Your Sarbanes-Oxley journey starts with us
Publicly traded companies have increased regulation. That's why Advancing to IPO was founded, to make sure that your company is compliant. We're accounting and internal control experts who understand what SOX 404 means. Our expert teams help you design your internal controls, implement your SOX plan, and ensure that your monitoring plan is implemented and reported to management.
Our Services
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Risk Assessment and Internal Control design
Our Risk Assessment and Internal Control design services ensure that each financial risk is recorded and an appropriate mitigating control is implemented.​
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Reviewing your company's operations against the COSO framework
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Assessing the materiality and likelihood of the risk occurring
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Internal Control design and implementation
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Documentation of process, narratives, and Risk and Controls Matrix
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Walkthroughs with your auditor
SOX Compliant Accounting Team
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Many companies do not meet the separation of duties requirement. Our accounting team keeps your finance processes compliant. Our service includes
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Preparation of bank reconciliations
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Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable reconciliations
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Journal entry preparation
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Identification of unusual transactions
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Documenting and evidencing of financial statements
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SOX Monitoring
Your company is required to confirm that SOX controls are implemented and working. Our expert SOX monitoring service makes sure that all deficiencies are remediated.​
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Internal controls testing
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Remediation plans for ineffective controls
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IT General Controls monitoring with live reporting
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Reporting to your company's internal and external auditors
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Updates to process, narratives, and Risk and Controls matrix
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Walkthroughs with your auditor
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PCAOB Audit Support
Your PCAOB audit will require you to prepare audit materials from either 2 or 3 years. If you haven't been managing your accounts at a SOX level, you may never complete it without expert support.