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
Shannon Davis joins the show and gives a free mentoring lesson to the listeners! Shannon also shares why she's such a good mentor, what her Audit Committee measures her on, what her team is doing to be more efficient, and offers advice for anyone entering the profession. Be sure to connect with Shannon 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 m...
Jun 22, 2021•30 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Julio Tirado for for being our special guest this week. Join Tracy and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago
Jun 16, 2021•27 min
Bud Schrock joins the show to talk about what he cares about as a Chief Audit Executive. Bud also gives his advice to auditors as he's nearing the end of his audit career, the advice he gives the young auditors that he coaches, advice for studying for the CIA, and what he disagrees with about the audit profession. Be sure to connect with Bud on LinkedIn and check out his project, Obviyus, where "If you, or your team, can do 'X', Obviyus is about developing and sharing ideas and practices to help...
Jun 15, 2021•28 min
Clay Montgomery joins the show to talk about the lessons he's learned in leading the analytics team within the Internal Audit department at International Paper. Clay also talks about common challenges with analytics, the best first step when starting out, the best next step for advanced analytics teams, and the process they follow for picking analytics projects. Connect with Clay on LinkedIn and check out his "Featured" section for his presentation "Driving a Successful Data Analytics Program." ...
Jun 08, 2021•27 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Julie Thompson and Elisa Gismondi for stepping on the stage. Join Tracy and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago
Jun 02, 2021•31 min
Founder and CEO of AARC-360 Neil Gonsalves joins the show to help make IT compliance a little less confusing. Neil talks us through how Internal Audit can play a more dominant role in IT compliance, examples of controls that are ripe for automation, and the primary IT compliance areas we should consider. For more, connect with Neil on LinkedIn or visit the AARC-360 website. Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn , Instagram , and TikTok . Also be sure to sign up ...
Jun 01, 2021•30 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Thomas Mullinnix from Re-Vision Management Consulting for coming on as a guest and to Julio Tirado for stepping on the stage. Join Tracy and Trent every Tuesday to listen in and ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago...
May 26, 2021•27 min
Audit leader at the Tampa Airport, Laura Tatem joins the show with a use case for changing the perception of audit. Laura discusses the steps she took to change the perception of audit when she started at the airport, the risks new airport tech is bringing, and why she moved from The Yellow Book to The Red Book . 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 ...
May 25, 2021•27 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Joe Horowitz for coming on as a guest and to Jo Erven for stepping on the stage. Be sure to check out the Threat Feed from Stetson CyberGroup to stay updated on all things security. Join Tracy and Trent every Tuesday to listen in and ask your questions live. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago...
May 19, 2021•27 min
Chief Audit Executive at Draper and former United States Marine, Jason Mack joins the show to about leading Internal Audit. Jason discuss how to actually get Audit, Compliance, and Risk Management to work better as a team, what he enjoys most about leading Internal Audit, why he isn't the typical auditor, and advice on how to become a Chief Audit Executive. For more, connect with Jason on LinkedIn . Be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check out my favorite part of the inte...
May 18, 2021•35 min
Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Rob Berry, Tracie Marquardt, and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Jason Mefford for coming on as a guest and to Thomas Mullinnix for stepping on the stage. Join Rob , Tracy , and Trent every Tuesday to listen in and ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago...
May 12, 2021•30 min
Senior Director of Internal Audit for Raytheon Technologies, Tom Sanglier joins the show to talk about audits role in disruptive tech. Tom goes into detail on the risks of working with vendors offering disruptive tech, how Internal Audit can implement this tech for their own departments, and how we can get more budget to do so. Regardless of how technical you are or aren't, I highly recommend Tom's book Auditing and Disruptive Technologies . As Tom O'Reilly says in the forward, "While every chap...
May 11, 2021•40 min
Chief Audit Executive at the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Sandra Menjivar-Suddeath joins the show to talk about how she trains new members of the Board on value of Internal Audit. Sandra also gives some really good guidance on how she incorporated analytics into their audit department, why audit departments aren't using analytics, and shares what every audit department should stop doing right now. Be sure to connect with Sandra on LinkedIn for more. Also be sure check out my favorite part...
May 04, 2021•25 min
Former President and CEO of the IIA and current Founder of Richard F. Chambers & Associates, Richard Chambers joins the show to talk about the biggest risk to the profession and how we can continue to get better. Richard also shares the elevator pitch for Internal Audit that we can all model, what he's seeing Internal Auditors in Silicon Valley doing, the impact on culture and talent management as we start to go back to the office, and his thoughts on data analytics in the profession. Links ...
Apr 27, 2021•32 min
A Mindful Leader in Tech, Dana Lawrence joins the show to talk about all kinds of great topics, including mindfulness at work. Dana also tells her story about being in the audit profession while serving tech startups, when a tech startup should consider bringing on a full-time auditor, how to be authentic in public speaking, and few nuggets on data ethics. For an hours worth of nuggets on data ethics, check Dana out at the 2021 Innovative Auditor Challenge . Also, connect with Dana on LinkedIn f...
Apr 20, 2021•31 min
Chief Audit Executive at Home Federal Bank at Tennessee, Paul Arab joins the show to talk about how to rebrand Internal Audit for more advisory work. Paul walks us through the hurdles of making the change that we can look out for, the benefits to the bank as well as the benefits it had on his team. Paul also talks through what we should look for in hiring a good auditor and the biggest problem he sees facing the profession. Be sure to connect with Paul on LinkedIn for more. Also, be sure to foll...
Apr 13, 2021•22 min
Audit Director at Nielsen Media Research, Jessica Fernandez-Simpson joins the show to talk about dealing with constant changes in a decentralized IT environment as well as constant changes in compliance regulations. Some bonus insight from Jessica's time as a recruiter, she also shares how to retain and develop talent in a post Covid world while also offering advice for those new to the profession. Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn , Instagram , and TikTok ....
Apr 06, 2021•31 min
It's taken about 15 years for me to figure out how to set goals for myself so I wanted to share that today. 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 ...
Mar 30, 2021•10 min
