Bricks Advisory

SOX & internal controls · AI adoption · Highly regulated industries

Controls that hold up under scrutiny.

Founder-led SOX, internal controls, and AI adoption advisory for finance teams navigating audit, growth, and operational complexity.

  • Current SOX Director
  • CPA
  • Big 4 Trained
  • Nearly a Decade in SOX
  • AuditBoard Implementation
  • Highly Regulated Industries
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What we do

Two practices. One specialty. One standard.

Senior judgment, practical execution, and documentation your team can sustain.

Specialty · Cannabis

Cannabis Controls Readiness

280E-aware, multi-entity controls readiness for operators facing audit, lender review, investor diligence, M&A, or uplisting.

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Alyssa Clarcq, founder of Bricks Advisory

Why Bricks Advisory

You work with the person who did the work.

The person who scopes the engagement leads the delivery—every decision, deliverable, and conversation.

Direct accessSenior expertise, direct to your team.
Right-sized teamsVetted specialists only when the scope needs them.
Fixed-fee clarityA written scope and fee before work begins.

Selected work

Practical work. Real outcomes.

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Cannabis MSO · $1.5B+

Material Weakness Remediation & Control Framework Rewrite

Remediated three material weaknesses, rewrote and tested 125+ business-process controls, reimplemented AuditBoard, managed PBC collection, and coordinated 10+ walkthroughs across multiple entities and systems.

~8 monthsto clean opinion
3material weaknesses remediated
125+controls
10+processes and walkthroughs

Insurance · $1B+

Pre-IPO SOX Readiness

Managing the internal audit team toward pre-IPO readiness and working directly with management on more than 100 remediation items.

$1B+company revenue
100+remediation items
Activepre-IPO engagement

Financial Services · Big 4 Audit

External Audit + Alteryx Technology Implementation

Tested 150+ controls across complex financial-services audit areas and led Alteryx adoption that automated reconciliations and standardized audit documentation.

3 yearson the engagement
150+controls tested
10+audit areas

Free resource

Pressure-test cannabis controls before the request arrives.

Use the Cannabis SOX & Controls Readiness Checklist to identify the highest-risk gaps in inventory, cash, close, systems, and evidence.

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Engagements can start within two weeks.

Fixed-fee. No hourly billing. No scope creep. If there is a fit, you receive a scoped proposal within five business days.