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According to a new survey conducted by Deloitte UK, 47% of respondents said that the increased use of data analytics would most help IA providing assurance over the risk of fraud.  Who am I to argue about that!  You can find the survey report here. It’s a good read. This is a very int

Today’s posting comes from Constantine Gart, a Product Marketing Associate with ACL, who is currently overseeing the upcoming launch of version 4 of ACL’s Analytics Exchange. Leveraging continuous monitoring technology to improve day-to-day productivity is a practice no longer limited

This is Part Two of a Special Audit Management Series designed to increase fieldwork communications and share results with improved reporting. In Part One, we discussed Managing Your Clients…today we focus on developing strategy for Managing Issues and Findings. In our last post, we d

Recently, an article by ACL’s VP of Product Management and Design Dan Zitting was featured in Corporate Compliance Insights. Dan’s article, “Constant Self-Examination is Critical to Compliance,” provides how-to advice on running an effective compliance program. Here’s an excerpt: At t

Today’s posting comes from Constantine Gart, a Product Marketing Associate with ACL, who is currently overseeing the upcoming launch of Version 4 of ACL’s Analytics Exchange. We’re now just days away from releasing AX4, a solution that has already gained widespread recognition and acc

A little while back I had the opportunity to talk with Todd Hoffine, who is a Partner at AcquantUS, LLC, and Former Director, Corporate Audit Department, Global Operations at The Coca-Cola Company. Todd has some amazing audit credentials, having worked in world-class External and Inte

A few weeks ago I participated in the 26th World Continuous Auditing and Reporting Symposium at Rutgers Business School. I think it was about the 12th occasion at which I have presented at the Symposium. Initially, WCARS was heavily oriented towards academic research and technical pap

Earlier this month, AUDITMAN Dan Zitting shared some insight on the Rules and Tools for effective auditing in Top 25 Analytics Tests Your Organization Should Use, today he shares Test #1 – Suspicious Journal Entries. When auditing, where else would we start than right in the gut

This is Part One of a Special Audit Management Series designed to increase fieldwork communications and share results with improved reporting. It’s hard to believe that is already February and another Valentine’s Day is upon us. With a new year, comes a renewed love for maintaining ef