Services for audit committees

Fair value accounting, impairment charges, new standards for business combinations, going concern, and other accounting-related issues are making it a challenging time for audit committees to oversee a company’s financial reporting. In this environment, audit committee members need to have an effective approach to discharge their many governance responsibilities — recognizing that mere compliance is not sufficient.

How PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) can help you:

• Assess the committee’s structure, processes, and relationships; benchmark them against leading practices and requirements; and provide considerations for improvement
• Design and deliver specialized training and development programs for new and experienced audit committee members
• Assess committee meeting materials and agendas, benchmark them against leading practices, and identify issues and improvement opportunities

Additional guidance for audit committees:

• To the point: Current issues for boards of directors
• 2009 Current developments for directors
• 2008 Year-end questions audit committee members should be asking
• The quarter close
• 10Minutes on emerging topics essential to your business
• Audit committee effectiveness: What works best, 3rd edition