Megan Zietsman, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP to Speak at KC’s Event Internal Control Deficiencies: Assess/Report SAS 112 & 115 Live Webcast

New York, NY, March 30, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Megan Zietsman, Partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “Internal Control Deficiencies: Assess/Report SAS 112 & 115 LIVE Webcast.” This event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm (ET). (For further details, please visit: http://knowledgecongress.org/event_2011_InternalControl.html)

About Megan Zietsman

Megan Zietsman is a Partner in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Professional Practice Network, where she has responsibility for leading audit consultations and maintaining policy manuals. Megan develops auditing policies, guidance, and tools in response to changes in professional standards, including standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She consults with and advises audit engagement teams on the application of audit policies and guidance and the applicable professional standards. Megan is a member of the AICPA’s Auditing Standard Board, the senior technical committee of the AICPA designated to issue auditing, attestation, and quality control standards and guidance for use by practitioners performing audit and attest engagements of nonissuers.

During her more than 22 years with Deloitte & Touche in the United States and South Africa, Megan has had a broad range of experience serving clients in audit and various advisory capacities. Prior to her current role, she spent 6 years in the Merger & Acquisition Transaction Services group in New York where she served a number of private equity and corporate acquirer clients.

Megan is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) Degree in Accounting from Rhodes University (South Africa).

About Deloitte & Touche LLP

In the United States, Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries have 45,000 professionals with a single focus: serving clients and helping them solve their toughest problems. Deloitte LLP work in four key business areas — audit, financial advisory, tax and consulting — but the real strength comes from combining the talents of those groups to address clients’ needs. Fortune and Business Week consistently rank Deloitte LLP among the best places to work. When the best people tackle the most compelling challenges, everyone wins.

For more information about Deloitte & Touche LLP please visit: www.deloitte.com

Event Summary:

The Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 115 to replace SAS No. 112. It aims to provide auditors of non-public companies with a more effective & reliable set of guidelines to enhance a non-public company's auditor with the ability to assess and verify the firm's financial story. This rule is required for fiscal year financial audits for periods ending on or after December 15, 2009. Both SAS 112 and SAS 115 introduce a number of changes, not to mention new sets of compliance rules. Internal controls, financial reporting & governance executives must be aware of these changes for consistent, accurate, and good governance practices.

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Congress brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcasts that study the impact of changing regulations and help businesses succeed through proper regulatory compliance.

Visit www.knowledgecongress.org for further information and inquiry.

###