SOX managed services built to adapt

Public companies need a Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) compliance program that can keep pace with growth, system change and evolving audit expectations. RSM’s SOX managed services combine a standardized, risk-based methodology, practitioner-led execution and technology-enabled visibility to manage your program across the full compliance lifecycle.

With SOX managed services, RSM handles day-to-day execution while management retains ownership and oversight. The result is a more consistent, defensible operating model that eases pressure on control owners and program sponsors, supports audit readiness and frees internal teams to focus on higher-value priorities.

Why organizations choose a managed SOX model

• Consistent execution: An ongoing service model replaces periodic year-end intensity with defined accountability and repeatable delivery.
• Budget certainty: A multiyear subscription can combine practitioner-led delivery and technology with one predictable price.
• Just-in-time solutions: SOX, technology and industry specialists are available as program needs change.
• Flexible technology: RSM can operate through RSM-enabled technology or within an existing governance, risk and compliance (GRC) environment, helping protect prior investments.
• Artificial intelligence-enabled efficiency: AI-enabled tools can support scoping, evidence review, testing and status reporting while practitioners retain oversight.

Managed compliance across the SOX lifecycle

RSM supports planning and scoping, walk-throughs, testing, issue tracking, remediation coordination, program management and reporting. A structured framework promotes continuity from one cycle to the next and provides your leadership and the audit committee with clearer program visibility.

Rightsized solutions for risk, maturity and filer status

Our SOX managed services operating model is tailored to your organization’s risk profile, maturity, control environment and applicable SOX requirements. This helps focus effort where it matters most, avoid unnecessary complexity and scale the program as the business changes.

Technology that fits your environment

Your organization can use an RSM-enabled platform or retain your existing GRC technology. RSM adapts its methodology to the selected environment, centralizing testing status, open issues and remediation progress without requiring every client to re-platform.

A stronger program at a competitive cost

The value case should compare the SOX managed services subscription with the fully loaded costs of hiring, training and retaining an internal team, managing key-person risk and licensing technology separately. The goal is not to simply lower cost—it is to strengthen continuity, improve visibility and provide access to capabilities that can be difficult to maintain in-house.

Contact our risk team to discuss the right operating model and technology approach for your SOX program.