Profitable Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Attain Improved Shareholder Value and Bottom-line Results

by C. Lynn Northrup  (Author)



The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is here to stay. This unique reference not only shows how to achieve compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, but also guides senior executives and their management teams in assessing the reliability of financial reporting and internal controls to maintain compliance. Unlike other SOX books, it shows how to use the process to reduce risks and improve profitability, shareholder value and operational performance.

Key Features:
• Delineates how to achieve compliance to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and how to select and apply the right performance metrics to maintain compliance and create value
• Includes a blueprint for using the COSO and enterprise risk management frameworks that provides a model for assessing the reliability of business risk and internal controls
• Supplies the tools and techniques to conduct internal control continuous self-assessments to improve operational performance and achieve greater profitability
• Provides guidance on building effective programs for identifying, measuring, prioritizing and responding to risk
• Uncovers the secrets to creating a reliable business process infrastructure that provides the basis for real-time top-down and bottom-up financial reporting and profit planning
• WAV offers a free downloadable Sarbanes-Oxley compliance management checklist, performance measurement scorecard, self-assessment checklist and scoring template, business process management checklist, and other compliance and internal control resources and tools