-in-Charge of Grant Thornton’s assurance practice for the New York area, specializing in accounting, tax and business advisoryservices for public and private middle-market companies.
FOR ATTENDEES ONLY!
Follow author Michael Ramos’ step-by-step process for evaluating a company’s internal controls and proving these systems are effectively in place in his book How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 (Wiley) —just $40 more with your registration. That’s 40% OFF the retail price of $65!
This hands-on resource is packed with forms, checklists, illustrations, diagrams, and tables to assist anyone involved in evaluating and reporting--including CFOs, internal auditors, and outside consultants.
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