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Governance and compliance

Navigate risk, strengthen controls and maximize shareholder value.
Our approach to strengthening your organization’s governance and compliance is highly customized. By incorporating your objectives, we build and execute a plan that enhances your control environment, positioning your business for sustained success.

Our services

Compliance assessment and policy development

We help create and refine governance policies, roles, and structures to clarify authority and streamline decision-making. Our services include developing codes of conduct and ethics policies, establishing delegation of authority frameworks, designing governance operating models, and conducting risk assessments and maturity evaluations. Each solution is tailored to align with your organizational strategy and strengthen your control environment.

Governance framework development

We help design and refine governance policies, roles, and structures to clarify authority and streamline decision-making. Our services include developing codes of conduct and ethics policies, establishing delegation of authority frameworks, creating governance operating models, and performing risk assessments and maturity evaluations. Each solution is tailored to align with your strategy and strengthen your organization’s control environment.

Regulatory and compliance governance

We help ensure your governance structures support compliance with laws, regulations, and internal standards. Our services include developing regulatory governance frameworks, enhancing corporate compliance programs, advising compliance committees, implementing policy management systems, and aligning with frameworks such as SOX, COSO, and ISO 37301. Each solution is tailored to strengthen controls and reduce risk while keeping your organization aligned with regulatory requirements.

ESG governance and assurance

We help organizations develop ESG strategies and governance frameworks that meet stakeholder expectations and regulatory requirements. Our services include ESG strategy and framework design, reporting aligned with TCFD, SASB, and GRI, ESG risk and opportunity assessments, materiality assessments and stakeholder mapping, and the design of ESG governance committees. Each solution strengthens oversight, drives accountability, and positions your organization for sustainable growth.

IPO readiness

We prepare private companies for public markets by aligning governance practices with SEC expectations and investor standards. Our services include designing public company boards, structuring committees, creating governance documentation for filings, and performing Sarbanes-Oxley readiness assessments, including 404 and 302 implementations. Each solution ensures your organization enters the public market with confidence, compliance, and a strong governance foundation.

Technology and data governance

We help organizations establish frameworks for board and executive oversight of technology, data privacy, and cybersecurity. Our services include designing data governance policies, guiding board oversight of IT and cyber risks, advising on AI ethics and controls, and performing IT governance assessments aligned with frameworks like COBIT and NIST CSF. Each solution strengthens oversight, mitigates risk, and ensures your technology and data practices support strategic objectives.

“Their [Sikich’s] recommendations were not just about ticking boxes. They were strategic, practical and tailored to our unique needs.”
Client
Senior Director, Associate General Counsel
Experts

Our industry experts

Steve Randall

Principal

Veronika Fritz

Principal

Sargon Youmara

Principal

Harriet Adenie-Ouma
Keri Urbanski

Director

Jesse Laseman

Internal Audit Consultant

Earl Potjeau
Cristi Black

Manager

Julie Schmidt

Director

Zach Parker

Senior Technology and Risk Assessor

Insights

Relevant insights

Multiplying private equity through internal controls

Key responsibilities of private companies’ boards

Interal audit – the key ingredient in AI implementations

Your guide to data analytics and internal audit

Not-for-profit board governance and internal controls

Becoming an agile internal audit department

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We’re experts in process and control who develop custom strategies tailored to your business’s unique goals. Contact us today to learn more.