Transcript Jerry Held

Corporate Governance:
Good intentions are not enough
Punitive
consequences
…personal
liability, even for
negligence
Corporate Governance is a
Burning Issue
 U.S.: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (June 2002) requires you to:
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Meet aggressive deadlines for financial reporting
Be personally liable for accuracy of your numbers
Face steep fines, jail time, de-listing of your company even for
negligence in reporting (not just for willful deception)
 International Accounting Standard to reconcile geographical
differences in reporting by 2005:
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European Union, Australia, Singapore to adopt IAS
U.S. FASB and IAS letter of intent to align
Streamlined reporting process, especially for multi-nationals
Align external and internal reporting
Board Oversight Is Only The Tip
of The Iceberg
 From the board room to
the cubicle – it’s
everybody’s business
 Requires strategic
alignment and operational
efficiency at all levels
Set Up Your Business Processes
For Compliance
 Ensure you have access to
accurate, timely and relevant
information
 Establish robust processes to
ensure failsafe internal
controls
 Enforce policies and
procedures,and ensure
trained staff
 Comply efficiently, not at the
cost of profit
Business Systems Bring
Efficiency To Compliance
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Automation reduces risk of errors
Prevents circumvention of controls
Reduces processing costs
Captures the state of your business at any
time
 Provides vehicle for training and education on
time at low cost
 Let’s you monitor skills and awareness of your
staff
Business Systems: the “Engine” of
Solid Business Practices
 Visibility: reduce risk through timely, accurate,
relevant, consistent information
 Control: enforce policies and procedures
through automated processes
 Efficiency: automate to maximize speed and
accuracy
Good Governance Requires Best
Practices Across Your Enterprise
Visibility
Control
Efficiency
Visibility
Access to Timely, Accurate, Relevant
Information
Visibility
• Gain an accurate view
of purchases,
payments and
outstanding
commitments
• Maintain a single,
global view of entire
company’s financial
activity
• Timelier access to
accurate workforce
information worldwide
• Visibility into sales
pipeline, customer
satisfaction, market
shifts, etc..
Control
Affect Change Quickly
Control
 Track suppler
performance and
ensure that the supply
base delivers according
to purchasing business
goals
• Incent best
• Define roles and
behavior with
responsibilities for
automated
procedures and set
incentive
measurement criteria for
compensation
compliance
• Establish, document,
communicate, policies &
procedures. Enforce
training requirements for
staff at all levels
Efficiency
Minimize Administrative Overhead Costs
Efficiency
 Purchase product
traceability to minimize
the risk of product
recalls and warranty
services costs
• Centralize finance and
administrative functions
• Make education
available through
multiple channels
• Repeatable and
scalable marketing,
sales, and
customer service
processes
Corporate Performance Management:
Complete and Integrated Business Intelligence
Visibility
Control
Real-time enterprise view of your operations
Establish measurements, set targets, and execute
Efficiency
Automate and integrate
Information Technology:
Single Source Of Truth
Visibility
Control
Centralization for consistency of information
Workflow enforces best practices
Efficiency
Automate to lower costs and minimize errors
Close Your Books With Confidence
Reduced Close Time
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Corporate Governance
You Are Accountable
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To your shareholders or constituencies
To your CEO and Board of Directors
To your employees
To the SEC or other regulatory agencies
Oracle E-Business Suite
Best Practices Across Your Enterprise
CPM
Visibility
ERP
Control
Business Systems
Information Technology
Efficiency
Oracle Internal
Controls Manager:
Oracle Internal Controls Manager is a
comprehensive tool for CXO’s, controllers,
internal audit departments and public
accounting firms to use to document and
test internal controls and monitor ongoing
compliance.
Oracle Internal Controls Manager
Comprehensive policy and compliance management solution
The application assembles the components necessary to document,
test and monitor internal controls and compliance. It provides users
with an easy-to-use workbench from which you can organize,
execute and manage the audit work including the following activities:
 Define the business processes of
the enterprise
 Manage process documentation
 Manage the Process Risk Library
 Ensure/Test Segregation of Duties
 Map the Organization Structure
 Manage Business Process
Variations
 Manage the Audit Process and
Projects
 Submit Audit Findings
 Issue Audit Reports
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Survey Management Assessment
of Internal Controls
Provide Employee and
Stakeholder Feedback
Review Compliance Status of
Financial Statements
Review Reconciliation Status of
all subsystems
Review the overall compliance
status
Review Policy Compliance
Oracle Internal Controls Manager
Workflow Management Tool
Workflow
Document Management Tools
Files
System Configuration Tools
iSetup
Survey Tools
iSurvey
Procedure Documentation Tools
Tutor
Process Control Limits
Performance Mgmt
Sampling and Statistical Tools
Audit Manager Reports
Project Management Tools
Project Collaboration
Oracle Internal Controls Manager
Oracle Tutor: Your Policies, Your Procedures
offers procedure authoring, automatic flowcharting, and rolebased publishing, and comes with pre-defined models.
Oracle Performance Framework: Your Processes, Your Time
constantly monitors your processes and notifies you of
exceptions
Oracle Project Collaboration: Your Progress, Your Resolutions
provides visibility and control needed to deliver projects an
communicate among the project team.
Oracle Internal Controls Manager
 Home Page
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Access relevant daily information and initiate actions
 Process Area
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Document processes and relevant surrounding info
 Audit Area
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Define standard work programs for audit of specified business
processes, audit approaches, and LOBs
 Management Area
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Plan resources and skills needed for the audit department
 Setup Area
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Set audit schedule for business processes
Assign business processes to organization units
 Compliance Workbench and Officers Reports
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Match Processes with policy and standards
Publish audit results and compliance data to officers
Access relevant daily information and initiate
actions
<<Audit Manager Slides>>
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relevant daily information and initiate actions
Document processes here
Navigate the Process Hierarchy top down
Assign processes to the organizations that run
them
Focus on high risk areas
Ensure risks are mitigated