Podcasts

Steve Biskie, author of Surviving an SAP Audit, shares expert insight on current trends in SAP implementation and details some of the challenges around managing internal controls. Learn how secure, direct and automated access to the data can guarantee efficient and accurate reporting of audit results to management and reduce overall risk.

Meet Dan Zitting, the creator of ACL Workpapers and learn what inspired him to create a simple and elegant audit management system for highly effective audit teams.

Dr. Miklos Vasarhelyi, Professor, Accounting, Business Ethics & Information Systems, Rutgers Business School & Chair of the World Continuous Auditing Symposia, explains that while there’s still a long way to go, continuous auditing is rapidly gaining traction in organizations.

Bob Rudloff, VP Internal Audit MGM Mirage, talks about how Internal Audit can benefit the organization by acting as more of a business partner; what Internal Audit needs to look out for; and how to adapt to the new economic reality.

David Miod, Mission Support Accountant within the Department of Defense accounting group, talks about his big success in applying data analytics to identify billions of dollars in error and waste.

A new interview with David Walker, President of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Former Comptroller General of the United States, covers a range of issues including the evolving role of internal audit, government accountability, and the materiality of fraud and waste in organizations.

Laura Flandrick shares her thoughts on how technology is quickly becoming a priority amongst P-Card professionals that have recognized the need to automate transactional monitoring to properly mitigate risk.

Hear how Lockheed Martin is taking the lead in using continuous controls monitoring to analyze all business unit card programs within a single process. Rick shares how Lockheed is using data analytics technology to run an ‘early warning’ system to flag exceptions and communicate results.

Chambers speaks candidly about the need for audit to gain a deeper understanding of the business, leverage technology, and benchmark against peers in order to add the level of value that will be critical to the future of audit.

Hal Laughlin talks about D&B’s Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) deployment and how they successfully pushed out analytics processes to the business. Hear about what it means to be a ‘control activist’ and learn about some creative ways to integrate technology for maximum enterprise-wide benefits.

Ted Walter, highlights some of the key risk areas inherent to healthcare and talks about the move from manual to electronic-based medical records and charges, and how using ACL in this area has a direct impact on the bottom line.

Gerrit Buitendag shares key insights into Lafarge’s Continuous Auditing and Monitoring deployment and how they restructured the organization to put information directly into the hands of end users. With solid preparation and recognition of objectives, they were able to replace legacy systems and structure a successful compliance program in just 5 months.

Pat Ferrell talks about RLI Corp’s use of ACL to recover nearly $4 million in lost deductibles. Learn how they used scripting along with an innovative “red flag theory” to implement continuous auditing and account for false positives.

Dave Riddell gives an overview of how Fidelity National Financial uses analytics to detect and report fraud. Learn how they have built a workflow engine that enables them to take appropriate action across an organization of 17,000 employees.