FEI plans executive-level Sarbanes-Oxley seminar

HR Works to moderate four workshops presented by PCAOB director, seasoned professionals

The Rochester Chapter of Financial Executives International is sponsoring a half-day professional development program – “Sarbanes-Oxley Update” – from noon to 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, at the Woodcliff Lodge and Conference Center in Perinton. The seminar will be tailored for CFOs, senior financial managers, IT professionals and owners of:

• Public companies preparing for SEC compliance in 2005.
• Public companies that want to take corrective action after the first year of experience.
• Private companies contemplating compliance.
• Not-for-profit organizations, insurance companies and banks.

Kate Leunig, director of training and development at HR Works, Inc., will moderate the program. HR Works is a strategic partner of FEI.

Topics and presenters are as follows:

• SOX Planning: Critical Success Factors and the ABCs of Getting Ready. Jim McConeghy of Signet Management LLC, and Jason Wood, IT audit manager at Ernst & Young LLP, will speak.



• If You Are a Private Company, SOX Matters to You! Kevin Phelps, general partner of Trillium Group LLC, and Donald T. Eichenauer, partner at Bonadio & Company LLP, will present.



• Where Does SOX Stop and Financial Auditing Begin? and SOX 404: What to Do Before the Auditors Arrive. Gary Kabureck, chief accounting officer at Xerox Corp., and Darryl Canfield, chief accounting officer, Genencor International, will offer their perspectives.



• PCAOB: What Happened in 2004, and What Can We Expect in 2005?” Speaker will be Esslie W. Hughes, director, New York City office, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Cost for the half-day event including lunch is $50 for members of Financial Executives International, and $100 for non-members. Seminar guests working toward CPE certification will earn four CPE hours.

For more information or to register for “Sarbanes-Oxley Update,” call the Rochester Chapter of FEI at 585-214-7090, or email event@feirochester.org. Please provide name, company, phone number, and the names of guests. Seating is limited; registration deadline is April 12.

Financial Executives International is a not-for-profit entity with chapters throughout the United States. Membership in FEI is limited to senior corporate financial professionals in private industry.



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