Insight Series: Intelligent Automation for Internal Audit

Friday, May 4, 2018

8:00 am - 8:30 am	Registration & Networking
8:30 am - 9:15 am	Session 1
9:15 am - 10:00 am	Session 2

	Karen Uihlein Director KPMG LLP Background Karen is a Director in KPMG’s Advisory practice in Houston, with a concentration on internal audit and risk management. Her experiences includes managing internal audit and compliance related programs for Fortune 1000 oil and gas, midstream, and oil field service companies. She has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry. Karen is also a program director for risk assurance innovations with a focus on intelligent automation for internal audit. Professional and Industry Experience Karen has experience in leading financial and operational, domestic and international, internal audits for E&P, mid-stream oil and gas, and oil field service companies. Her responsibilities include project management, documentation of significant processes and controls, developing the audit programs, evaluating internal controls and identifying control gaps, and reporting audit results and opportunities for internal control strengthening to client and company senior management. Her prior work experience includes revenue accountant for onshore and offshore properties; financial analyst, and internal auditor for Marathon Oil Company and operational auditor for El Paso Corporation, performing operational reviews for compliance with DOT, OSHA, and MMS regulatory requirements. In validating compliance, she performed operational audits at regulated pipeline facilities and plants, as well as Project Safety Management (PSM) facilities where applicable. Internal Audit Manage client SOX compliance and operational internal audit projects, including procurement, inventory, treasury, AFE/capital expenditures, fixed asset controls, oil and gas field measurement, production revenue recognition, land, and safety. Performed Safety audits of client’s plants and production facilities to evaluate compliance with OSHA regulations and managed pipeline infrastructure and DOT compliance review of operations for transmission and distribution clients, identifying opportunities for improved controls, compliance monitoring, and efficiencies. Perform contract compliance audits of client key vendors and identify opportunities for recovery and contract enhancements. Manage and perform joint venture audits of client non-operators, including development of overall joint venture audit strategy for client. Perform Enterprise Risk Management assessments for E&P, mid-stream, and oil field service clients to enhance visibility into top company risks and emerging risks, and establish a framework to better manage risks on an ongoing basis. Innovations Program director and lead for internal audit/enterprise risk innovation programs. Responsible for overall project management and lifecycle, oversight of innovation development, coordination with resources and stakeholders, reporting to leadership and product delivery. Intelligent automation for internal audit program director responsible for oversight of the initiative and coordination with leadership, lead partner and engagement teams in developing automation for internal audit and SOX. Team lead for audit management platform deployment in the US and global team member for training program development and product enhancements. Training Developed and deployed Internal Audit, Contract Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, Sustainability and IFRS trainings to US and global firm professionals.

	Charles King Director KPMG LLP Background Charles devotes his time to finding ways to do everything better, faster, and cheaper. His position as an automation leader in KPMG’s Risk Consulting practice is the most recent in a series of roles, both in consulting and in industry, in which he has worked with large, complex organizations to drive technology transformation from initial vision through steady state operations. Professional and industry experience In his role as an intelligent automation leader, Charles is at the forefront of KPMG’s innovations in internal audit and enterprise risk services. He leads diverse teams of auditors, solutions architects and data scientists to develop more efficient ways to deliver services using robotics process automation and cognitive solutions. Charles was previously a member of KPMG’s Data & Analytics Strategic Growth Initiative where he helped to lay the foundation for the Lighthouse, our Center of Excellence for Data & Analytics. His contributions to that team resulted in explosive growth in the capabilities of KPMG professionals to use analytical methods to create insight from data. As a consultant, Charles has served global brands across industries and services. Some of the highlights of his roles are: Developing the vision and roadmap for a previously non-existent analytics function at a market-leading hospitality company. Creating a new service that radically refocused audit teams at a global asset manager by using a technology-driven continuous risk assessment Serving as lead operational consultant for a $2B real estate acquisition by a global bank. Leading a large Sarbanes-Oxley compliance team in support of one of the largest bankruptcies in US history. Increasing the efficiency of operational audits by over 50% at a leading REIT though process optimization, automation, and offshoring. Discovering millions of dollars in erroneous payments at a large manufacturer by creating scalable analytical routines. Prior to his work at KPMG, Charles was the Vice President of Analytics for a $25B food service company. After founding the analytics department, Charles worked to spin it off into an advanced analytics and emerging technology consulting firm that served clients in food service, sports, healthcare, and technology. He pioneered services to optimize revenue, segment consumers, mine social media, develop business measurement frameworks, and provide financial and operational insight through business intelligence and data services. Charles has also served as the business intelligence and analytics leader for the digital transformation program of a large wine and spirits distributer. His involvement in CRM implementation and developing new e-commerce capabilities resulted in new ways to measure and manage the business in the digital age.