The Assurance Show
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that focuses on data & risk. Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla. Produced by Risk Insights.
Episodes
This is the second of a series of episodes that focus on performance auditing.
In this episode, we discuss the importance of balance in your work program - covering each of the four objectives:
Link: This episode's web page (riskinsights.com.au/the-assurance-show-49)
About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that focuses on data & risk.
Hosted by Conor...
This is the first of a series of episodes that focus on performance auditing.
In this episode, we discuss strategic audit planning (a.k.a. forward work planning).
For internal auditors, this is similar to annual (or equivalent) audit planning.
Link: This episode'...
In this episode we discuss three simple ways to improve the data cleansing process - easier, faster and higher quality.
Link: This episode's web page (riskinsights.com.au/the-assurance-show-47)
About this podca...
In this episode we discuss the use of risk/performance indicators.
These can be used by audit teams, risk teams and integrity agencies.
For audit teams, they are useful throughout the audit lifecycle - planning / risk assessment, fieldwork / conduct and reporting.
We explore why they are useful, what to do and briefly how to get started.
This page (riskinsights.com.au/the-assurance-show-46) contains an example of a dashboard that bring...
Christine (performance audit) and Xiaoyan (data analytics) are Directors with ANAO, the Australian National Audit Office.
In this episode we discuss:
Links:
Tiina Landau is an internationally recognized sustainability expert and Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA). She currently works as Sustainability Manager at Neste Corporation, embedding sustainability considerations into new business models and supply chains.
She has extensive experience as a speaker in media and seminars and also writes a column in the Finnish financial newspaper Kauppalehti.
In this episode, we discuss Ti...
Erica Toelle is a senior product marketing manager on the Microsoft compliance product team, with focus on information governance and records management.
Erica is a long-time member of the SharePoint and Microsoft 365 community, a former Microsoft MVP, a published author, and a recognized expert in the information governance area.
In this episode, we discuss Erica's book - Microsoft 365 Compliance: A Practical Guide to Managi...
Michael DeCero is an Internal Audit Analytics Manager at TDS, a telecommunications company.
In this episode, Michael explains how he helps his audit team use data.
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About this show:
The podcast for performance auditors ...
Steve Rummel is a Senior Internal Audit Analytics Manager at CVS Health.
In this episode, Steve explains how he helps his audit team use data.
Link: This episode's web page (riskinsights.com.au/the-assurance-show-41)
About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that focuses on data & risk. Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla. Produced by Risk Insights (riskinsights.com.au).
Ari Levien is an experienced Chief Information Officer who has also played the role of Chief Risk Officer.
In this episode we discuss how a CIO (with an understanding of risk) thinks about security and risk. We also discuss his views of Internal Audit and what good looks like for IA.
Link: This episode's web page (riskinsights.com.au/the-assurance-show-40)
About this podcast
In using data for audits, quality assurance of our work is important.
In this episode, we discuss:
1. The four main QA steps
2. Why we need a QA Plan
Link: This episode's web page (riskinsights.com.au/the-assurance-show-39)
About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors focuses on data & risk. Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla....
In this episode, we discuss FIVE major benefits of investing our time in preparing our data and checking its quality.
These include, in reverse order of importance:
1. Exploration during data prep to understand the data
2. Ensure the data is in the right format for analysis
3. Save time by avoiding incorrect conclusions
4. Confidence in the analysis and result
5. Identify important data related improvement opportunities
Link: This episode...
Morag (Senior Manager) and Gemma (Director) are Performance Auditors with Audit Scotland.
In this episode we discuss how they are using data in their audits, their experience in developing Audit Scotland's data capabilities, collaboration with other audit offices and what the future roadmap looks like.
We also discuss their focus on ensuring their reports meet their audience’s needs, and how data visualisations and charts are be...
In this episode, we discuss why it is important to focus on our audit objective when using data analysis in our audit.
We explore:
Stephen leads the data science team within Performance Audit at VAGO, the Victorian Auditor General's Office. We discuss:
You can reach out to Stephen via LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/smcateer).
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Taka is the inaugural Chief Data Scientist at the US Government Accountability Office.
He also leads the GAO's Innovation Lab. We discuss:
You can reach out to Taka via the GAO website.
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In this episode, we discuss 10 of the more common areas of focus in using data for audits.
Note: This is a guest interview.
Alli is an information design consultant and host of the Data Viz Today podcast.
We talk about a range of data visualization matters, including 3 key mistakes that people make when starting out in dataviz (and solutions to those).
You can reach out to Alli via her website (www.allitorban.com).
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In this episode we wrap up, talking about:
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About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that focuses on data & risk. Hosted by Co...
Note: This is a guest interview.
John talks to us about what audit offices (a.k.a. supreme audit institutions) do and the role of the CTO in an audit focused organization.
He shares his views on a range of issues including:
J...
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