LIVE Virtual Training - Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Master Class

Most companies have had their SOX programs in place for a few years. Some may have become complacent, not realizing that these programs are not as efficient as they could be. This course will focus on how to ensure your program is efficient. Are you testing the right controls – the ones essential to preventing or detecting a material misstatement? Are you testing too much? Does your company make the best use of technology to assess the adequacy of controls over financial reporting? Are your total compliance costs too high? SOX leaders who have attended the course have reported success: for example, one who came in 2012 said she has already cut 17% of the total cost out of her company’s program.

This is not a basic course in SOX. It is designed for advanced SOX practitioners and leaders who are open to sharing their experiences with similarly experienced practitioners, and hearing how the program leader – an acknowledged thought leader in this area – has built world-class SOX programs and saved his employers millions of dollars of expense.

After attending this course, you will leave with a solid understanding of how to apply top-down, risk-based principles in defining the scope of work for your SOX assessment. You will also return with information on how you can apply technology to both make your assessment process more efficient and more effective.

This trainer-led, live virtual session will be offered in a 3x3 format (3 hours of e-learning over 3 days [two 90-minute sessions/per day] for a total of 9 hours.