Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

After years of assisting the accelerated filers achieve clean attestation opinions, ICAFE-MN utilizes those best practices and significant business experience to design and implement a cost-effective internal control solution customized for your business operations. As a certified internal auditor and active member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (“IIA”) you can be assured we abide by the IIA’s standards, independence and objectivity requirements, Code of Ethics and continuing education requirements. This enables external auditor firms to maximize reliance on the testing of internal controls we perform; our clients benefit from: (1) a more efficient audit, (2) lower external audit fees, and (3) reduced staff time focused on the audit and away from company operations.

Assessment of all required compliance areas is available, including business processes, corporate governance and general computer controls.  Specific compliance services offered include: 

• Performance of an annual risk assessment and identification of in-scope processes
• Training of company management and personnel performing internal controls on the importance of an effective control environment
• Preparation of internal control documentation (narratives and risk control matrices) utilizing the COSO and COBIT frameworks
• Remediation plan development and facilitation
• Periodic testing of internal controls and deficiency level assessment of design and operation control failures
• Coordination of internal control assessment procedures with external auditors to maximize their reliance on our independent assessment
• Communication of assessment results to Management and the Audit Committee or Board of Directors

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