By Harris Collingwood The right tools and attitude can turn compliance into a competitive advantage, via process change. Now that most publicly held organizations have had two+ full years of experience implementing the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, they're discovering opportunities to reduce...

Did your company take the same path as many corporations in order to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act? Finance and audit teams generally followed a four-step process: They documented business processes, documented the controls on those processes, created reports on the controls, and, finally, certified...

In the wake of major corporate accounting scandals, the United States Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act comprises a number of checks, balances, and requirements regarding financial reporting and controls, all of which affect companies that file with the Securities...