Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (SOX) Leading experts in SOX compliance. It’s what we do every day. Protiviti has been a long standing and recognised global thought leader in SOX and Committee of Sponsoring Organisations (COSO) compliance. Our publications, benchmarking studies and global seminars are widely recognised in the marketplace and continually provide the latest regulatory and industry trends. Our clients benefit by having access to leaders with deep industry and subject matter expertise for whom SOX compliance is a principal focus.We have served hundreds of clients with their SOX compliance needs that range from program builds to turn-key execution, to rationalisation and transformation. Whitepaper August 28, 2024 EMPOWERING THE PROGRESS OF SOX INNOVATION WITH ANALYTICS AND AUTOMATION Key takeaways and findings from a SOX Compliance Poll of Audit and Finance Executives and Professionals Read more Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) act Pro Briefcase Public company readiness – year one SOX Establish a roadmap to comply with SOX 404 by right sizing your SOX program and infusing leading practices to build an effective, efficient, and sustainable control framework and program. Pro Building office SOX diagnostic Assess your SOX compliance program to rationalise your controls and validate your overall approach. Our diagnostic services build upon years of SOX compliance activities and the application of SEC and PCAOB guidance. Pro Document Consent Ongoing SOX compliance Assess the effectiveness of your SOX program to ensure it adjusts to the changing needs of your organisation. Conduct training and awareness for executives, process, and control owners to ensure the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) act are met. Establish a controls-mindset in the organisation. Pro Document Stack IT SOX compliance Understand how technology impacts your control environment and identify optimisation opportunities by evaluating control design and operating effectiveness of application and IT general controls, as well as the impact of major technology projects (e.g., ERP implementations). Pro Rightmark Square SOX transformation & innovation Test faster and more accurately by leveraging our testing accelerators, proprietary data-driven control testing tools, and Control Testing and Innovation Center services, as well as our network of global delivery centers. Pro Workflow Flowchart J-SOX Our J-SOX compliance teams help Japanese public companies improve the efficiency of their internal controls over financial reporting process. Pro Screen System Integration UK corporate reform Prepare for the forthcoming UK SOX requirement through establishing internal control programs and complying with regulatory requirements. Efficiency. Effectiveness. Sustainability. Our approach Protiviti assists companies in designing SOX programs that deliver upon compliance objectives, without putting undue strain on the organisation. We are experts and have years of proven SOX experience, working with newly public to the largest global organisations. Our global network of SOX specialists continually monitor developments and changes within the landscape. Protiviti's approachRisk assessment, scoping & project managementWalkthrough & control design assessmentTesting of operating effectivenessAggregation & evaluation of deficienciesMonitoring and validation of remediation activitiesReporting of results to managementExternal auditor liaison Efficiency. Effectiveness. Sustainability. Leadership Lauren Brown Lauren is the country lead for Australia. With over 14 years' experience in governance, risk, and internal control, she specialises across multiple industries including health, higher education, government, consumer products, and energy. She is an active member and ... Learn More Adam Christou Adam is a managing director and Protiviti’s Australian energy, utilities, and mining lead as well as a member of the organisation’s global internal audit leadership. He is also a key member of the global energy and resources leadership team. He currently serves as ... Learn More Prakash Rajandran Prakash is a director with over 18 years’ experience across professional services and the commercial environment delivering large, complex risk and assurance programs (including SOX and JSOX), developing digital strategies and managing large scale digital ... Learn More Rich Turley Rich is a managing director with over 20 years’ experience in assurance, audit, risk, and compliance management. He leads major internal audit, risk and compliance management engagements for various ASX-listed companies and major government agencies. He is a leader in ... Learn More Key partners We partner with leading software companies to provide direction and deliver an automated testing approach with speed and convenience. Featured insights SURVEY From AI to Cyber - Deconstructing a Complex Technology Risk Landscape Protiviti’s global internal audit survey 2024 highlights the challenges and technology risk trends faced by internal auditors worldwide. Download the report. WHITEPAPER EMPOWERING THE PROGRESS OF SOX INNOVATION WITH ANALYTICS AND AUTOMATION Key takeaways and findings from a SOX Compliance Poll of Audit and Finance Executives and Professionals... IN FOCUS Understanding the Global Internal Audit Standards A three-part blog series and webinar, featuring commentary, insights and points of view from Protiviti leaders and SMEs on key challenges and risks companies are facing today, along with new and emerging developments in the market.The final updated... NEWSLETTER Setting the 2024 Audit Committee Agenda Compared to prior years, our suggested 2024 audit committee agenda has taken a bit of a turn due to ongoing and recent market and regulatory developments.A complex business environment: The 2024 audit committee agenda includes important enterprise,... NEWSLETTER Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider As they self-assess their performance periodically, audit committees may find useful the illustrative questions we have made available in our Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider. Committee members should periodically assess the... SURVEY Achieving Audit Relevance As internal audit functions face a continuing talent crunch and demands to support the organisation’s strategic moves in response to external events, chief audit executives (CAEs) are focused on growing internal audit’s relevance with the board,... Button Button Case Studies Internal audit group converts SOX testing to real time, extends coverage tenfold using RPA As internal audit organisations look for effective ways to perform their work in a more agile manner, including how to leverage methodologies, data and technology to add value and become strategic advisers to their business partners, many are finding that the use of robotic process automation (RPA) checks a lot of boxes. RPA integration into internal audit functions is expanding and improving productivity across many different sectors. In a recent successful engagement, Protiviti was retained by the internal audit team of a Fortune 500 organisation to help automate functions within their department. The objective was to use RPA to reduce manual effort, improve testing coverage and increase the reliability of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)-related IT controls testing. The engagement team reviewed the SOX IT controls library to identify controls that would be best suited for automation. The goal of the exercise was to find automation candidates that would yield higher value with relatively low effort. The controls were evaluated and categorised according to value or potential benefits (e.g., time savings, enhanced risk monitoring) and automation complexity (e.g., system dependencies that could make the automation process difficult).
