The Audit Podcast

• Ep 266: Eric Wilson Interviews Trent Russell (Part 1)

  This week on The Audit Podcast, there's a new host in town… and it's not me. Eric Wilson steps in and leads a reverse interview where I finally take a turn as the guest.   Be sure to connect with Eric on LinkedIn.   Also, be sure to follow us on our social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.   Timecodes: 1:30 – Lightning Round of Questions for Trent 6:23 – Trent's Career Journey 13:25 – Trent's Work–Life Balance 16:39 – Greenskies Analytics: How Tech Has Changed Things 19:50 – The Footprint of Greenskies Analytics 20:42 – Using Copilot to Accelerate Analytics in Your Company 25:10 – What's New for Greenskies Analytics 26:15 – How Trent Started Running The Audit Analytics and AI Conference 32:50 – New Conferences 35:33 – A Sneak Peek at Future Conferences   *   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.

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• Ep 265: Stepping into the CAE Role w/ Mike McDonald (BorgWarner)

  This week on The Audit Podcast, our guest is Mike McDonald, Chief Audit Executive at BorgWarner.   This episode is a little different—it's a replay from one of our sessions at the Audit Analytics and AI Conference, sponsored by Supervisor. Mike has been in the CAE role at BorgWarner for about a year, and he walks us through what that first year has really looked like.   We get into what he expected going into the role, what surprised him, and the biggest lessons he learned in his first hundred days.   Be sure to connect with Mike on LinkedIn.   Also, be sure to follow us on our social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.   Timecodes:   2:14 — What It's Like Stepping into the CAE Role 8:19 — Understanding Internal Audit's Mission 9:31 — How CAEs Allocate Resources 11:09 — A CAE's Perspective on KPIs 13:52 — Using Full-Population Testing Effectively 16:16 — How to Implement Supervision 17:26 — Building In-House Solutions vs. Using External Tools 20:31 — Identifying What Truly Matters with Population Testing 22:32 — The Skill Sets CAEs Want 24:30 — How Internal Audit Teams Are Using AI   *   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.

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• Ep 264: How Internal Audit Teams Are Building AI Tool with no Tech Background Needed (Snowflake)

  This week on The Audit Podcast, we're joined by three members of Snowflake's internal audit team: Amrita, Pooja, and Ajay.   Amrita Kapoor, Head of Internal Audit at Snowflake, walks us through how their team is using Snowflake's native tools to build practical analytics and AI solutions. She shares several real use cases their internal audit function has deployed—many of which Snowflake customers can replicate with the tools they already have.   We're also joined by Pooja K., who takes us inside the AI tool she built for the audit team. And here's the part that might surprise you: Pooja has no technical background—no analytics, no IT, no engineering—and yet she built her AI solution in a single evening. She breaks down exactly how she approached it, what she created, and why auditors without a tech background should feel empowered to start experimenting.   Finally, Ajay R., Internal Audit Manager at Snowflake, walks through additional AI and data analytics use cases their team has implemented, highlighting what's possible when internal audit fully leverages Snowflake's capabilities.   Also, be sure to follow us on our social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.   Timecodes:   4:38 - Snowflake: Team Introductions 14:08 - Leveraging Data Analytics for ITGCs 20:07 - Testing Termination Controls 24:16 - Strengthening Collaboration Between Internal and External Audit 27:46 - How AI Is Shaping Resources and Hiring 30:17 - Final Thoughts   *   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.  

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• IA on AI – The Importance of Human Review for AI Output

  Be sure to follow us on our social media accounts on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-audit-podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theauditpodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theauditpodcast?lang=en   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.  * This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics. the services firm that helps auditors leapfrog 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.

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• Ep 263: Building Early Career Goals on the Road to Chief Audit Executive w/ Jamie Meziere

  This week on The Audit Podcast, our guest is Jamie Meziere, Chief Audit Executive at FedEx. Jamie shares what FedEx's analytics and AI program looks like today and the one thing she wishes every auditor would start doing now. She also talks about the early career goal she set to become a CAE—and how she created a plan, executed on it, and ultimately stepped into the Chief Audit Executive role at one of the largest organizations in the world. We also get into what happens after you reach that milestone: what her first year as CAE has looked like, how she approached her first performance evaluation, and the criteria she believes matter most when evaluating CAEs. Be sure to connect with Jamie on LinkedIn.   Also, be sure to follow us on our social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.   Timecodes:   3:15 - Jamie's LLM History 6:10 — Leveraging AI for Vision and Strategic Planning 8:54 — Jamie's Top Advice for Auditors 11:20 — Early Career Goals and Jamie's Path to Becoming a CAE 16:02 — Goal-Setting and the Importance of Mentorship 22:40 — Guidance for CAE Evaluations 24:30 - Final Thoughts   *   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.          

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