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SOX pulse: Stay ahead of the curve

Key SOX insights to navigate filing changes, AI impact, and compliance trends

SOX pulse: Stay ahead of the curve

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Join us for “SOX pulse: stay ahead of the curve,” an essential year-end update on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance trends and emerging challenges. This session will cover critical developments in filing status requirements, trends in material weaknesses, and evolving user access risks. We’ll explore how AI is reshaping the control environment, share insights on PCAOB’s QC 1000 proposal, and review inspection and enforcement trends impacting organizations today. Through practical examples and forward-looking guidance, you’ll gain actionable strategies to strengthen compliance, manage change effectively, and prepare for what’s next in SOX.

About the speakers

Maggie Berkeley

Maggie is a Principal in RSM’s Risk Consulting with over 18 years of experience leading engagements that help organizations prepare for and implement control improvements required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Maggie plays a key role in leading the ongoing evolution of RSM’s SOX methodology to design and operationalize SOX programs that align with business transformation, growth, and increasing regulatory expectations.

Emma Wieczorek

Emma Wieczorek, a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), is a Director in RSM’s Risk Consulting practice with more than 13 years of experience assisting clients in the life sciences and technology industries prepare for and implement control improvements required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). She specializes in helping organizations evaluate their control environment and identify ways to increase operational efficiency across key processes. She also supports organizations in establishing, maturing, and optimizing their internal audit functions and has led numerous audits across diverse operational and financial areas. Her experience includes leading teams through control design, developing process documentation, executing control testing, evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of existing controls, and working closely with external auditors to provide comprehensive documentation to support the work.

Sara Roach

Sara is a process, risk, and controls professional at RSM with over a decade of professional experience in internal controls and risk management. Sara’s client service focuses on helping clients evaluate and manage financial reporting risk through efficient and robust Internal Audit and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) programs, and broader risks through enterprise risk management and process evaluations. Sara seeks to be an advisor to her clients, connecting them with a wide range of subject-matter experts as they navigate the challenges of managing their businesses.

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