"Achieving a Clean SOX 404 Report" is Topic of Free November 3 Webinar by Lord & Benoit.Top Ten Trouble Spots for First-Time Smaller Public Company Filers WORCESTER, Mass. -- Lord & Benoit, a global Sarbanes-Oxley research and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , will host a free webinar, "Achieving a Clean SOX (1) (Schema for Object-oriented XML) An XML schema developed by Veo Systems and Muzino Communications, which was submitted to the W3C. SOX is based on DTD, but adds data typing and reuse mechanisms. 404 Report: Top Ten Trouble Spots for first-time smaller public company filers" on Tuesday, November 3 at 2:00 p.m. EST. This webinar is open to CEOs, CFOs, controllers, audit committees, Board members, and CPAs. The findings are an invaluable starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the for a macro-level risk assessment for smaller public companies that have not yet filed under Section 404. Taking quick action can minimize the likelihood of an adverse report at the end of the first year of SOX 404(b) compliance. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bob Benoit Bob Benoit was a professional bowler in the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) in the 80s and 90s. Over the course of his career, Benoit won 4 PBA titles. He is mostly known for being the first bowler to ever roll a perfect game in a televised title match, as well as the fifth , President & Director of SOX Research, last week's filing extension by the SEC should not make the management teams at smaller public companies complacent in terms of SOX compliance. In granting the extension, SEC Chair Mary L. Schapiro said, "Since there will be no further Commission extensions, it is important for all public companies and their auditors to act with deliberate speed to move toward full Section 404 compliance." During the November 3 webinar, topics will include: the current condition of the regulatory environment; components of a SOX Section 404 management assessment; a detailed review of the top five threats to compliance which are accounting and disclosure controls, treasury, competency and training of accounting personnel, control environment, and design of controls or lack of effective compensating controls. Also to be covered are the next layer of threats to compliance: revenue recognition, financial closing process, and inadequate account reconciliations. The impact of information technology, consolidations, mergers, intercompany accounts and lessons learned will be discussed, followed by an optional online Q&A session. Instructors will be Bob Benoit and Michael Mooradian, Vice President of Operations at Lord & Benoit. Lord & Benoit is a full-service internal controls compliance firm that helps clients worldwide with SOX consulting, NAIC NAIC See National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC). , FDIC FDIC See: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). , Section 404, GAO and SOX IT. To register for this webinar, visit www.Section404.org. |
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