Providing simple solutions to your complex IPO and SOX compliance problems.
Has A2Q2 been responsive to the specific needs of your company?
We’re not an easy company. The controls they’re trying to help us implement span across multiple groups, and that’s hard to do. The trust is absolutely there within the teams. And where we do need that hand-holding guidance, they will absolutely go the extra mile to help us.
– Matt Zelen, COO, UserTesting
Are there benefits to co-sourcing with A2Q2?
I learned years ago that unless it’s a core competency of your organization, it’s better to outsource. There’s no value-add for us owning that process, which is why we hired Kim to do it for us.
– Ted Monohon, CAO & VP Finance, Cortexyme
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If you’re in your pre-IPO phase and still preparing to go public, then you need to know one fact – addressing your SOX readiness now will make your IPO journey easier.
When you commit to assessing your SOX readiness and using the data from your assessment to improve your SOX compliance, your values become clear. It becomes obvious that you care about your investors and also value growth.
That’s why we stress – achieve SOX readiness first.
But SOX readiness isn’t something you just dive into and expect to complete on the spot – NO.
It’s a process that needs time, a growth mindset, high attention to detail, and the drive to improve despite deficiencies. To achieve SOX readiness, you refine the parts of your internal controls that need improvement.
As to the question of how? Well, with A2Q2 as your partner, you have all the support you need!
PREPARING YOU EARLY FOR SOX COMPLIANCE
- Pinpointing key internal controls covering financial and accounting statement declarations
- Carrying out a general risk assessment and establishment of a scope.
- Appraising pre-IPO and post-IPO risk assessment for efficient transition.
- Providing a systematic, methodical and highly coherent guidance and mentorship for your organization on total compliance.
- Creating a Risk Control Matrix (RCM) that will further assist in identifying risks and providing efficient guidance towards controlling them.
- Accessing and evaluating control gaps by interviewing current process owners to identify deficiencies.
- Identifying control design gaps to determine whether the controls are managing risks as designed.
- Compiling and documenting accurate results to present to the audit committee and management team.