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 Tiina's book: Sustainable Investing - Beating the Market...

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 Managing Risk. Links:   This episode's web page...

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.   Links:   This episode's web page (with full transcript)  Towards Data Science LinkedIn About this 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.   

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  The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that focuses on data & risk. Hosted by Conor...

In using data for audits, quality assurance of our work is important.In this episode, we discuss: 1.  The four main QA stepsTechnical QA Functional QA Business QA (validation) Audit QA 2. Why we need a QA PlanLink: This episode's web page (with full...

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 data2. Ensure the data is in the right...

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...

In this episode, we discuss why it is important to focus on our audit objective when using data analysis in our audit.We explore:Why a focus on the objective helps us measure successWhy we should avoid rules based analysisHow a focus on the objective...

Stephen leads the data science team within Performance Audit at VAGO, the Victorian Auditor General's Office.  We discuss:What VAGO doesStephen's approach to helping auditors use dataWhy it's important for all performance auditors to have data skillsHow...

Taka is the inaugural Chief Data Scientist at the US Government Accountability Office.  He also leads the GAO's Innovation Lab.  We discuss:What the GAO doesHow data science is helping GAOInnovation and experimentation at GAOMachine learning...

In this episode, we discuss 10 of the more common areas of focus in using data for audits.Get over the fear of using dataFocus on the objective and develop the hypothesesCheck for previous work, to avoid duplicationSource the data – internal and...

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...

In this episode we wrap up, talking about:a few things we've learned this yearfeedback - what people found valuablefeedback - what people want to hear more aboutsome of the tech/software used to produce this podcastLinks The Assurance Show website About...

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: His positive experience with...

Note: This is a guest interview.Andrew talks to us about machine learning (ML) and what auditors should consider regarding ML assurance. You can reach out to Andrew via the Monitaur website.LinksMonitaurThe Assurance Show website About this podcast The...

Note: This is a guest interview.David talks to us about IAC's latest report, the Talent Barometer and the upcoming Diversity report. He shares his views on a range of issues including: Data skill gapsLeadership skill gapsWhy culture is importantDavid is...

In this episode we discuss how answering a few simple questions about your audience can improve your audit reporting.These help make several report areas better:Scope and titleContextFindings / Improvement oppsLinks The Assurance Show website About this...

Note: This is a guest interview.Carlos talks to us about what auditors should consider regarding cyber security and information security. He shares his views on a range of issues including: Cyber securityHow cyber security and information security...

In this episode we learn a bit about Yusuf, one of the co-hosts of the show.He explains what he considers to be the highlights of his career.LinkThe Assurance Show website About this podcast The Assurance Show is produced by Risk Insights for internal...

In this episode we discuss why discovery exercises are becoming very useful for audits.They help de-risk the conduct of audits, and the three main scenarios we use them for: Audit topic validation and overall audit planningScoping, depth and...

In this episode we explore Principle 3 - Maximize the Benefits of the use of data within Internal Audit and Performance Audit.Sub-principles3a: Sharing lessons amongst the team. 3b: Identifying other risks and opportunities. 3c: Continuous...

Note: This is a guest interview.Josam Watson is the CRO of Tyme, a digital banking group that owns one of the world’s fastest growing digital banks. He was previously Chief Audit Executive of a large credit union. Before that, he spent time in internal...

In this episode we discuss four (4) approaches to using data for internal audits and performance audits.Reporting onlyProcess focusedHybothesis basedExploratory (a.k.a. data driven or data led)LinksRelated blog articleThe Assurance Show website About...

In this episode we discuss six (6) sets of words and phrases that are commonly misused.Using data vs analyticsAlgorithm vs modelData owner vs data "custodian"AI vs machine learningOpen source vs open dataBig data vs big dataLinkThe Assurance Show...