“How would you kick start data analytics?” Question from our LinkedIn Group
May 15, 2013
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Are you part of the ACL LinkedIn Community? Our group is a great place to share and exchange best practices for the use of data analytics across various industries and lines of business. One of the most popular discussions we’ve seen lately is this one, started by Andrew Fitzgib
Continue Reading →Where do Internal Auditors Come From?
April 11, 2013
The answer to this question – at least in part – is The University of Texas at Dallas. The UT Dallas internal audit program – which is part of the Jindal School of Management – has been endorsed by the Institute of Internal Auditors as a Center for Internal Aud
Continue Reading →Give Your Audit Management Program Some Love Part Three: Aggregate Results and Present Reports
April 04, 2013
This is Part Three of a Special Audit Management Series designed to increase fieldwork communications and to share results with improved reporting. In Part One, we discussed Managing Your Clients. Part Two focused on developing strategy for Managing Finding. Today, we conclude the Ser
Continue Reading →Spreadsheets: An inappropriate tool for audit and assurance professionals
April 03, 2013
According to Forbes, Microsoft’s Excel Might Be The Most Dangerous Software On The Planet. At last! I no longer feel so all alone. Truth be told, I’m not alone and lots of others have been saying the same thing about spreadsheets for years – I say spreadsheets because I d
Continue Reading →Give Your Audit Management Program Some Love Part Two: Develop a Strategy for Managing Issues & Findings
March 05, 2013
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
Continue Reading →AX4: Audit and Beyond
February 26, 2013
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
Continue Reading →Show Your Analytics Some Love
February 13, 2013
It’s the week of St. Valentine. Over the next few days, learn some special tricks to give your analytics and audit management programs the love and attention they truly deserve. Today we focus on Analytics. Do you need to spend some dedicated time with a technology that you are intere
Continue Reading →Outside of Audit: How the Procter & Gamble Finance Department used ACL Technology for Tax Authority Compliance
February 01, 2013
One of the things ACL values enormously is hearing directly from our customers on how they have used our technology to improve their business and advance their careers. This past autumn, ACL held our Global Sales Conference here in Vancouver. During this conference, we were delighted
Continue Reading →A Sneak Peek at Data-Lead GRC
January 29, 2013
Today’s post comes from one of ACL’s Product Marketing Managers, Nigel Matthews, who specializes in our SaaS and Mobile Products. There’s a big gap between GRC theory and how organizations actually accomplish GRC. The gap almost always shows up when figuring out and assign
Continue Reading →Tips and Tricks for generating IT support as you Move to the Cloud
January 25, 2013
The most recent issue of Accounting Today features an article by Dan Zitting, the creator of ACL Workpapers and ACL’s Vice President of Product Management & Design discussing how audit departments can partner with their IT team as promoters of change when adopting cloud-based tech
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