Risk Management

Today's competitive marketplace requires leaders to stay focused on the horizon in search of new development opportunities and strategies to keep ahead of the competition. As a result, an organization's executive management must have confidence that its internal operations will not lead to distraction or failures that may derail the enterprise's success.

We focus on these internal processes by ensuring that risks (inherent in business processes) are managed with a well designed, proven internal control structure. Our customized risk advisory services address three fundamental risks for our clients:

Financial Risk—inaccuracy of reported financial information due to errors or fraud in the capture, measurement, assessment, classification, and presentation of financial information.

Operational Risk—losses resulting from inadequate or failed business processes, people, or systems. It includes reputation or franchise risk arising from improper business practice or market conduct, as well as the risk of failing to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or company policies.

Technological Risk—errors resulting from inadequate or failed systems design, implementation, integration, security, entitlement, and changes in management processes.

Our services provide your business with the ability to address and implement:

Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Regulatory Compliance

We design a program to satisfy SOX 404 requirements. We also implement the SOX program to include business process documentation, relevant risk and associated control identification, and independent testing of control effectiveness.

Internal Control Assessment Program

We design and develop the program as well as train your personnel to enable self-sufficient monitoring of the internal control structure and its operating effectiveness.

Internal Audit Services

We work with your Board of Directors and management to independently evaluate the internal control environment. As an independent assurance of financial reporting accuracy, we provide constructive and timely feedback regarding the effectiveness of controls and the efficiency of operations.

Audit Preparation Services

We conduct a preliminary examination of your organization to identify issues and put procedures in place to eliminate audit surprises.

Business Information Tool Development

We create database tools tailored to provide management with the business metrics needed to drive effective decision-making.