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More ideas on executive pay
We're seeing a lot of new executive pay ideas being floated, as more boards grapple with the likelihood of new laws and more intense scrutiny by boards. Already, Wall Street firms are making some... Read more...
Is the Sarbox hiring boomlet over?
People jokingly refer to Sarbanes-Oxley as the full employment act for accountants. Clearly, a lot of accountants, as well as finance and IT types, owe their jobs to the law. But the San Francisco... Read more...
Nominate your Sarbox stars
One sign of the maturation of the Sarbanes Oxley industry is the emergence of an industry awards programs. The SOX Institute aims to honor professionals, consultants and executives with MVP awards in... Read more...
Sarbox fueling acquisitions of overseas companies?
Tomas Jandik, associate professor of finance at the University of Arkansas, has looked at Sarbanes Oxley from a foreign company perspective and found that the law may be one factor boosting... Read more...
Sarbox brain drain in the making
You've heard a lot about what a great time it is to be in finance and compliance, especially if you combine your knowledge with IT skills. You've also heard a lot about a seeker's market and great... Read more...
Who to blame: IT guys or the finance guys?
We've hit on the idea that the IT guys and the finance/compliance guys have really got to work together to ease the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance process. If not, you could easily end up in a Read more...
The Holy Grail of compliance?
Compliance is a process that never stops morphing, which can cause a lot of problems if you lock your company into a single, limited solution. Perhaps a better approach is a scalable system that... Read more...
Does your company have enough storage expertise?
We've noted before that the storage demands of companies have gone through the roof, driven in large... Read more...
Will the SEC's new rules help small companies?
If you run compliance or finance at a small-company, the SEC's latest Sarbox proposals give you a lot to ponder. On one hand, many will likely see the proposals as a disappointment. Smaller public... Read more...
Spreadsheet use a hindrance to compliance?
A recent survey by IDC and RevenueRecognition.com (which is sponsored by Softtrax) has found that revenue recognition and reporting activities at most companies are not automated by ERP systems'... Read more...
