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Audit Scope
Providing dynamic leadership for the global profession of internal auditing
November 2019
December Fraud & Security Seminar Preview
Certification News
Member Profile: Melissa Dondero
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A Sense of Security
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President’s Message Dear Chapter Members:
Our Chapter year is off to an amazing start. The first installment of our seminar series, “Assessing Corporate Culture & Practical Eth-ics” with Danny Goldberg on October 24th at Armature Works was a huge success! Attendance was up 48% from our October seminar last year, and it reflects what a great job our VP of Programming, Sarah Saunders, has done over the last year! We continue to review survey results after each seminar and love to hear your feedback so that we can continue to provide you with the highest quality seminars in Tampa Bay! For our next seminar on Wednesday, December 4th at the Sher-aton Tampa Brandon Hotel we have joined forces with Citi to bring you our annual “Fraud and Security” event. This seminar is our joint meeting with the local Chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). We have a great lineup of speakers cov-ering topics such as Fraud and Your Digital Presence, Auditing the Cloud, and Election Cybersecurity. Don’t forget to register, and re-member, immediately following the seminar we are holding a net-working happy hour event. I hope to see everyone there! If you are not aware, the IIA 2020 International Conference (July 20-22) is in Miami! The International Conference is the premier train-ing and networking event for internal audit professionals world-wide. It includes more than 70 sessions focused on timely, global is-sues impacting the profession and awards more than 17 CPE. To show our appreciation to you, our members, I am extremely excited to announce the 2020 International Conference Giveaway! We are going to raffle off one conference registration (including travel ex-penses) to a lucky member of our chapter! Chapter members can earn entries into the raffle in a variety of ways , and there is no limit to the number of entries a member can earn so the more you do the better your chances. Those of you that attended the October 24th seminar have already been entered. The winner will be announced during the April 16th seminar, Total Quality Auditing (attendance is not required to win.) For complete rules, please visit the IIA Florida West Coast Chapter website. As we head into the holiday season, I want to wish each and eve-ry member and friend of the Florida West Coast chapter a safe and happy time. I hope to see everyone on December 4th! Feel free to email me anytime ([email protected]) with questions, comments or suggestions.
Sincerely,
Upcoming Event ................ 3 Preview our December Fraud and Security seminar.
Chapter News ................ 4 Meet Melissa Dondero, who does some very important work for our chapter behind the scenes and read about some exciting member accomplishments.
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UPCOMING EVENT
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FRAUD & SECURITY SEMINAR! Sponsored by
EVENT SUMMARY
Date
Thursday, December 4
Location
Sharaton Tampa-Brandon
10221 Princess Palm Ave.
Tampa, FL 33610
Time
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
(Continental breakfast/
check-in: 8 a.m.)
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Networking Event
(Beer and wine provided)
Register Here!
Fraud and Your Digital Presence Tony Midthun, Nate Perry, Melanie Fischer, Citi
Online privacy issues and fraud are some of the fastest growing concerns in the digi-tal world. Topics include social media, online breaches, and issues involving the
dark web.
Finding & Fighting Fraud Steve Goepfert, Former Chief Auditor,
United Airlines
Highlights key ingredients to detect fraud, including the power of technology to find fraud schemes. Vital methods for conduct-ing the fraud interview and case studies of
past fraud investigations.
Fraud and Consequences Jerome Mayne, Former Inmate,
Speaker/Author
Discuss the unethical behaviors in ethics and fraud that exist today in the “business as usual” corporate culture. Where vulnera-bilities lie and the devastating effects com-
mitting fraud has on the victims.
Auditing the Cloud Joe Weiden, Managing Director, Citi
Overview of concepts and terminology re-lated to Cloud. Focus on key risks and rele-vant controls of a Cloud audit including third party management, technology archi-
tecture, and information security.
Election Cybersecurity Infrastructure Protection: 2024 L. Martin Capuder, CEO, Global Trafficking
ISAO
Identify efforts since the 2016 election to enhance election systems cybersecurity. Perform a risk assessment including com-ponents, vulnerabilities, state of technolo-
gy, and controls.
Fraud Risk Management Erin Lentz, Partner, Grant Thornton
Focus on the importance of fraud risk man-agement, including the cost of fraud, and how
IA can incorporate fraud into the audit plan.
Harnessing the Power of Innovation Marc Sabino, Chief Auditor/Head of Innovation for Audit, Citigroup
Covers the evolution of analytical/innovation tools and techniques used to build efficiencies throughout the audit process, as well as to
assist internal auditors in identifying hidden patterns and emerging risks, thereby creating a greater degree of audit assurance.
BONUS LUNCH
SESSION
Speakers & Topics
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It takes many moving parts, and the efforts of multi-ple people, to make our chapter’s seminar events success-ful. One of those people is Melissa Dondero, Assistant In-spector General with the Pinellas County Clerk of Circuit Court’s Division of Inspector General, and a member of the Florida West Coast chapter since 2003. Melissa is the chapter’s Event Management Tool (EMT) Coordinator, working behind the scenes to manage event registration, sales of seminar packages, marketing emails, surveys, and CPE certificates. “The most enjoyable experience volunteering as the EMT Coordinator has been training under Bob McCall,” Melissa says. “Bob has a wealth of EMT knowledge and has made it easy for me to learn the tool.” At the same time she has been training, Melissa has been working (“in true auditor fashion,” she says) to streamline processes to make the chapter more efficient and effective. Melissa has spent her entire IA career with Pinellas County, joining the Division of Inspector General 16 years ago. “I started my career as an internal auditor almost by chance!” she says. “I was a young single mother finishing my master’s degree in accounting and studying for the CPA exam. I realized I didn’t really enjoy the work of a tradi-tional financial accountant, but only after I was already neck deep in my degree. I was unsure what specific job to pursue, but had a goal: a career that would support us fi-nancially, require little travel, and not consist of repetitive
tasks. My father worked for Pinellas County for many years, and I saw firsthand that he had good pay and bene-fits, job stability, and satisfaction that he was making a difference in the community. He told me about a job open-ing at the Pinellas County Clerk’s Internal Audit Division (now known as the Division of Inspector General) and en-couraged me to apply. I applied, even though I never con-sidered being an auditor.” Shortly after she sat for the CPA exam, the Clerk’s Office offered Melissa an internal auditor position. She knew little about internal auditing, but was mentored by experienced and knowledgeable coworkers and eventually worked her way up to management. Today, Melissa leads a team of five auditors and in-vestigators, and some of her key responsibilities include completing an annual risk assessment, compiling an annu-al audit plan, and publishing an annual report of accom-plishments. She also conducts audits, investigations, re-views, and consulting projects, often collaborating with the State Attorney’s Office, law enforcement, and other agencies. “One of the unique challenges of my job is simp-ly the diversity of services Pinellas County government provides citizens and visitors,” she says. “Even after 16 years auditing and investigating Pinellas County govern-ment departments, I learn something new about the County during every project I work on.” While her employer has remained the same, Melissa feels the IA profession has changed in some important ways during her career. “The profession is more known to the average person,” she says, “and stakeholders are plac-ing more reliance on our work. Technology has also changed the way we perform our work.” However, she adds, the mission of internal audit has not changed – “To enhance and protect organizational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight.” Outside of work, Melissa says her focus is squarely on her family – her husband, a retired United States Coast Guard veteran, three sons, and daughter-in-law.
MELISSA DONDERO CPA, CIA, CIG, CIGA, CIGI,
CITP, CRMA, CFS
Assistant Inspector General
Division of Inspector General
Pinellas County
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Classic Comic
In October, I had the opportunity to facilitate, along with the esteemed Mark Kolman, a four-day training ses-sion in Chicago for audit managers. Among the topics cov-ered were ways to ensure that the organization and sen-ior management remained conscious of the importance of Internal Audit. In short, the most effective way to do this is to...tell them. It is important for Internal Audit departments to rou-tinely market themselves to senior management; demon-strating value and thought leadership while reminding them of department successes. As part of the training ses-sion, some excellent ideas were discussed: Invite your senior management to an IIA event: No,
they likely don't need any CPE, but inviting them to an interesting topic (who doesn't love a good fraud semi-
nar?) gives them insight into current risk topics and how Internal Audit is accounting for them.
Prepare a quarterly newsletter: During the training, I was stunned to learn that few audit shops prepared newsletters. Newsletters allow Internal Audit to draw attention to successful projects, outstanding profes-sional accomplishments, industry trends, emerging risks, etc. A newsletter can demonstrate Internal Au-dit's role as a thought leader while highlighting suc-cess. Make sure to send it to EVERYONE.
Post To LinkedIn: It is easy to find interesting and rele-vant articles to share. Whether they are posts from the IIA, business journals or industry groups, you can simply share these articles to demonstrate that you are plugged in to the current environment. To go a step further, compose your own posts or commentary on the aforementioned articles.
Ultimately, the best testament to Internal Audit's val-ue is a job well-done, time after time. However, by taking small steps to market the value of you and your depart-ment to senior management, you give them no excuse to be unaware of the department's professionalism and worth for a seat at the table.
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