Globalization of SOX
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Despite the growing importance of accurate financial reporting by off-shore subsidiaries, joint-venture partners and vendors, structural factors may limit the effectiveness of companies and their advisors to identify and address shortcomings. Competing regulation, scarcity of knowledgeable resources, and inconsistent approaches to evaluate compliance across the enterprise may hamper company efforts. Multinationals that address these challenges by establishing a robust approach for managing compliance in non-US entities can assess their vulnerabilities more quickly and take appropriate action. Learn from an experienced advisor how your company can improve its program of international Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. In this session, we will review approaches to:
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Establishing a consistent approach for documenting, testing, remediating, and maintaining financial reporting processes across the globe
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Reconciling competing local regulation, language differences, and best practice scalability
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Leveraging experienced resources for off-shore reviews
Join us as Francine McKenna, President of McKenna Partners LLC shares her expertise with our Roundtable. Ms. McKenna has managed business development, client relationships and project delivery in a range of industries, including financial services, automotive and manufacturing. She is currently writing the book, “Keeping Watch - Can the Big 4 Still Protect Shareholders?" Visit her blog at –> http://.ReTheAuditors.blogspot.com
Our May and June Roundtable discussions will be held Thursday, May 17th and Thursday, June 14th from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. at Illinois Technology Association Conference Centre, 200 S. Wacker – 15th floor, Chicago, IL 60101. Registration begins at 11:45 a.m.
Our Roundtable Sessions are Open to all!
