Businesses today operate within a framework of laws, regulations and liabilities that are possibly greater than ever before, yet there are also pressures to be cost effective. We offer tested strategies to help our clients achieve business goals while being careful of protecting their public images and brands.

Risk is an essential part of any business – it drives growth and opportunity. But today the stakes are higher. Executives struggle with pressures that may be partly or completely beyond their immediate control, such as distressed financial markets; unexpected mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; disruptive technological change; geopolitical instabilities; and the rising price of energy. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) can be described as a risk-based approach to managing an enterprise.

Compliance is part of the landscape, especially for public companies. Even private companies must be careful to stay abreast of ever-changing regulations that affect the way accounting is performed. The Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 was specifically designed to try and prevent fraudulent accounting practices, and SOX404 has added a whole new area of accounting.