All Things Internal Audit Podcast: International Feedback on the Global Internal Audit Standards

All Things Internal Audit: Public Sector Considerations for New IIA Standards In this episode, Pamela Stroebel Powers, the IIA director of professional practices, discusses the newly released 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards, with an emphasis on the public sector. She explores the changes, challenges, and resources available to help internal auditors adapt to these updates. This conversation covers: Inclusion of public sector considerations Governance complexities in the public sector Strategies for meeting new standards Conformance readiness assessment tool Strategic planning and performance measures Regional and public sector-specific challenges Resources and support from the IIA for public sector auditors   This episode is available on all major podcast platforms or on our YouTube channel.

All Things Internal Audit: Fraud Podcast "The Language of Fraud" Listen to The IIA’s new Fraud Podcast brought to you by All Things Internal Audit. The Fraud Podcast provides fictionalized accounts of real-world frauds featured in Internal Auditor magazine’s Fraud department. In the latest episode, a company receives a whistleblower complaint against one of its new acquisitions, Slate. An investigation of the communications between Slate executives and a vendor reveals key words of corruption. Listen to “The Language of Fraud.” IIA members can access bonus content in the form of lessons learned by reading the full Fraud article. Available now on all major podcast platforms and our Youtube channel.  

All Things Internal Audit: Exploring IPPF Topical Requirements  In this episode, George Barham, director of Standards and Professional Guidance for Technology at The IIA, discusses the Topical Requirements component of the International Professional Practices Framework. This conversation covers:   -Purpose and importance of Topical Requirements in the IPPF -Background and development of Topical Requirements -Explanation of Topical Requirements' structure and components -Quality assessment of Topical Requirements -Focus on draft Cybersecurity Topical Requirement -Public comment period and practitioner feedback opportunity -Enhancing relevance and value of internal audit services Get the full episode wherever you get your podcasts or YouTube.

All Things Internal Audit: Generative AI Uses for Internal Audit In this episode, Grant Ostler, Industry Principal at Workiva, and Sue King, Partner and SOX Solutions Lead at KPMG, delve into the practical applications of generative AI in the workplace and its impact on internal auditors. This conversation covers: -AI compliance challenges -Preparing for AI integration -Emerging trends and technologies -Governance in AI implementation -Maximizing AI technology -Future directions of AI in audit Listen to full episodes at The IIA website and our YouTube channel.

All Things Internal Audit: The Data Dilemma   In this episode, Jim Pelletier, Senior Product Manager at Wolters Kluwer TeamMate, discusses how internal auditors can position themselves to provide assurance on all aspects of data within their organizations, particularly as new technologies and regulations will increasingly rely on data. Key to sound data governance is ensuring that data is accurate, complete, reliable, and relevant. This conversation covers:   -Critical importance of data quality in internal audit-Challenges to maintaining data quality-Internal audit's role in assessing and validating data quality -Risk assessment processes integration -Strategies for audit leaders to engage with stakeholders -Data governance issues -Artificial intelligence and ESG reporting on data quality This episode brought to listeners from The IIA and Wolters Kluwer.   Get the full episode wherever you get your podcasts or YouTube.

Workiva's VP of Global ESG and CSO, Mandi McReynolds, discusses the evolving regulatory landscape for sustainability. With an emphasis on the necessity for collaboration among various teams within companies, including finance, risk, and ESG, to effectively navigate these new regulations. This conversation covers:   -Compliance challenges -Preparing for new sustainability regulations -Governance -Leveraging technology, including artificial intelligence - The future direction and impact of sustainability reporting requirements and regulations -Internal audit’s role Get the full episode wherever you get your podcasts or YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IIAGlobalHQ/podcasts IIA members gain exclusive access to an extended versions with bonus content at: www.theiia.org/en/resources/Podcasts-and-Video-from-The-IIA/.  

Lexica AI CFO Jannies Burlingame discusses her upcoming presentation at the IIA's Analytics, Automation and AI Virtual Conference with Senior Manager of Content Strategy and Development Robert Pérez. The conversation covers: Understanding data bias and misinterpretation Leveraging the benefits of Explainable AI (XAI) More!

Harold Silverman, IIA Senior Director of CAE and Corporate Governance Engagement, and Warren Hersh, IIA Director of Quality Services, discuss the importance of having a strategy for quality assessments in 2024 as it relates to the new Global Internal Audit Standards. The two former chief audit executives delve into new performance requirements under the updated Standards as well as options for scheduling quality assessments under the existing Standards (2017) or the new Standards.

In the latest podcast, loose adherence to policies on bids and tenders and a tip from a concerned employee lead internal auditors to uncover a bid rigging scheme at a renewable energy developer. Listen to “Tenders in the Wind.” 

ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools are taking the business world by storm. Internal auditors will need to see how these technological marvels can enhance their work in a variety of areas. Vince Walden, CEO of Kona AI, shares an update on AI tools for compliance and data analytics. Also discussed is: ·         Generative AI for use in continuous controls monitoring ·         Getting started with machine learning and fraud detection Get the full episode where you get your podcasts or YouTube. IIA members gain exclusive access to an extended version with bonus content at Podcast and Videos from The IIA.