Best Practices - Internal Control and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Seminar

Classroom training on the best practices for internal control, including streamlined SOX compliance and the latest guidance from the SEC, PCAOB and COSO.

This one-day seminar is designed to provide a complete overview of an effective program for the creation of internal control over financial reporting (ICFR). Be trained on how an organization can create and maintain an internal control framework to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley or other similar regulations.

Hundreds of our seminar attendees have taken a top-down risk based approach to compliance which has produced results for management and been successfully assessed by their external auditors. Learn what the "Best Practices" concerning the use of COSO Princples to define ICFR. (8 Hours CPE)

Best Practices - Information Technology Controls Seminar

Classroom training on the best practices for Information Technology governance, management, security, control and auditing.

This popular one-day seminar is designed to provide an understanding of an effective program for the creation of a system of internal control within Information Technology (IT) and its assessment. Be trained on how your organization can develop and maintain an effective IT internal control framework to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) or other similar regulations.

Our attendees learn that a top-down, risk based approach to IT compliance can produce better results for their companies by streamlining their operations, providing more accurate, timely and reliable information, avoiding litigation and reducing their IT costs. Learn the "Best Practices" of IT from the methodologies of Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and IT departments around the globe. Implement and update your IT SOX compliance and IT auditing programs. This seminar is for IT and non-IT professionals, auditors and management. (8 Hours CPE).

U.S. GAAP to IFRS Conversion – Preparing for the Change Seminar

The SEC's Roadmap for the Potential Use of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by U.S. Issuers was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2008.

The SEC is proposing a lengthy conversion period to allow companies to absorb the standards and avoid the difficulties experienced from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance. Other Federal Regulars are now working on their conversion plans to regulations based on financial reporting under IFRS.

The one-day seminar will provide guidance and training to prepare for a smooth transition to IFRS. Changing to IFRS is not a revolution but a global standardization to move from a rules-based financial reporting standard to one that is principles-based. (6 Hours CPE)

Leveraging SOX Compliance Using SEC Management Guidance and Auditing Standard 5

Learn and create prototype documents necessary for a public company to work with their external auditor to comply with the SEC regulations and PCAOB's Audit Standard 5.

This timely, three-day workshop is designed for the non-accelerated filer that will have to fully comply with Section 404 in 2009. It will leverage the efforts of compliance managers, controllers, CFO’s and others who have to create the SOX documentation. This workshop will allow for the issuer compliance with Section 404 of SOX using the SEC Management Guidance. We will walk through how to comply using the guidance from COSO, SEC and PCAOB without breaking your budget. We have many non-profit and other organizations using this workshop to start a internal control program. (24 Hours CPE)

NAIC Model Audit Rule Compliance Workshop

Learn how to comply using a cost effective methodology with the NAIC's Model Audit Rule requirements concerning internal controls over financial reporting.

This three-day workshop is focused on insurance organizations that will have to comply with the NAIC Model Audit Rule. It will leverage the efforts of compliance managers, controllers, CFO’s and others who have to create internal controls over financial reporting and governance under the NAIC Model Audit Rule. We will walk through how to comply using the knowledge we have acquired from numerous SOX engagements and Model Audit Rule projects. (24 Hours CPE)

OMB Circular A-123 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Seminar

A seminar about practical, cost-effective compliance with “Management’s Responsibility for Internal Control” for Federal Agencies with a comparison to the SOX Act requirements for Public Companies. We look closely at the risk assessment process and how to link it to the internal controls that mitigate the major risks.

This one-day seminar is designed for government accountants, auditors, section chiefs, directors, finance managers, attorneys, IT professionals and CPAs. Learn how agencies and public companies comply with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) A-123 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act without breaking the budget. We focus on the guidance provided by OMB, COSO, SEC and PCAOB. Improve your Agency operations by improving the quality of internal controls! (8 Hours CPE)