05/01/2009 - 01:22 SAN FRANCISCO & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Burr Pilger Mayer (BPM), the largest non-national accounting and consulting firm in the Bay Area and SOX Professionals, LLC, a leader in innovative and cost-effective Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance solutions, are offering two, one-day seminars to identify and address compliance needs.
The seminars will be held Thursday, June 11 in San Francisco and Tuesday, June 16 in San Jose at the regional BPM offices.
By participating in the seminar, each attendee will leave with a completed risk assessment which is a critical first step in developing or updating a compliance strategy.
The seminars qualify for 8 hours of CPE credit. To register online, go to our seminars page.
"We believe in this unique approach to addressing the demands of SOX compliance," said Stephen D. Mayer, managing partner of BPM. "We are working with SOX Professionals to deliver this cost-effective solution to our clients in an effort to meet their compliance goals."
In February, SOX Professionals announced the release of the SOX Compliance Made Simple product suite designed for non-accelerated filers needing to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002. This new offering allows companies to establish and manage effective internal controls, reduce audit costs, and mitigate business risk for a fraction of the cost and effort of traditional approaches.
Teresa Bockwoldt, co-founder of SOX Professionals, said, "We recognize and appreciate the cost and complexity of meeting Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and our objective is to help our clients do it successfully as quickly and cost-effectively as possible without losing sight of the fact that having strong internal controls can further improve the financial transparency and operating efficiency of their company. The recent predictions that non-accelerated filers may need to comply this year means that now is the time to put their compliance strategy in place. Providing the Risk Assessment as part of the seminar already puts the participating companies ahead in scoping their compliance initiatives. They walk away with a map showing them where to start, the cost and effort required, and a timeline for completion using SOX Compliance Made Simple, the simplest approach available today."
SOX Compliance Made Simple takes the ambiguity and inefficiency out of SOX compliance and replaces it with clear step-by-step instructions and standardized controls based on industry best practice, Six Sigma guidelines, and Fortune 20procedures benchmarked against the Big 4 external audit plans, objectives and risks.
This approach has been tested hundreds of times across organizations of all sizes and industry profiles with the same results - successful assessment, documentation, and remediation of all internal controls, reduced control counts, and reductions in audit fees and durations.
Seminar Locations: BPM San Francisco 600 California Street, Suite 1300 San Francisco, CA 94108
BPM San Jose60 S. Market Street, 8th Floor San Jose, CA 95113
About SOX Professionals
SOX Professionals, LLC is an organization of accounting, audit, tax, and IT professionals dedicated to providing the most cost-effective compliance solutions available. Our mission is to help you reduce audit fees, improve financial transparency, and run your business more efficiently. SOX Professionals, the SOX Professionals logo, SOX Compliance Made Simple are registered trademarks of SOX Professionals, LLC. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. For more information, please visit www.soxprofessionals.com.
About Burr Pilger
Mayer Burr Pilger Mayer (BPM) is the 5th largest accounting and business consulting firm in Northern California, with offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, Santa Rosa and Novato. BPM offers tax, business consulting, wealth management and audit services across a wide spectrum of industries. The 400-person firm is locally owned, with a strong foundation of environmental, social and philanthropic stewardship. For more information, please visit www.bpmllp.com.