SOX & Internal Controls Update 2025
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Understand the latest regulatory/best practice changes in key areas
- How to optimize your ICFR efforts: technology considerations
- How are your counterparts sustaining their SOX efforts
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Cost: $695
This event will run 8:45-4:55p (Eastern Time) each day.
Register any one of three ways:
1. Register online using a credit card and click the orange button
2. Register by phone at (610) 789-3110
3. Email your contact info to be invoiced to [email protected]
| Agenda: DAY 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:45 | 10:55 | ICFR Lessons Learned and Best Practices Common challenges in the SOX program life cycle including risk assessment and control selection and design Controls related to significant unusual transactions Information Used in Controls (IUC) and the use of technology to modernize the SOX program |
| 10:55 | 11:10 | Break |
| 11:10 | 12:25 | IT General Controls: Common Scenarios ITGC Scoping for SOX Compliance Basic Training Review: general scoping, risk process and control topics SOX Challenges in the Cloud New Trends: what we are seeing with our clients |
| 12:25 | 1:00 | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 | 2:15 | Industry Panel Discussion and Q&A |
| 2:15 | 2:30 | Break |
| 2:30 | 3:45 | SOX AI/Automation PwC demo of three live tools and platforms for the SOX/IA lifecycle Deep Research for Risk Dynamic Control Testing Internal Audit OS |
| 3:45 | 3:55 | Break |
| 3:55 | 5:00 | Cybersecurity Update Assessing your cybersecurity posture Frameworks Incident reporting Risk management and governance Emerging standards of AI guidance |
| Agenda: DAY 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:45 | 10:15 | How to Populate a Risk & Control Matrix: Avoid Common Pitfalls Anchor each line of the RCM to a clearly articulate financial statement risk Align controls to relevant assertions and process objectives Right-size the level of precision Clearly assign control owners, timing and evidence |
| 10:15 | 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 | 11:35 | SOX by the Numbers: Material Weakness Trends, Cost Pressure and the Hidden Risk Curve When things go wrong Trends and patterns Evaluate your auditor Methods that work |
| 11:35 | 11:45 | Break |
| 11:45 | 1:00 | SOX for Lean Teams: Staying Compliant with Limited Resources Focus on what truly matters Design controls that scale Leverage automation strategically Avoid over-documentation traps |
| 1:00 | 1:50 | Lunch Break |
| 1:50 | 3:00 | KPMG Insights on SOX Trends How to govern and place controls around AI and comply with SOX The Future of SOX |
| 3:00 | 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 | 4:35 | Future of Work and Wrap-Up |
| Conference Series Speakers Include: |
|---|
| Will Abee Deloitte, Accounting & Reporting Advisory Manager |
| Dylan Fahy Deloitte, Senior Manager |
| Stefan Ozer Deloitte, Partner |
| Morgan Aumick Deloitte, Senior Consultant - Business Controls Advisory |
| Jeff Dietrich BPM, Partner |
| Paul Bansal BPM, Managing Director |
| Justin Kay BPM, Partner |
| Dan Hansen Protiviti, Managing Director |
| Jeff Sorensen PwC, Global Client Partner |
| Daniel O'Leary Protiviti, Managing Director |
| Wyatt McKenzie PwC, Senior Manager |
| Jon Medina Protiviti, Managing Director |
| Debbie Biddle-Castillo Baker Tilly, Principal |
| Industry Panelists from Google, Bloom Energy and Salesforce |
| Andrew Willis Protiviti, Managing Director |
| Angela Barcelos CFGI, Partner |
| Megan Cappy Baker Tilly, Senior Manager, Risk Advisory |
| Megan Smith Deloitte, Audit Manager |
| Dan Mochizuki KPMG, Director |



