VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
SOX and Internal Control best practices continue to evolve. Led by national accounting firm technical experts and complemented by industry panelists, the program includes a combination of lectures and interactive discussions for a deeper understanding of the topics.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Understand the latest regulatory/best practice changes in key areas
- What to expect under the new administration
- Begin to assess the effects of the latest accounting standards on your SOX compliance
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Cost: $545 (save $150 off the regular price of $695 if you register by June 19th).
This event will run 845-440p (PDT) 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 mtarman@acslive.com
*Agenda will be updated to reflect latest industry issues in early 2020.
| Agenda: DAY 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | 8:45 | Continental Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:45 | 10:15 | ICFR Lessons Learned and Best Practices Common challenged 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 |
| 10:15 | 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Are Your Internal Controls in Harmony With Your Business Has your ICFR program kept pace with changes in the business and regulatory landscapes How do you select and monitor the right scope and mix of controls? Refreshing your ICFR program can provide additional results |
| 12:00 | 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | 2:15 | Information Provided by Entity (IPE) Update IPE Requirements How companies are dealing with IPE Importance of good IPE controls IPE in relation to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) |
| 2:15 | 2:25 | Break |
| 2:25 | 3:55 | Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Update Understand and control RPA risks Getting it right from the start rather than patching later Practical examples and cases |
| 3:55 | 4:00 | Break |
| 4:00 | 5:30 | SOX Survey Results Explained Current state of Sarbanes-Oxley Benchmarking SOX Costs, Hours and Controls Key findings Use of automated control testing and RPA SOX hours continue to climb |
| Agenda: DAY 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:45 | 10:00 | Latest PCAOB Audit Trends What is the PCAOB dinging the firms on? Industry trends Dealing with your auditors |
| 10:00 | 10:10 | Break |
| 10:10 | 11:30 | Data Privacy and Impact on Testing SOX Controls Confidentiality of examples and population Trends Where companies are running into issues |
| 11:30 | 12:30 | IT General Controls: Deeper Dive Trends in IT General and Application Controls Deficiencies What we are seeing with our clients |
| 12:30 | 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | 3:00 | SOX and the New Revenue Recognition Rules Data, system and process implications Risk assessment Designing and implementing adoption specific controls What we saw in initial implementation efforts |
| 3:00 | 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 | 4:30 | FAQs - Top Client Questions on SOX & Internal Controls How can we reduce SOX compliance fees? Do I have too many key controls? What is the right/best way to perform an account reconciliation? I want to go public. What do I need to think about? How can I streamline my controls with technology and automation? I'm putting in a new system - what do I need to think about? What is coming down the pipeline from the PCAOB, external auditors, that I need to know about? How can I demonstrate that I remediated a meterial weakness? |
| Conference Series Speakers Include: |
|---|
| Matt Svetich Effectus Group, Director of Technical Accounting & Business Development |
| Doron Rotman KPMG, Managing Director and National Privacy Service Co-Leader |
| Angela Barcelos CFGI, Partner |
| Joseph Prast Deloitte, Partner |
| Sunita Suryanarayan PwC, Principal |
| Ali Gee Deloitte, Senior Manager |
| Jason Emmons PwC, Managing Director |
| Kajal Shah Deloitte, Senior Manager |
| Amit Dewan Aviva Spectrum, Director |
| Keith Kawashima Protiviti, Managing Director |
| Bassam Qasem KPMG, Senior Manager |
| Daniel Lim Effectus Group, Managing Director |
| Steven Appeltans Ernst & Young, Senior Manager |
| Cameron Jackson Ernst & Young, Senior Manager |