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Compliance Optimization Newsletter, November Edition
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BI International November Newsletter
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Compliance Optimization Newsletter
November 2007
Where are you in your SOX planning process?
Developed a strategy? Have controls in place? Enough in-house resources? Started the documentation process? Has someone been assigned responsibility for your SOX program? Using Microsoft Documentation or an Automated Tool?
We appreciate the opportunity to determine how we can help you accelerate your SOX implementation while reducing the total cost of your initiative. Simply fill out our 5 minute Non-Accelerated Questionnaire and we will contact you within 48 hours to provide feedback on your responses.
Non-Accelerated Filers: Jump Start Program
The Compliance deadline is just 6 weeks away...No Problem! There is a solution that will help you define your path to compliance in only 2-3 weeks. There will be two virtual information sessions held this month titled: "Countdown to Compliance: Jump Start Program."
Accelerated Filers: Realizing ROI from Optimizing your SOX Framework
Leverage New SEC guidance and Best Practices to Streamline and Optimizeyour current SOX Program. Through utilization of an Accelerated-Filer Optimization Solution; learn how our methodology and product examples, can define your path to optimization.
Accounting / Consulting Firms: Want to drive Non-Accelerated Filers to your door?
Many Non-Accelerated Filers have been slow to get started on their SOX compliance work. Now that they are under the gun, there is a tremendous opportunity for firms that can deliver a complete, fast, and affordable solution. The Aline™ Complete SOX solution offers you the tools, libraries, work plans, analytic reporting and methodology that augment your expertise, so you can win more prospects and create high client satisfaction by generating real value from proposal to delivery. And you can provide this solution at no additional cost to you.
Latest News
BII and the "Aline Platform" have been selected by Polaris International as a Preferred Vendor Partner. BI International will be one of the sponsors for the North American Region Conference to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 15-17, 2007.
Our affiliation with Polaris International began due to our long-term partnership with AC Lordi, a Polaris member firm, and has since expanded to include Rowbotham LLP, based in San Francisco, CA and AJ Robbins, based in Denver, CO.
Partner firms are benefiting by using Aline in the following solution areas:
*Corporate Performance Management
*Enterprise Risk Management
*Sales and Marketing Analytics
*IT Portfolio Management
*Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Partnership
By partnering today, with BI International, your company will be provided with the “competitive edge” in SOX Compliance, IT Governance and ERM. Shortly, an “Aline Partner Corner Portal” will be available on the Aline4Sox website giving our Channel Partners direct access to all of the Aline PowerPoint presentations and marketing resources. The BI International Aline Channel Partner Program recognizes your expertise, rewards you for your impact in the compliance marketplace, and delivers tools and resources to help your organization become even more profitable regardless of its size or focus (SOX Consulting, Audit Services and Reviews, Compliance Readiness, VAR and ISV).
Growing your business is the accomplished by acquiring new customers and expanding the engagement “footprint” for current clients. Creating new relationships and fostering existing ones can be accomplished quite rapidly by utilizing the Aline platform technology.
Learn how to accelerate your consulting, audit and software development “footprint” by becoming an Aline Channel Partner.
For more information email Bob Goldstein
 BI International News
*Aline4SOX is preferred module for SOX Compliance of Millennium Cell
*Module for Internal Audit tightly integrated with Aline4SOX
*Partnership with BI International helps secure Highland Capital for SOX Compliance
*BI International Announces Release of New Packaged Solution for Non-Accelerated Filers
Upcoming Events
*Webcast - ERM: A Pragmatic Case Study to Turn Challenges Into Value
Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:00 p.m. EST, BI International CEO, Roland Mosimann will be highlighting on the unique challenges Enterprise Risk Management poses for organizations, how they can be met, and the key areas of value that can be realized.
*Seminar - Lorman Education Services: "Improving Internal Controls"
Friday, January 16, 2008 there will be a one day seminar in Wilmington, Delaware on "Internal Controls: Protecting Your Business and Managing Your Risk," these sessions are designed for Controllers, CPA's, Accountants, CFO's, CEO's, Business Owners and Managers, Auditors, Finance and Lending Professionals, and Attorneys.
*Conference - IIA Philadelphia Chapter 2007 Fall Conference
Monday, November 19, 2007 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, One Convention Center Place, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Offering 8 C.P.E. Credits.
*Webinar - Non-Accelerated Filers: Jump Start Program
Thursday, November 29, 2007, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST. The Compliance deadline is just 6 weeks away...No Problem! There is a solution that will help you define your path to compliance in only 2-3 weeks.
Ask an Expert!
This section gives you the opportunity to ask a Sarbanes-Oxley implementation and operation expert any questions you may have. For the month of August we have chosen to include the questions that were asked the most.
Q. "I come from an industry where Enterprise Risk Management is not yet commonplace. Hence, there is not yet a standard organizational structure for our business. How do I determine what all of my risks are and prioritize which are the most important?"
A. Anyone who has tried to initiate and gain adoption for an enterprise-wide program, such as Enterprise or Corporate Performance Management, knows that a key reason for failure is change. A fundamental challenge in implementing ERM is the ability to “sell” and “manage” the necessary change in behavior across the entire organization. Managing risk, like managing cost or revenue, cannot be done from the top alone— it must be “owned” by those closest to its occurrence, i.e. the process owners on the front line where managing risk must become just another part of their job.
SOX provides a great starting point for a bottom-up approach. When structured properly, the major investment for SOX compliance can now finally yield value far beyond an auditor’s attestation. The Internal Audit and IT departments can then integrate and build on this investment, each bringing longstanding experience for identifying and mitigating risk. Lastly, each Line of Business and its respective business functions also manage risk, which can be incorporated with the others together under one clear mapping.
There are 5 bottom-up steps that offer a simple, practical path that ensure that you get to this single viewpoint and that your ERM efforts are successful by leveraging existing strengths and gaining "ownership" from the frontline.
To read about the 5 steps download Roland's whitepaper on ERM
ERM: A Pragmatic Bottom-Up Approach (To Parallel the Top-Down)
- Roland Mosimann, Chief Executive Officer, BI International
Please submit your questions to our experts, just follow the "Learn More" link.
About the Author
Roland Mosimann provides clients with globally-recognized thought leadership and 25 years of industry experience. He leads major client relationships and strategy initiatives for the company. Most recently, he drove the launch of the Aline™ platform for on-demand Governance, Risk, Compliance.
Prior to founding BI International, Mosimann was a member of the Executive Board of the World Economic Forum (Davos) in Geneva, Switzerland. Responsible for leading the financial services and supply chain management sectors of the Forum’s activities, he worked with chief executive officers and cabinet level government officials in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Before that, Mosimann was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Zurich, a management consulting firm that helps leading organizations improve their performance. Previously, he had served as Market Executive for Asian sales operations for Tetra Pak, located in Singapore.
Mosimann is also a co-author of “The Multidimensional Manager: 24 Ways to Impact Your Bottom Line in 90 Days,” and “The Performance Manager: Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance.” These books examine the partnership between decision makers in companies and the people who provide them with the information to make better decisions.
He holds a Master’s of Business Administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics. Mosimann is a dual citizen of Switzerland and the USA.
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Archived Webinars
Non-Accelerated Filers: Countdown to Your Compliance
Accounting / Consulting Firms: Attaining Trusted Advisor Status
Accelerated Filers: Realizing ROI from Optimizing your SOX Framework
Demonstration
If you would like to arrange a live demonstration of the Aline™ Platform, please follow the link below or call our toll-free number 1-877-254-6324.
SOX News
*Sarbanes-Oxley Unlikely to Change
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