Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification

Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification - Benefits

Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification Program is offered in partnership with the prestigious Sarbanes-Oxley Institute – the only global provider of Sarbanes-Oxley professional certifications. This rigorous course is based on actual projects and uses real-world training methodology. Once you’re certified, you’ll possess the in-depth knowledge and hands-on skills you need to protect your company – and take your career to the next level.

Individuals:

• Learn practical Sarbanes-Oxley skills you can use on the job.
• Gain access to a wide range of E-SOX related experts and instructors.
• Increase your effectiveness on the job in days, instead of months.

Companies

• E-SOX certified employees will help elevate and secure your company’s accounting and business methods.
• Knowledgeable employees help create a compliant and more ethical organization.
• Customers see great value in certification - they want the people on their engagement to have the best skills, and certification provides that proof point.

Human Resources:

• Employer-funded training and certification programs are a key to retaining skilled staff. Career development and advancement opportunities are shown to significantly reduce rates of employee turnover.
• Certification Training Programs provide benchmarks for hiring and promotion decisions by accurately assessing technical skills.
• For-certification training programs maximize educational investments through immediate validation of skills.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need, including:

• Intensive group instruction
• One-on-one instruction attention
• Hands-on labs
• Lab partner and group exercises
• Question and answer drills
• Friendly competitions between concurrently running classes
• Independent study
• Self-testing

Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification - Curriculum

Introduction

An introduction to SOX and E-SOX, and is designed to help you get your feet wet with the legislations, standards, regulations and frameworks that are relevant in the context of SOX and E-SOX. We look at similarities between the two as well as differences, and start to identify best practices for SOX/E-SOX from a Governance, Risk and Compliance perspective.

Introduction to SOX and E-SOX

• Events leading up to the Regulations
• Key Sections, Titles and Elements
• Role of Governing Bodies/Authorities
• Audit and Disclosure Requirements

Frameworks and Methodologies

• Internal Control Frameworks for SOX
• Internal Control Framework for E-SOX
• Industry Standards and Frameworks
• Internal Control Compliance Roadmap

Documentation

Completely hands-on and workshop-driven, this facilitator-led session emulates the real-world in terms of what is required to put in place Internal Controls within the organization to meet SOX and E-SOX requirements. The focus on this day is on documenting internal controls, and we look at requirements and expectations from multiple levels of the organization as well as best practice that has emerged in order to cost-effectively document only those areas of the organization that are relevant to your SOX implementation.

Documenting Internal Controls – I

• Entity-Level Control Documentation
• Process-Level Control Documentation
• Application-Level IT Documentation
• Infrastructure-Level Documentation

Documenting Internal Controls – II

• Flowchart and Narrative Development
• Developing Risk-Control-Test Matrices
• Control Types: Preventative/Detective
• Control Types: Key/Primary/Secondary

Testing

Another hands-on and workshop-driven session, the Testing Workshop focuses on (a) how to develop effective tests, (b) how to executive them, and (c) how to use them to demonstrate design and operating effectiveness of your Internal Controls system at all four levels. This session piggybacks on the same case-study that was used on the previous day and thereby retains the continuity as well as real-world emulation of a SOX implementation. Best practices for testing are presented and recommendations for how to continuously improve the organization’s internal control or risk management system are revealed.

Testing Internal Controls – I

• Developing Test Plans
• Executing Test Plans
• Design Effectiveness
• Operating Effectiveness

Testing Internal Controls – II

• Remediating Deficiencies
• Ongoing Testing/Retesting
• Reusing Test Plans/Tests
• Continuous Improvement

Management

Towards the end of the course you get a "promotion" (to Project Manager) and you get to do what the facilitator did previously. That is, you get to create the project, and put the various pieces together. You'll understand SOX project initiation, resource allocation, ROI and TCC calculations (the "business case"), and making SOX cost-effective and sustainable for the long run within the organization. It is workshop-driven, and is your opportunity to put all the pieces together. This concludes the program.

E-SOX/SOX Project Management – I

• E-SOX and SOX Project Planning
• Planning/Scoping the SOX Project
• Identifying Resources and Timelines
• Creating the Detailed Project Plan

SOX/E-SOX Project Management II

• Implementing the E-SOX Project Plan
• Using E-SOX for Risk Management
• Calculating Total Cost of Compliance
• Estimating Return on E-SOX Investment

Certification

The final day is designed to review the material covered previously and to prepare you for the E-SOX certification exam. It is expected that you are spending your evenings during the Five-day boot camp reading the study materials and preparing for the exam. This review is an aid in that process and is not a substitute for study. Our objective is to help you be more effective on the job and to demonstrate that via certification.

Daily Educational Schedule

Our daily schedule incorporates different modes of instruction and learning environments to ensure that students learn, retain, comprehend, and can apply knowledge critical to the course.

Start Time	End Time	Activity	Intake Style
8:15 am	9:00 am	Breakfast	-
9:00 am	1:00 pm	Lecture	auditory/visual
1:00 pm	1:30 pm	Lunch	-
1:30 pm	5:30 pm	Instructor-led labs	kinaesthetic
5:30 pm	7:00 pm	Dinner	-
7:00 pm	8:00 pm	Review session	Auditory/visual/kinaesthetic
8:00 pm	9:00 pm	Breakout sessions	Auditory/visual/kinaesthetic
9:00 pm	as appropriate	Lab review sessions	kinaesthetic

Daily timetable shown for illustration purposes only. Significant changes may be made to the schedule on a daily basis to ensure that the goals of the course are met.

Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification - Exam Track

The CSOX credential is the only globally recognized professional examination certification in Sarbanes-Oxley. The SOX Program provides two levels of Sarbanes-Oxley professional examination certifications:

SOXBase (CSOX) is an entry-level examination certification that requires you to pass a qualifying test to determine your factual proficiency in the fundamental tenets of SOX, as covered in the program.

We will prepare you for your choice of the the following exam tracks:

• Finance and Legal (CSOX-FL)

One of these exams coupled with attending our authorized course certifies you at the SOX Base-level, which is a prerequisite to obtaining the industry recognized SOX Pro-level (SOX Professional).

SOXPro (CSOXP) is a more advanced level that requires you to demonstrate substantial experience in SOX, and certifies you at the Pro-level (SOX Professional)

For each exam, Subsequent Annual Maintenance requires a minimum of 12 hours of Sarbanes-Oxley related CPEs or PDUs.

Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification - What's Included

Firebrand Training offers the highest quality technical education and certification training in an all-inclusive Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification course package specifically designed for the needs and ease of our students. We attend to every detail so our students can focus solely on learning and certification objectives.

Our Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification includes

• Intensive Hands-on Training Utilising our (Lecture | Lab | Review) Delivery
• Comprehensive Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification Study Materials and Pre-Class Mentoring, Program Courseware, and Self-Testing Software
• Five (5) Days of Hotel Accommodation
• All Meals; Unlimited Beverages, Snacks and Freshly-brewed Coffee
• Transportation to/from designated local railway stations
• E-SOX Examination Passing Policy

Our Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification instructors teach to accommodate every student’s learning needs through personal instruction and group exercises, independent study, self-testing, question and answer drills, and friendly competitions between concurrently running classes.

Firebrand Training has dedicated, well-equipped educational facilities where you will attend instruction and labs and have access to comfortable study rooms. Our students consistently say our facilities are second-to-none.

Examination Passing Policy

Should a student complete a Firebrand Training Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification Program without having successfully passed all vendor examinations, the student may re-attend that program for a period of one year.  Students will only be responsible for accommodation and vendor Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification exam fees.

Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification - Prerequisites

Firebrand Training enrolment advisors interview all potential students regarding their work experience, degrees and certifications held, and personal fortitude. This screening process ensures a successful match between the customer and accelerated certification training.

To obtain the SOXBase (CSOX) certification, there are no prior educational requirements.

However, students with 1200 hours or more documented SOX related work experience in the past year will be upgraded to the higher level of accreditation, SOXPro (CSOXP).

When you register for CSOXP®, you're asked to complete a questionnaire about your SOX-related work history. Please have locations, dates, and number of hours ready.

For more information on Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification, contact the Sales and Enrolment Department on 0844 888 1600.

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Sarbanes-Oxley European SOX Certification - Course Dates

Start	End	Availability	Register
7/4/2008	11/4/2008	Finished
12/5/2008	16/5/2008	Running
23/6/2008	27/6/2008	Seats open	Register
28/7/2008	1/8/2008	Seats open	Register