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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 came to
existence after the collapse of Enron and WorldCom financial scandals. Enactment
of this act focused towards the protection of shareholders and general public
accounting errors and fraudulent practices in the enterprise. The legislation
not only affects the financial side of corporations, but also affects the IT
departments whose job it is to store a corporation's electronic records. The
legislation contains varieties of rules and regulations which establishes new or
enhanced standards for public company boards, management, and public accounting
firms. These regulations or Sarbanes-Oxley standard include:-
1. Review legislative audit
requirements and to protect investors
2. Enhance financial
disclosures 3. Tighten accountability
standards for directors, auditors, securities analyst and legal counsel.
4. Accelerated reporting of
trades by insiders 5. Public reporting of CEO and
CFO compensation and profits 6. Certification of financial
reports by CEOs and CFOs 7. Promote effective accounting
controls and ethical business practices 8. Meet the filing deadlines
and ensure accuracy in financial reports 9. Better
communication 10. Higher standards of performance 11. Tracking of information for
full day-to-day activities that have an impact upon financial performance 12. CEO and the CFO of the company required to certify the financial statements and
other information that is included in each quarterly report
What does Nexstep | TnE do for you?
- Streamlines approval and verification of employee claims
and vendor bills for payments, through the approval workflow process
- Automates disbursements, thereby reducing need for cash
and cheque payments
- Highlights Exceptions to the Expense policy. Shows where
expenses have been more than expected
- Provides visibility on spend patterns across locations,
enabling you to do smarter purchasing
- Builds accountability for expenses incurred, since
managers can track expenses billed to their cost centre
- Creates Accounting Entries for your Accounting System,
thus saving your team’s precious time
How
Nexstep | TnE helps you meet your Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance requirements
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Nexstep
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Supports these Compliance measures |
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Control |
Visibility |
Fraud
Intelligence |
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Nexstep TnE – Workflow
Approval Matrix |
Yes |
Yes |
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Nexstep TnE – Entitlement
Limits |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Nexstep Audit Trails |
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Yes |
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Nexstep TnE – Travel
Management |
Yes |
Yes |
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Attaching
Supportings for
Claims |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Budgeting for CAPEX and OPEX |
Yes |
Yes |
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Nexstep TnE - MIS and
Analytics |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Fraud Control & Exception
Control |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Financial Approvals & Verification process |
Yes |
Yes |
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Automated Payment
Disbursement |
Yes |
Yes |
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Cash Control for Payments |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Purchase Requisition
Approvals |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Spend Visibility |
Yes |
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