Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (SOX)

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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 consulting needs that range from programme builds and turn-key execution, to rationalisation and transformation.

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August 28, 2024
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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

Key partners

We partner with leading software companies to provide direction in the realm of SOX compliance consulting and deliver an automated testing approach with speed and convenience.

Case Studies

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).

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