The Assurance Show

Embracing Internal Audit Evolution: A Conversation with Michael Drechnowicz, Head of Internal Audit at TK ElevatorIn this episode, Michael shares his insights on the evolution of IA in his role as Head of Internal Audit with a major player in the global elevator and escalator industry. His work demonstrates a shift from traditional finance-focus towards extensive business process c

Maura Hayes-Chaffe is the Deputy Comptroller for Audit in New York City.This episode has snippets from the full episode recorded for The Performance Audit Report.

Our guest is Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy.Cathy joined us to discuss critical aspects for auditors to consider, including:The human element: why understanding 'for whom an algorithm might fail' is more important than the detailed technical design of an algorithm.Algorithm testing: the i

Michael Pickup is the Auditor General of British Columbia in Canada.This episode has snippets from the full episode recorded for The Performance Audit Report.

Patrick Barr is Director, Performance Audit at the Northern Ireland Audit Office.This episode has snippets from the full episode recorded for The Performance Audit Report.

Kelsey Thompson is an Assistant City Auditor with the Office of the City Auditor in Austin, Texas.This episode has snippets from the full episode recorded for The Performance Audit Report.In the episode, you will hear Kelsey saying that she is a supervising senior auditor - she was at the time of recording, and was promoted to Assistant City Auditor in the short window between reco

Mike Scott is Lead Auditor and Manager Assurance and Audit at the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs. He has over 30 years of audit experience, including 15 years in performance audit with the New Zealand Office of the Auditor-General and 17 years with the UK National Audit Office.This episode has snippets from the full episode recorded for The Performance Audit Report.

This is an episode that aired on The Rundown [Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit], discussing the report "Evaluating the Kansas Department of Labor’s Response to COVID-19 Unemployment Claims (Part 2)"

Mark Funkhouser is President, Funkhouser & Associates. He is one of the founders of the International Center for Performance Auditing (ICPA) and previously spent 18 years with the Office of the City Auditor of Kansas and 10 years with the Tennessee Division of State Audit. He's been the Mayor of Kansas City, had spells in academia and publishing and has written a book on p

Scott Frank is the Director of Performance and IT Audit at the Washington State Auditor’s Office.This episode has snippets from the episode recorded for The Performance Audit Report.The episode was recorded at the 2022 NSAA conference in Atlanta, Georgia.In this episode, we discuss:How performance auditors are using data in their work and future opportunities to use dataA recent