OFAC and Other Denied Parties: What Your Company Needs to Know and Do

Why Should You Attend:

Many are under the impression that the Office of Financial Assets Control (OFAC) was put in place after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the US. However, OFAC, its predecessor organizations and requirements have been in place for nearly 100 years. There are others laws and regulations that restrict who your organization is allowed to do business with and the types of transactions that are not allowed nor need approval. Many parts of your company are subject to compliance including treasury, accounts payable, purchasing, sales, investments and payroll.

This webinar will provide a background on OFAC and related laws and regulations. It will provide step by step processes and procedures to ensure that your company is in compliance including weak, good, better and best practices for various departments. It will identify some of the difficult issues that you need to address. Resources that can and should be used will be identified and described. Two case studies that describe actual experiences of a major research university and a high tech company will be presented.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• What is OFAC?
• Related laws and regulations
• OFAC compliance
• Who must comply
• Penalties for non-compliance
• Who is on the list, when and how do you check it
• Common problems
• What to do if you find a match
• Industry specific recommendations
• Lists that you should be aware of
• Systems you can use to do checking
• Case studies

Who Will Benefit:

• CFOs, controllers, treasurers
• Payroll, accounts payable, purchasing and shared services managers and their staff
• Sales and marketing professionals
• Investment managers
• Information technology professionals who support the above
• Risk officers
• Internal auditors

Instructor Profile:

Jon Casher, president of Casher Associates Inc., specializes in project management, process management and information technology consulting. Mr. Casher has worked with hundreds of organizations in the public and private sectors providing guidance and assistance on a broad range of financial operations, accounts payable, accounts receivable and procure-to-pay topics.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of a NASDAQ listed company from 2000 and head of the Audit Committee from 2002 until it went private in September 2006. He led the company’s effort to comply with Sarbanes Oxley as well as many other regulatory matters.

He has written two books, chapters in several other books and more than 50 articles and white papers. He currently presents over 40 conference sessions, workshops, web casts, and audio conferences each year. He has been a guest lecturer on information technology and entrepreneurship at the Harvard Business School, M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management and Boston University. In addition, he was a lecturer at Boston University and Northeastern University where he taught graduate courses in computer science.

Topic Background:

Compliance with OFAC and other denied, debarred, excluded and restricted parties has become more important as the number and types of terrorist threats has increased. While many organizations are aware of the problems, keeping up to date with changing requirements is difficult. Full compliance is often lacking. Fines and penalties are significant and public disclosure can have adverse impact on your company.

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