Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (SOX)

Leading experts in SOX Compliance consulting. 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 consulting needs that range from program builds and turn-key execution, to rationalisation and transformation.

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.

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.

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. Establish a controls-mindset in the organisation.

IT SOX

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).

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.

J-SOX

Our J-SOX compliance teams help Japanese public companies improve the efficiency of their internal controls over financial reporting process.

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 compliance consulting experience, working with organisations ranging from newly public to the largest global organisations. Our global network of SOX specialists continually monitors developments and changes within the landscape. Protiviti's approach includes:

Risk Assessment, Scoping & Project Management
Walkthrough & Control Design Assessment
Testing of Operating Effectiveness
Aggregation & Evaluation of Deficiencies
Monitoring and Validation of Remediation Activities
Reporting of Results to Management
External Auditor Liaison

Efficiency. Effectiveness. Sustainability.

Leadership

Keith Kawashima

Keith Kawashima is a Managing Director and has over 30 years of experience in finance and accounting including 20+ years with Protiviti / Arthur Andersen's Internal Audit practice and 10+ years industry experience in both Finance and Operations prior to joining ...

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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.