Top Risks and Next Gen Data Analytics sponsored by Protiviti

03/12/2020

11:30 am - 1:40 pm

Williamson Campus: Columbia State Community College, 1228 Liberty Pike, Franklin

Session 1: Top Risks in 2020 and Setting the Audit Committee Agenda

The demands on boards of directors are as significant as they have ever been. Each committee of the board faces its own challenges, too, and the audit committee is no exception. With new accounting standards coming online, an increasingly active Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspections agenda, the relevance of the traditional accounting and reporting model under fire, and continued uncertainty in the geopolitical, business and regulatory environment, audit committees indeed have their hands full.

As in prior years, we have identified several top risks and agenda items for audit committees to consider in the upcoming year. In formulating these agenda items, we considered input from our interactions with client audit committees as well as insights from roundtables and surveys we conducted during 2019 and discussions with directors in numerous forums.

Session 2: Next Generation Internal Audit Analytics and Process Mining

Data analytics capabilities are becoming an essential part of the internal audit toolkit for many organizations. During this session, we’ll provide an overview of data analytics, examples of how internal audit departments can utilize innovative and next generation data analytics, and examples of common challenges that may be encountered.

Process Mining is an emerging technology that is changing the way that we understand processes in our organizations. This session will provide an overview of Process Mining, the benefits that it can provide, and examples of how it can help drive visibility and understanding of the real processes that are in place.

	Ana Amato • Managing Director in the Internal Audit and Financial Advisory practice in Protiviti’s Atlanta office. • Over 18 years consulting and audit experience. She is a subject matter expert in Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk Management and is a leader for the global Magnet for Talent strategic initiative, which focuses on recruiting diverse top talent to Protiviti. She was recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2018 class of 40 Under 40 Award honorees and Emory University’s 2019 class of 40 Under 40 Award honorees.

	Ryan Neff CIA, CRMA •Director in the Internal Audit and Financial Advisory practice in Protiviti’s Atlanta office. •Over 12 years experience assisting clients with SOX and Business Process control design and testing, and operational, financial, IT and compliance audits.

	Rebecca Nilson CIA, CRMA •Director in the Internal Audit and Financial Advisory practice in Protiviti’s Nashville office. •Over 20 years experience in Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk Management, Sarbanes Oxley, financial analysis and operational assessment, specifically in the healthcare and real estate industries.

	Gregg A. Wishna CISA •Associate Director in the Internal Audit and Financial Advisory practice in Protiviti’s Atlanta office. •Over 14 years consulting and audit experience in Internal Audit and Data Analytics initiatives as well as Data Management consulting projects, with a focus on Data Governance and Business Intelligence.

CPE offered: 2; Anticipated Field of Study: Auditing

Knowledge Level: Basic; Prerequisites: None

Members: $30

Non-Members: $35

Government: $25

All payments must be received prior to the event or at the time of registration.

Speakers and times are subject to change without notice.

Registration Deadline 3/5/2020 5pm

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