Please join us on Thursday, December 7th for a virtual 4 CPE hour session covering the below topics and learning objectives. 

Topic: Reimagining Internal Audit through Total Quality Auditing

Location: Virtual / Zoom

Presenter:  Amanda "Jo" Erven

 Overview:  

W. Edwards Deming, the founding father of the successful Total Quality Management (TQM) movement, said you cannot “inspect in” quality after the fact. "Inspection, with the aim of finding the bad ones and then throwing them out is too late, ineffective, and costly." 

Interpretation: You also cannot “audit in” quality after the fact. You cannot "audit in" ethical behavior, proper risk management, effective internal controls, or compliance with laws and regulations - after the fact. Instead of continuing to react to what has already happened at your organization (the traditional audit practice), it's time to begin proactively influencing the future of your organization.

It's time to move from a "find a (past) problem mindset" to a "solve a (future) problem mindset." This, and only this, will keep organizations out of the headlines and push Internal Audit functions to the top of the value contribution list at their organization.

Learning objectives:

• Formulate real solutions that Internal Auditors and management can apply to ethics processes within your organization. Learn the importance of an Ethics Policy, the need for a Chief Ethics Officer position and more thoughtful training at your organization, as well as the red flags, built on TQM principles, which Internal Auditors should begin looking for.
• Understand the necessity of asking, gathering, and evaluating feedback from ALL stakeholders inside and outside your audit engagements. Gain techniques to efficiently develop action plans to immediately mitigate risks, enhance controls, and improve operational effectiveness.
• Gain the tools and techniques for being a lean, risk-based Internal Audit function, including Six Sigma adapted forms. Discover the types of waste you may have within your Internal Audit function and how to eliminate that waste. See that focusing on the right risks at your organization will inherently aid in the goal of being a lean Internal Auditor that your organization values.
• Learn the true benefit of balancing your work between audit and consulting. Understand that consulting is not an independence issue, rather, it is a way to meld your Internal Audit function into the organization and help reject the notion that auditors are just the "bad cop."

Bio:

Amanda "Jo" Erven, CPA, CIA, CFE, is the President and Founder of Audit. Consulting. Education. LLC. After a successful career in external and internal audit, Jo is now an active Internal Audit Strategist, Ethics and Culture Consultant, Author, and Trainer/Speaker, providing CPE hours, live and virtually, to organizations across the globe. 

Starting in 2023, Jo is also a full-time, accounting faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver as well as the Director of Internal Audit Education for the University. As Director, Jo guides graduate students as they act as the University’s Internal Auditors! She has also developed an undergraduate and graduate Risk Assurance and Advisory certificate for students to earn to better prepare them for the workforce.

To read more about Jo, visit: https://www.auditconsultingeducation.com/about/

 Cost:

- Members $50

- Non-Members $75

 CPE: 4 credit hours

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**Grace Dorman - VP Programs**

Officers and Governors – Kansas City IIA Chapter  

Time & Date: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 from 10:00AM - 2:00PM CST