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The Institute of Internal Auditors Puget Sound Chapter NEWSLETTER August 2011 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: President’s Message President’s Message 1 Greetings All, Chapter Events 2 Your Board members have The last two years we have been Pacific NW Enterprise Risk met, finalized the plans, and it tracking those members who Forum 3 looks like we are off to another support our events on a regular great year! New CIAs 4 basis. This year we plan to kickoff the “Champion Program.” Look You will see a few changes. Platinum Award 4 to future newsletters for updates We will be rotating our on how you can increase your Job Opportunities 5 meetings between the familiar score and be recognized at the downtown Seattle site and the Meet Your Chapter May event. Officers 6 - 7 Eastside, including a By now you should have collaborative joint session with The May luncheon appears to be received your invitation to Chapter Officers 8 ISACA. far in the future but your officers register for the Pacific are already making plans to Northwest Enterprise Risk Board of Governors 8 We begin the year with the engage Larry Harrington as a Forum. If you have not, please first of our events at the Committees 9 speaker and monitor of the Audit plan on visiting the site Washington Athletic Club on Committee panel session. Larry is provided in the newsletter to September 13th at 11:30AM. the VP of Internal Audit at add your name to the list of Mark your calendar because Raytheon, and is currently serving attendees. you will not want to miss this on the North American Board of one. We will host presenters the IIA. As I close this message, I from PWC who will lead a congratulate the chapter discussion of the newly issued Take a moment to visit our membership as we receive “State of Internal Audit chapter website. We are working notice of attaining, once again, Profession Survey” results. to make sure the information Platinum Chapter Status for This will be followed with a provided there is relevant and the 2010-2011 fiscal year technical session focused on accessible. We extend many Chapter Achievement Program auditing the contract thanks to our webmaster, Allen (CAP). It is only through your management function Smolinski, for his continued continued support that we are facilitated by Randall efforts as chair of this committee. able to maintain this level. Coxworth at Protiviti. Please There are still opportunities for plan on joining us for both you to volunteer and share your Together, I know we can make sessions. talents. Please take a moment to this a special year! review the committees still in I send congratulations to the Articles Submission: need of support and consider Carol new CIAs who will receive joining one that could benefit from Help us keep members their certificates at the your skills. You can contact our Carol A Morgan , informed. Submit your news, September meeting. Welcome articles and announcements Membership Chair Mei Lei at President to our community of for publication consideration [email protected] if you have June 1, 2011 – professionals. Please plan on in the monthly newsletter. an interest. May 31, 2012 Please submit them by the making our events part of your third Wednesday of every schedule. [email protected] month to Maria Sibal at [email protected]. Page 2 Puget Sound Chapter Events Luncheon Meeting – September 13th (11:30 to 1:00) at the WAC State of Internal Audit Profession Join us as we host presenters from PWC who will lead a discussion of the newly issued “State of Luncheon Internal Audit Profession Survey” results. Last week editor Matt Kelly of “Compliance Week” published an article on the gap between the skills internal auditors will need to do their jobs in coming years, and the skills they currently have using the results of this survey. That sparked a flood of complaints from noted professions. We encourage attending this session to become informed and draw your own conclusion. Luncheon Meeting Registration Please register through the Events section of the Chapter's Home Page. The meeting will be conducted at the Washington Athletic Club, located in downtown Seattle at 1325 Sixth Avenue. The fee for the Luncheon Presentation is $35 for members of The IIA, $40 for non-members (one CPE is awarded). Technical Session – September 13th (1:15 to 3:15) at the WAC Auditing High Risk Contracts Each year, billions of dollars are spent by companies around the world to start up, operate and maintain their businesses. Of this spending, there are several billions of dollars that are outside of contract terms, duplicative, or simply erroneous. With massive amounts of potential contract cost recoveries and the global economy forcing companies to run leaner, now is an opportune Technical Session time to examine your contractual spend for high risk contracts and positively impact your bottom line with cost recoveries that pay for your department and then some. Attendees will: • learn indicators to determine what contracts to look at for cost recoveries. • understand which processes and controls to look at during cost recovery efforts. • see areas within high risk contracts to audit and hear real life exception examples. • learn about tools to audit contract data more efficiently and effectively. • audit a sample contract and associated payment applications full of exceptions. About the Presenters Randall Coxworth is an Associate Director in Protiviti’s Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Protiviti, he spent eight years in a large general contracting firm managing construction projects, environmental services and disaster recovery projects in the Southwest region of the U.S.. He specializes in project risk identification, earned value management and contract control assessments as well as process performance reviews to the construction, healthcare / higher education, multi-tenant housing, commercial property, hospitality, consumer products & retail industries. He has been particularly involved in providing risk consulting and internal audit services within technical areas of organizations including engineering, construction, and environmental risk management. Technical Session Registration Please register through the Events section of the Chapter's Home Page. The technical session will be conducted at the Washington Athletic Club, located in downtown Seattle at 1325 Sixth Avenue. The fee is $60 for members of The IIA, $80 for non-members (3 CPEs are awarded). Page 3 Puget Sound Chapter Events Register now for the 2nd Annual Pacific Northwest Enterprise Risk Forum! Chapter Events Risk Management: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future Pacific Northwest This one day forum will explore how organizations have historically structured their EnterpriseEvent Highlights Risk enterprise risk programs, and how emerging risks are driving the need for change. Forum Companies are once again beginning to invest – new markets, new technologies, and modified business processes. Such changes will require organizations to maintain a more comprehensive risk management program, better integration with its business decision- making processes, and a more strategic focus with defined objectives. The Puget Sound Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors, The Seattle Chapter of Financial Executives International and the Seattle Risk Insurance Management Society have collaborated to host this powerful event. Topics will include: Emerging and Evolving Risks – Do we really understand the risks we face? SEC and Risk Disclosure – The expanding role of risk management at the Board and C -Suite level. Risk Oversight – Reporting and performance measurement for sustainable ERM. Regulation – Building sustainable compliance into our risk management practices. Save the Date Integration – Making risk management activities more proactive and strategically focused. For more information, please visit www.enterpriseriskforum.org. When: October 20, 2011 Where: Red Lion on Fifth Avenue, 1415 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 Fees: $195 if registered by September 15, 2011 $250 after September 15, 2011 Registration: www.enterpriseriskforum.org Page 4 Congratulations to the New CIAs! New CIAs We would like to congratulate our chapter’s new Certified Internal Auditors! They will be honored during our luncheon meeting on September 13, 2011. Bridgette Takeuchi Brook Hamilton Daniel Girard Kymber Waltmunson Patrick Zanin Paul Robertson Congratulations to the Chapter Members for attaining the 2010-2011 Chapter Achievement Program - Platinum Award! Platinum Award Our chapter has achieved, once again, the Chapter Achievement Program - Platinum Award under the leadership of Michael Tozour, chapter president for 2010-2011 fiscal year. The platinum status is a special level created to recognize chapters that attain Gold status for 10 of 11 consecutive years. Congratulations to all the Puget Sound Chapter members! It is only through your continued support that we are able to maintain our platinum chapter status. Page 5 Job Opportunities CHAN Healthcare Auditors Audit Manager We are looking for an exceptional, experienced and accomplished Audit Manager who can provide the level and quality of service for which we have become known. Through a risk- based and consultative approach, we work autonomously on-site with senior staff, including the CEO, CFO and Governance, to identify and evaluate risk, as well as develop and execute the internal audit function for the organization. For more information, please visit: Job Opportunities http://www.chanllc.com/chanjobs.nsf/listview/5FA19E8782EDFF288625788C004A43A5