Category: Compliance
Without the right tone at the top, you could be encouraging fraud
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. A top executive of a public company suddenly resigns. This person had bypassed the company’s processes and procedures to move forward with a huge transaction that really should …
See MoreSOX compliance evolves: What’s worked so far and what’s still out of whack
When SOX was first invented, we all struggled to figure out what companies were supposed to be doing, and what auditors were expecting to see. All this happened while the auditors were trying to follow new audit rules just…
See MoreWhat’s your move? The big consideration for data security
RoseRyan VP Pat Voll recently weighed in on a recent CFO.com debate that posed the question “Is your data more secure in a data center or in the cloud?” CFO published her bylined article alongside other data-…
See MoreConquer complexity: Get briefed on the latest accounting updates
In the accounting world, the rules are ever changing. Large in scope and long awaited, the new rule for recognizing revenue continues to get clarifications in the months leading up to its effective date. The new leasing st…
See MoreAn executive briefing: Demystifying the latest accounting rules and what you need to think about
A flurry of effective dates, interpretive guidance and new rules—companies are processing a lot of information coming their way from the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. So…
See MoreWhat CFOs need to know about the new leasing standard
One loud giant thud is the sound you’d hear if you printed out all 485 pages of the new lease accounting standard and threw it on your desk. Multiple giant thuds. That’s what we’ll all be hearing when trillions of do…
See MoreGet ready: FASB is dumping some big items on your to-do list
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has a bunch of resolutions that affect many companies. The board is offloading some of their weightier projects that have taken up a lot of time (several years!) on their docket. Fo…
See MoreHow fast is your monthly close process? Better take a look at it.
Ask a finance team how quickly they can pull off closing the books, and you’ll likely get some groans in response. Chances are they want to be faster but something—or many things—are clogging up the works. Inefficien…
See MoreView the finance work around the IPO as a marathon, not a sprint
Going public takes endurance. The whole process—from the decision to go IPO, to the S-1 filing and the roadshow, to the first day of trading and then the post-IPO phase—usually takes longer than expected and puts a maj…
See MoreA 6-point internal control checklist for year end (yes, already!)
Many people say life speeds up as you get older. Maybe that’s why the year-end crunch seems to keep getting tighter. The end of Q3 is upon us and year end is right around the corner. While the company’s SOX testing may…
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