The Audit Podcast

This week we have Nathan Sweaney sharing some of his war stories as a pen tester!   Nathan also talks about how pen testers work with auditors, what being a pen tester actually means, and what auditors who don't have security resources should do. Check out the Secure Ideas website for even more security info.   Nathan also shares some of his favorite tools to stay secure including LastPass and Aut...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Jason Stepnoski for being our special guest!   For more audit related Star Wars references be sure to check out Jason's articles: On the Front Lines: Jedi ERM and On the Front Lines: An Audit Report on the Galactic Empire . Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or...

Paul Newton joins the show to talk about practical advice for analytics in the audit profession.   Paul also shares the pain points he's solving for auditors with analytics, why we can't just use Excel, Paul's favorite tool of choice, and some of his favorite use cases.   If PCARD usage or Grant Expenses are on your audit program then check out Barque Labs .    Be sure to connect with Paul on Link...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Andrea Matuszewski for being our special guest! Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago

Nicola Osinaike joins the show to help us understand why analytics is at the top of most CAE's priority list, yet the audit profession is still behind in its implementation.   Nicola also shares what's she's doing to help get analytics into the profession, what the role of non-analytics auditors should be, and what we can all do to develop data literacy.   Be sure to checkout Audit Data Hub and to...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to our guest Summer Zhang for joining the show.   Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago

David Coderre joins the show to share his stories and experience from his 30+ years of experience with audit analytics.   David also discusses why we aren't using analytics enough, quick wins with analytics, visualizations, and his favorite analytics stories.   Resources from the show: David's blog: CAATS Data Analysis for Internal Controls, Fraud Detection, Monitoring and Audit Computer-Aided Fra...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Matej Drašček for being our guest.   Resources from the show: Nicomachean Ethics   Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago

Leah Wietholter joins the show to talk about a favorite topic amongst auditors: fraud!   Leah also discusses when it's the right time to bring a forensic accountant into the fraud case, where auditors should look for fraud, and her favorite fraud story.   Leah also shares some really nice resources from her website including a payroll fraud macro for Excel , a link to one of her favorite podcast g...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Leticia Lucas for being our guest this week.   Resources from the show: Dan Heath's Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago

Joe Horowitz joins the show to talk about some more cyber security!   Joe also shares what he would rename "Internal Audit" as, why auditors have to change our mindsets, and what he's doing to help educate folks on cyber security.   On the show Joe recommends a great resource for cyber security professionals as well as auditors: The Threat Feed . Be sure to sign up to keep your cyber folks up-to-d...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Join Tracie and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago

Jayendran GS joins the show to talk audit analytics and why it's so hard for auditors to embed analytics in their processes.   Jayendran also shares his journey from Chartered Accountant to Data Scientist, why analytics should be coming to the auditor instead of the auditor coming to the analytics, what the folks in audit analytics roles are missing right now, and what Prudent.ai is doing to make...

Shannon Davis joins the show and gives a free mentoring lesson to the listeners!   Shannon also shares why she's such a good mentor, what her Audit Committee measures her on, what her team is doing to be more efficient, and offers advice for anyone entering the profession.   Be sure to connect with Shannon on LinkedIn for more!   Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on  Link...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Julio Tirado for for being our special guest this week. Join Tracy and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago

Bud Schrock joins the show to talk about what he cares about as a Chief Audit Executive.   Bud also gives his advice to auditors as he's nearing the end of his audit career, the advice he gives the young auditors that he coaches, advice for studying for the CIA, and what he disagrees with about the audit profession.   Be sure to connect with Bud on LinkedIn and check out his project, Obviyus, wher...

Clay Montgomery joins the show to talk about the lessons he's learned in leading the analytics team within the Internal Audit department at International Paper.   Clay also talks about common challenges with analytics, the best first step when starting out, the best next step for advanced analytics teams, and the process they follow for picking analytics projects.   Connect with Clay on LinkedIn a...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Julie Thompson and Elisa Gismondi for stepping on the stage. Join Tracy and Trent live every Tuesday to listen in or ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago

Founder and CEO of AARC-360 Neil Gonsalves joins the show to help make IT compliance a little less confusing.   Neil talks us through how Internal Audit can play a more dominant role in IT compliance, examples of controls that are ripe for automation, and the primary IT compliance areas we should consider.   For more, connect with Neil on LinkedIn or visit the AARC-360 website.   Also, be sure to...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Thomas Mullinnix from Re-Vision Management Consulting for coming on as a guest and to Julio Tirado for stepping on the stage. Join Tracy and Trent every Tuesday to listen in and ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago

Audit leader at the Tampa Airport, Laura Tatem joins the show with a use case for changing the perception of audit.   Laura discusses the steps she took to change the perception of audit when she started at the airport, the risks new airport tech is bringing, and why she moved from The Yellow Book to The Red Book .   Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on  LinkedIn ,  Insta...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Tracie Marquardt and Trent Russell. Special thanks to Joe Horowitz for coming on as a guest and to Jo Erven for stepping on the stage. Be sure to check out the Threat Feed from Stetson CyberGroup to stay updated on all things security.   Join Tracy and Trent every Tuesday to listen in and ask your questions live. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm N...

Chief Audit Executive at Draper and former United States Marine, Jason Mack joins the show to about leading Internal Audit.   Jason discuss how to actually get Audit, Compliance, and Risk Management to work better as a team, what he enjoys most about leading Internal Audit, why he isn't the typical auditor, and advice on how to become a Chief Audit Executive.   For more, connect with Jason on Link...

Previously recorded in The Audit Room on Clubhouse co-hosted with Rob Berry, Tracie Marquardt, and Trent Russell.   Special thanks to Jason Mefford for coming on as a guest and to Thomas Mullinnix for stepping on the stage.   Join Rob , Tracy , and Trent every Tuesday to listen in and ask your questions. 6 pm Berlin 12 pm New York 11 am Chicago  

Senior Director of Internal Audit for Raytheon Technologies, Tom Sanglier joins the show to talk about audits role in disruptive tech.   Tom goes into detail on the risks of working with vendors offering disruptive tech, how Internal Audit can implement this tech for their own departments, and how we can get more budget to do so.   Regardless of how technical you are or aren't, I highly recommend...