This session will provide a general overview of Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance and IT compliance requirements. It will provide a broad road map overview of the objectives and responsibilities of IT departments. In addition will provide an understanding of how SOx applies to the business process design and development process and how it impacts the business owners. Presentation will include an overview of auditing requirements and insight as what both internal and external auditors review to assure compliance. Session will end with questions and answers with an opportunity to explore issues and concerns not addressed in the presentation.
Learning Objectives:
- To provide an overview on the design, conduct and reporting of SOx audit
- Address SOx auditor roles and responsibilities, and the effectiveness of Internal Controls over IT
- Address the importance of the relationship with Business Analyst enterprise activities & initiatives and IT Internal Controls
Skill Level: For Everyone
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Delores Copper, CIA, CMC, COBIT, ITIL
Senior IT Compliance Analyst, Office of the CI, Symantec
Delores Copper has over 20 years of experience in IT and Finance.
She has spent the past three years as a Senior SOx Analyst/Manager at Symantec Corporation where she has focused on IT Controls and Compliance as both an analyst and an Auditor. Concurrently Delores is the Project Manager responsible for Non-SOx IT Risk assessments where her activities include testing and auditing of internal controls for IT in the areas of change management, computer operations, program development and critical infrastructure/systems and applications.
Her past roles include Business Process Analyst, Finance Credit Manager and Order Service Manager at Siemens/IBM and Corporate Services Site Contract/Process Improvement Manager at Intel Corporation. As a Sarbanes-Oxley/IT Risk Analyst, Delores developed business process narratives, flowcharts and defined, developed and implemented control processes utilizing ISO standards and Sigma Six process reengineering as needed.
Delores was a SOx Finance & IT Analyst Consultant at Robert Half Management Resources and Protiviti where she preformed both Finance and IT audits utilizing COSO, COBIT and ITIL standards and methodologies on several Fortune 100 companies. She conducted internal finance audits, focusing on Order to Cash process; including Revenue Recognition, Account Receivables & Payables and Treasury.
Delores loves to share her knowledge in Finance, IT and Site Services audits and business process architecture and development. She has a deep understanding of business process reengineering, program management, IT service & delivery and information security and appreciates the difficulties that teams face in these areas.
Delores’s certifications include CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CMC (Contract Management Certification), COBIT, ITIL and is the process of obtaining her Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) credential.
Delores can be reached at Delores_Copper@Symantec.com |
