Janine Wolman, SOX Senior Manager at Convey Health Solutions, is an internal audit and regulatory compliance expert. She is also the President of the IIA Miami Chapter. On the show, Janine shares why nonverbal communication and soft skills are important in audit, how to attract and keep talent at your company, and the best mindset to maintain productivity. Be sure to connect with Janine on LinkedIn and check out her article on Luca Pacioli (The Father of Accounting) that Janine mentions on the s...
Nov 02, 2021•37 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Rick Roybal for being our guest, for volunteering his time to anyone that would like to start a roundtable audit group for their industry, and for providing the following resources: Join the Oil and Gas Vendor Roundtable (it's free!) Check out Rick's featured article from Fraud Magazine - Keys to the Kingdom: Oilfield Fraud Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in ...
Oct 27, 2021•30 min
Spencer Sheehan, Risk and Compliance Engineer at Instacart, is an advocate of automation in security and compliance. On the show, Spencer shares his expertise on governance, risk, and compliance and how data governance affects auditors. He also explains what data pipelines are and how they relate to data engineering. As an avid bicyclist, Spencer is involved with the AIDS/LifeCycle race. His goal is to raise $5000 for the 2022 AIDS/LifeCycle. If you would like to support Spencer, please donate t...
Oct 26, 2021•39 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Yves Genest for being our guest and for sharing the resources below: Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation: Blockchain and Audit COSO: Blockchain and Internal Control Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago...
Oct 20, 2021•31 min
Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn , Instagram , and TikTok . Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check out my favorite part of the interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel . * This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics , the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee t...
Oct 19, 2021•36 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Andrew Lassise for being our guest and be sure to check out https://rushtech.online/ for more from Andrew. Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago
Oct 13, 2021•32 min
David Vose, Vice President of Risk Management at Archer Integrated Risk Management, joins the show to talk about the three main scenarios every auditor should keep in mind while assessing risk. We also discuss whether or not you need a statistics background in order to truly understand risk management and the negative impact risk maturity has had in audit. Be sure to connect with David on LinkedIn and check out his session at Risk Awareness Week 2021 . Also, be sure to follow us on our new socia...
Oct 12, 2021•39 min
Danny Goldberg is a highly-regarded speaker and author on communication, internal audit, and risk. He is also the founder and owner of Gold SRD , a company that focuses on staffing, recruiting and professional development. Danny joins the show to discuss the positive influence emotional intelligence can have within internal audit, how Agile can be used as an effective communication tool, and how hot yoga has changed Danny’s life for the better. To learn more from Danny be sure to check out his r...
Oct 05, 2021•45 min
Alex Sidorenko, author and Chief Risk Officer at EuroChem, gives a bombshell interview on this week’s show. He is one of the most influential people in the world on the topic of risk management and strives to make risk management more accessible and easier to understand. Also, Alex walks us through the 16 best books for risk management, creating free resources for Risk Awareness Week, and why 99% of what you know about risk management is wrong. Be sure to connect with Alex on LinkedIn. Best risk...
Sep 21, 2021•59 min
Larry Harrington, Former Global Chairman of the IIA, gives us an advice-packed episode with a wide variety of topics. Larry covers it all - from how to get that annoying conversationalist to stop talking to you on an airplane to how to do a culture audit on every audit. He also has great advice for all chief audit executives and those in leadership positions. Be sure to connect with Larry on LinkedIn. Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check out my favorite part of t...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Gayle Rudman joins the show to help us understand what growth mindset means and how leaders in internal audit can implement it into their management style. Using her unique non-audit background, Gayle also shares the best ways for managers to give feedback, how to expose the team to new ideas, and how to accelerate people’s timelines to becoming outstanding auditors. This episode has lots of great reading recommendations… and maybe even one or two movie recommendations as well. Be sure to connec...
Sep 07, 2021•37 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Hal Garyn for being our guest. As mentioned on the show, be sure to check out the Certified Chief Audit Executive (cCAE) and Hal's article that inspired the show - Getting to the Bottom of It: Why Cause Analysis is Vital . Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago...
Sep 01, 2021•27 min
This week we're hitting the highlight reel to hear from a few of the Internal Audit Thought Leaders of 2020. To see the full list visit the blog post written by Richard Chambers: 10 Internal Audit Thought Leaders of 2020 . Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn , Instagram , and TikTok . Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check out my favorite part of the interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel . * This podcast is brought to yo...
Aug 31, 2021•13 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Amanda "Jo" Erven for being our guest last week. Be sure to check out Jo's CPE book club as well as the books Jo has written herself ! Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago...
Aug 25, 2021•31 min
This week we have Myriam Ormond talking about one of her favorite topics: data privacy. Myriam also talks about how to scale audit, controls rationalization, and why we should all be in a roundtable group with our peers. Be sure to connect with Myriam on LinkedIn for more. Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn , Instagram , and TikTok . Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check out my favorite part of the interview on The Audit Podcas...
Aug 24, 2021•35 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago
Aug 18, 2021•25 min
This week we have Nick LeBlanc sharing his guidance on bot implementations. One of the biggest questions I had for Nick was about the implications on SOX when implementing bots in a SOX process so if you're organization is thinking about bots, which they probably are, then stick around for that piece. Other than bots, Nick also talks about how his network saved him from a potential fraud investigation. Be sure to connect with Nick on LinkedIn for more. Also, be sure to follow us on our new socia...
Aug 17, 2021•38 min
This week we have Nathan Sweaney sharing some of his war stories as a pen tester! Nathan also talks about how pen testers work with auditors, what being a pen tester actually means, and what auditors who don't have security resources should do. Check out the Secure Ideas website for even more security info. Nathan also shares some of his favorite tools to stay secure including LastPass and Authy . Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn , Instagram , and TikTok . ...
Aug 10, 2021•44 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Jason Stepnoski for being our special guest! For more audit related Star Wars references be sure to check out Jason's articles: On the Front Lines: Jedi ERM and On the Front Lines: An Audit Report on the Galactic Empire . Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago...
Aug 04, 2021•30 min
Paul Newton joins the show to talk about practical advice for analytics in the audit profession. Paul also shares the pain points he's solving for auditors with analytics, why we can't just use Excel, Paul's favorite tool of choice, and some of his favorite use cases. If PCARD usage or Grant Expenses are on your audit program then check out Barque Labs . Be sure to connect with Paul on LinkedIn . Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check out my favorite part of the in...
Aug 03, 2021•29 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Andrea Matuszewski for being our special guest! Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago
Jul 28, 2021•27 min
Nicola Osinaike joins the show to help us understand why analytics is at the top of most CAE's priority list, yet the audit profession is still behind in its implementation. Nicola also shares what's she's doing to help get analytics into the profession, what the role of non-analytics auditors should be, and what we can all do to develop data literacy. Be sure to checkout Audit Data Hub and to connect with Nicola on LinkedIn . Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on Linked...
Jul 27, 2021•23 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to our guest Summer Zhang for joining the show. Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago
Jul 21, 2021•25 min
David Coderre joins the show to share his stories and experience from his 30+ years of experience with audit analytics. David also discusses why we aren't using analytics enough, quick wins with analytics, visualizations, and his favorite analytics stories. Resources from the show: David's blog: CAATS Data Analysis for Internal Controls, Fraud Detection, Monitoring and Audit Computer-Aided Fraud Prevention and Detection: A Step-by-Step Guide Fraud Analysis Techniques Using ACL Internal Audit: Ef...
Jul 20, 2021•44 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Matej Drašček for being our guest. Resources from the show: Nicomachean Ethics Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago
Jul 14, 2021•30 min
Leah Wietholter joins the show to talk about a favorite topic amongst auditors: fraud! Leah also discusses when it's the right time to bring a forensic accountant into the fraud case, where auditors should look for fraud, and her favorite fraud story. Leah also shares some really nice resources from her website including a payroll fraud macro for Excel , a link to one of her favorite podcast guests from The Investigation Game Podcast, and a unique way to get CPE by playing The Investigation Game...
Jul 13, 2021•25 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Leticia Lucas for being our guest this week. Resources from the show: Dan Heath's Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago...
Jul 07, 2021•28 min
Joe Horowitz joins the show to talk about some more cyber security! Joe also shares what he would rename "Internal Audit" as, why auditors have to change our mindsets, and what he's doing to help educate folks on cyber security. On the show Joe recommends a great resource for cyber security professionals as well as auditors: The Threat Feed . Be sure to sign up to keep your cyber folks up-to-date. Also discussed on the show is the best book for creating habits that I've ever read: Atomic Habits ...
Jul 06, 2021•18 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago
Jun 30, 2021•32 min
Jayendran GS joins the show to talk audit analytics and why it's so hard for auditors to embed analytics in their processes. Jayendran also shares his journey from Chartered Accountant to Data Scientist, why analytics should be coming to the auditor instead of the auditor coming to the analytics, what the folks in audit analytics roles are missing right now, and what Prudent.ai is doing to make analytics easier for auditors. Check out Prudent.ai and sign up for a demo to see more. Also be sure t...
Jun 29, 2021•15 min
