Quartus Solutions’ highly skilled and experienced team of consultants occupy the ‘middle ground’ between the ‘big 4’ consulting firms and independent contractors.
We have the expertise to take full control of a SOX project, providing insight and high-level strategic guidance which results from proven project management experience in major compliance implementations.
Our comprehensive services, focused on delivery, help organisations achieve SOX and other regualtory compliance. They include:
> Project management - We can handle a complete project from strategy and scoping through to certification and continual improvement.
> Enabling technolgies - We can provide adnaved compliance software and/or advise on the selection and implementation of tools to increase automation and reduce the cost and burden of compliance.
> Project support - We can supply targeted resource at short notice for key tasks including: remediation, documentation design and review and IT controls audits.
Organisations likely to need our services include:
> SEC registered companies based in the UK and Europe who need to comply.
You have probably already completed a dry run and might possibly have achieved compliance. Your project is under control but you need external resource.
We can provide short- or long-term resource to bring the project in on time. We have the capacity to deliver a team or an individual who is allocated a specific task. We can also supply senior level experts with board level experience in Top 100 companies who can bring additional resource to strategic tasks, such as liaising with auditors or external service providers.
> US subsidiaries of SEC registered companies based in the UK and Europe.
You have probably already completed SOX. You might report directly to a project manager in the US or you could have local authority over the process and provide an attestation to your parent company.
We can provide task driven assistance towards specific objectives. As you are a regional organisation without head office resources Quartus can supply expert level specialists who can help with tasks such as negotiations with external service providers, external auditors and local executives who are less convinced about the need for a change in business culture.
> Non-SEC registered companies who seek to use SOX as a best practise guide to upgrading their financial control framework.
Your business is not listed on a US market but you understand the value of SOX. You might operate in a sector where investor confidence is critical (hedge funds, investment banks, trading companies) or you might be seeking additional funding from private investors or through an equity placement. You realise that voluntary SOX compliance offers a strong statement on strong financial control, effective anti-fraud and sound governance. You might also understand that an effective SOX process will sharpen your operations and produce business gains that extend far beyond financial control.
We can supply everything from outline advice to a complete project team. Based on our previous experience and the use of our own internally developed tools and methods we can dramatically reduce the cost of compliance.
> Private companies who seek SOX compliance as a route to enhancing liquidity.
Your investors are aware that SOX has added significant costs to companies whose exit strategy previously included listing in the US, selling out to an SEC registered company or attracting US investors. Your motivation in seeking SOX compliance is to remove this obstacle to liquidity. You understand that a company that has pre-handled SOX will command a higher price and more attention.
We can supply everything from outline advice to a complete project team. Based on our previous experience and the use of our own internally developed tools and methods we can dramatically reduce the cost of compliance.