Risk Management & Assurance Services (RMAS)

All organizations face uncertainty -- especially in today’s challenging economic times. Whether your business is a large national or multi-national organization, or a closely held company such as a family business or sole proprietorship, safeguarding assets and preventing material errors is more important than ever.

Risk management enables company leaders to identify, assess and manage potential risks in the face of uncertainty. It is a process affected by an organization’s board of directors, managers and other personnel, designed to identify potential events that may adversely affect the business and its ability to achieve its goals. It’s not intended to totally eliminate risk for an organization, but it can help gauge a company’s ability and appetite to handle such risk.

Risk Management has historically been synonymous with insurance and loss avoidance. More recently, because of numerous corporate debacles, the institution of Sarbanes-Oxley, the collapse of financial markets and worldwide economic turmoil, it has resurged as a core element of sound organizational management, governance and operations. A strong Risk Management program will help your company:

• protect its reputation
• avoid financial loss
• safeguard company assets and personnel
• preserve shareholder and owner value
• provide ongoing regulatory compliance

Goodman & Company now has a specialty service line dedicated to addressing this growing need. Our professionals in Risk Management Advisory Services will help identify your company’s internal and external threats, and recommend and implement strategies to address those risks. We do this by offering the following primary service areas and products:

• Business Risk Services
• Internal Audit Services
• Internal Control Services
• IT Risk and Control Services
• SAS 70 Services
• SOX 404 Services

Click on the above categories to find out more about our Risk Management Advisory Services.