Hein & Associates LLP

Auditing in an SEC Regulatory Enviroment

Advisory Services for Public Companies

Tax Services for Public Copmanies

SAS 70

SysTrust® Audit

Corporate accountability reforms have increased the scope of financial reporting responsibilities for public companies. HEIN & ASSOCIATES LLP offers a source of independent advice to enhance your company’s reporting processes and procedures so that you can focus on running your business.

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance and Advisory Services

Section 404 defines the rules for management reporting on internal controls over company financial reporting, as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The rules include certifications by the CEO and CFO of the organization (Section 302).

The skills required for compliance with SEC and PCAOB rules and standards are at the core of our professional experience and expertise:

The financial reporting process
Financial statement assertions
The documentation of internal controls
Testing and monitoring
The identification and evaluation of internal control deficiencies
Suggestions for improvements in internal controls

Consider HEIN & ASSOCIATES LLP as an independent provider to assist you in documenting your processes and controls, or in helping you to ensure that they are operating efficiently.

Employee Benefit Plan Audits

When choosing an auditor for your company’s benefit plans, real value is the key. Reasonable cost, prompt service, reliability and attention to detail are the critical factors that determine value. We provide auditing services for a wide variety of benefit plans:

401(k) Plans
Profit Sharing Plans
Defined Benefit Plans
Health & Welfare Plans
ESOPs

HEIN & ASSOCIATES LLP has the experience needed to complete your benefit plan audits efficiently and with minimal disruption to you and your staff. Our team of skilled professionals has conducted benefit plan audits for public and private companies of all sizes and in a variety of industries.

Audit Committee Advisory Services

Corporate accountability reforms have given the audit committee a more visible and demanding role. As they face these new challenges, HEIN & ASSOCIATES LLP offers a source of independent advice to enhance the committee’s awareness of regulatory changes and their ability to implement effective processes. Our services allow the committee to focus on the big issues such as the quality of the systems and the people that produce their financial reporting.

Our Public Company Team provides advisory services to audit committees in the following areas:

Whistleblower special investigations
Internal controls
Audit committee charter
Restatements of financial information
Off-balance sheet transactions
Special issue reports from management
Internal audit evaluation
SEC reporting requirements