Description:
Accounts Payable (AP) plays a critical role in accurate financial reporting — and that makes it a hot spot for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. This course explains SOX’s requirements for AP and walks through practical controls that ensure payments are authorized, accurate, and complete. Whether you’re preparing for an audit or just want to tighten AP processes, this session gives you tools you can put to work immediately.

Agenda:

• Why AP is critical to SOX compliance 

• Key control objectives: accuracy, completeness, and authorization 

• Core AP controls: vendor setup, invoice approvals, payment reviews 

• How to test and document AP controls for SOX audits 

• Common weaknesses (and how to fix them) 

What You’ll Learn 

• Understand how SOX applies to AP processes 

• Identify and implement effective AP internal controls 

• Document and test controls with audit-readiness in mind 

• Anticipate and remediate common AP control issues 

Audience 
AP managers, controllers, finance leaders, and compliance/risk professionals responsible for financial reporting accuracy.