Jackson Financial Inc. 10-Q

Item 4. Controls and Procedures Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, which are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the period covered by this report, we, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act). We describe in the Company's Form 10, Note 2—Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements to our audited financial statements, the background to the restatement of our previously-issued audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. Our management has concluded that the restatement resulted from a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020. Due to this material weakness in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2021. Although the Company has taken significant steps in our remediation plan, the Company continues to implement, document, and communicate policies, procedures, and internal controls. As a result of the material weakness, our management has identified the need for stronger controls when assessing the accounting for significant and unusual transactions that involve a high degree of judgment and complexity, along with the need for additional technical U.S. GAAP accounting expertise. Our management has implemented and enhanced controls when assessing the accounting for significant and unusual transactions in the third quarter of 2021 as well as made some key hires for additional technical U.S. GAAP accounting expertise. The Company believes that these actions will remediate the material weakness. However, the material weakness will not be considered remediated until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. We expect that the remediation of this material weakness will be completed in the second quarter of 2022. Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting As described above, the Company has taken steps to remediate the material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting and is implementing additional controls to remediate the material weakness. Other than these additional controls, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2021, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. 115 PART II – OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings. For a discussion of legal proceedings, see Note 14 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements .