This week, our guest is Malcom, Former Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Internal Audit Digital Transformation and Data Analytics at Northern Trust. Dave recounts his mid-40s retirement journey and his subsequent decision to return with the desire to help internal auditors in his organization.

In this episode, he reveals his approach to establishing an internal audit department, discusses the expected duties of the audit committee, and underscores the credibility boost through the strategic use of data analytics to identify outliers.

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Timecodes:

5:28 - Coming Out of Retirement

9:10 - The Impact of Generative AI

10:28 - The Importance of Investing in Data Analytics

13:58 - Data Literacy

16:21 - How to Make your Audit Department Better

19:23 - What to Expect from the Audit Committee

27:27 - How to Achieve Quantitative Risk Assessments

31:00 - Final Thoughts

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This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics, the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype.

Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.

This week, our guest is Christopher Jessup, Manager Audit Analytics at CSX. In this episode, Chris defines what makes a proficient data analyst, strategies for identifying the ideal candidate within your team, and the essential steps to elevate your internal audit department to the next level.

Resources: David Hill Article - Is the term "Data Analytics" causing an issue?

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Timecodes:

6:07 - Payroll Fraud Use Case

8:45 - What Makes for a Great Data Analyst Candidate

16:37 - Promoting Data Analyst From Within Your Team

21:50 - Building Your Data Analytics Resources

25:23 - Upskilling Your Audit Department

28:20 - Final Thoughts

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This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics, the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype.

Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.

This week, our guest is Melissa Pici, Sr. IT Audit Manager at Syniverse. In this episode, Melissa discusses the best ways to find and develop the Next Gen Auditors within your organization. We touch on topics including candidate screening during recruitment, team upskilling, and the critical significance of passion, curiosity, and drive in the audit profession.

Be sure to connect with Melissa on LinkedIn.

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Timecodes:

2:36 – Internet Browsing History

6:17 - Internal Audit and Data Analytics

7:40 - Data Ccientists vs. Data Analysts

10:37 - Audit Analytics Conference

12:45 - Next Gen Auditors

18:03 - Screening Candidates for Passion, Curiosity, and Drive

21:07 - How to Upskill Your Team

25:38 - Accountability

28:42 - What is a Calibration Meeting

32:57 - Next Gen Managers

36:54 - Final Thoughts

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This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics, the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype.

Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.