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ISAC
Calgary Audit Trails
November 2013
Headlines
Individual Highlights:
Our Newest Members -See Page 3 for details
President’s Message
2
Chapter Sponsors
3
Academic Corner
4
IIA Social Update
8
Editor’s Note
9
Academic Corner – The IIA Fellowship Program
Developing tomorrow’s Thought Leaders Today. See page 4 for
details.
2014 Emerging Leaders – Nominate your colleagues. See page 4
for details
Risk Course:
The Chapter is excited to present a new risk course. See page 5
for details
Chapter Officer Listing10
Chapter Sponsorship 11
Guidance Webinar:
Continuous Assurance: A Guidance Review See page 6 for
details
City of Calgary –Whistle-Blower Program
Lunch event. See page 7 for details
IIA Socials: Stay tuned for the next IIA Social event in November–
always a great opportunity to network with your peers. See Page
8 for details.
“Moving Forward Together”
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President’s Message
Hi everyone!
A lot has happened since our last newsletter in May 2013. Thank you for staying
tuned as we release our first newsletter since then!
Although May 2013 is the financial year-end for your Chapter and the number
of activities is usually limited during the summer, your devoted did not take a lot of time off! The
Calgary Chapter was the host of the IIA Canada National District Workshop. The purpose of the event
was to gather leaders from IIA Canada and from various chapters in Canada to make
recommendations on the direction of IIA Canada and share best practices among Chapters. Special
thanks should go to our former president Anthony Jankowski who put a significant amount of energy in
this very successful event.
In August 2013, the Calgary Chapter met for our annual strategic planning meeting where we laid out
a master schedule of lunches, events, courses and other activities for our members. This year again, we
will provide you with high quality and good value content and will provide you with great opportunities
to network with your colleagues in Calgary.
We have had a fantastic program since May touching on the following topics: Audit skills and report
writing skills, Understanding and mitigating IT risk, Audit best practices and Global fraud investigations.
Our well-known speakers did a great job at providing interesting and educative presentation and
courses.
Although we have lined up speakers and topics for the rest of the year, we are still looking for more
ideas and volunteers to share their knowledge with our Chapter. Potential topics include:
o Operations audit
o Hedging and risk management
o Data analytics use with internal audit
o Corporate responsibility
o Enterprise Risk Management
o Construction and capital project reviews
o Anti-Corruption legislation and programs
o Quality assurance reviews / internal and external
o Regulatory risk
I would like to hear your opinion on these topics! If you have any idea or if you would like to be
involved with events at the Chapter, please do not hesitate to contact me at epoulin@trican.ca.
I am looking forward to seeing you during the upcoming months!
Etienne
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Our Sponsors
Academic Corner – Congratulations
We would like to congratulate our new members. It’s a great achievement.
Designation Name
Designation Name
Designation Name
CRMA
Neeraj Kumar
CRMA
Renata Ruth Martin
CIA
Kalam Chan
CRMA
Dipankar Mukherjee
CRMA
Michelle Karen Deslandes
CIA
Lorraine Marshall-Thifault
CRMA
Remegio Dulay Cardenas
CRMA
Ravinder Toor
CIA
Neil Aartsen
CRMA
Corey D. Wells
CRMA
Elaine Wong
CIA
Candice Babakaiff
CRMA
Remi Leon Racine
CRMA
Rajesh K. Ghosh
CIA
Imran Ali M Mohamed Hussein
CRMA
Damrongpiriyapong Thanee
CRMA
Luqman S. Gbonjubola
CIA
Lynn Patricia Walsh
CRMA
Sheri Raines
CRMA
Yang Liu
CIA
Wendy Lai
CRMA
Antonio Labrocca
CRMA
Rachel Catherine Milliner
CIA
Zoltan Grauer
CRMA
Shawn D. Hendry
CRMA
Susan Rowell
CIA
Hyun-Yang (Heather) Kim
CRMA
Ali Hasnain
CRMA
Faustina A. Mingle
CIA
Mark E Novak
CRMA
Salman Ahmed
CRMA
Jessica Bermingham
CIA
Bill Wong
CRMA
Salman Yasin
CRMA
Yat-Sing Cheng
CIA
Karen Lynn Chisholm
CRMA
Navaz Lalani
CRMA
David J Watson
CIA
Odetola, Olanike
CRMA
Erdem Kilincaslan
CRMA
Monzur Chowdhury
CIA
Mark Mostoway
CRMA
Brett Naiden
CRMA
Kimberley Graham Stephens
CIA
Ahmad Ali Shumaila
CRMA
Landa Richards
CRMA
Murray David Wolfe
CIA
Donald R McCall
CRMA
Leilani Villanera Baytiong
CRMA
Jagruti Sampat
CIA
David J Watson
CRMA
Sonya C von Heyking
CRMA
Andrew James Hayes
CIA
Tracy Men-Shan Ma
CRMA
Leanne Cheng
CRMA
Arron Dev Kaura
CIA
Lalekan Bolutife Oluwadele
CCSA
Sonya C von Heyking
CGAP
Sajjan Chhugani
CIA
Colin Mark Williston
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Academic Corner – The IIA Fellowship Program
Developing Tomorrow's Thought Leaders Today
For more than 60 years, The IIA has provided dynamic leadership for the profession of internal auditing.
As the profession’s global voice, recognized authority, chief advocate, and principal educator, The
Institute stays intimately connected to the profession and the topics that matter most. By uniting
practitioners, business partners, and thought leaders, The IIA Fellowship Program supports The Institute’s
mission to proactively develop guidance and research on leading trends and practices in the internal
auditing profession.
On a quarterly basis, applications are accepted, reviewed and then prioritized according to relevant
experience and suitability of available assignments. Successful fellowship applicants are notified a
minimum of two months in advance of their assignment start date. Assignments last approximately six
months. Questions about this program should be directed via e-mail to personnel@theiia.org.
The IIA Fellowship Program brochure explains:
• Benefits to participating organizations.
• Benefits to participating professionals.
• Benefits to the IIA.
• How the program works.
• How to apply for consideration.
For further details refer to https://na.theiia.org/about-us/pages/fellowship-program.aspx
2014 Emerging Leaders
The "2014 Emerging Leaders" article will appear in the April 2014 issue of Internal auditor magazine. The
article will recognize leading internal auditors who are age 35 or younger as of Dec. 31, 2013. Readers
are encouraged to nominate their colleagues. Nominations are open Nov. 1, 2013, through Dec. 2,
2013. Nominations will be judged by volunteer leaders of The IIA.
All nomination material becomes the property of Ia magazine. By submitting this information, you grant
Ia magazine license to publish all or some of it without prior approval.
For details refer to the following link.
https://na.theiia.org/special-promotion/Pages/Internal-Auditor-Ia-Magazines-2014-EmergingLeaders.aspx?sf19009811=1
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Academic Corner
Vancouver - Risk School
Event Type:
Start Date/Time: 12/16/2013 8:30 AM
End Date/Time: 12/17/2013 5:00 PM
Location: Vancouver, BC - Location TBD |
With the increasing emphasis on corporate governance initiatives, there has never been a more
critical time for auditors to expand their knowledge of risk management and assessment.
In this intensive two-day seminar, you will learn the underlying concepts of a risk-based audit
methodology. You will cover all aspects of risk assessment, including the fundamentals of risk-based
auditing, defining risk in business terms, identifying key risk areas, evaluating global risk, and conducting
a detailed risk analysis at the engagement level. You will explore a strategy for transitioning the
department to a risk-based function as well as for re-educating management and the audit
committee.
Throughout the seminar you will work through risk drills that will allow you to put into practice what you
have learned. You will leave this high-impact seminar with audit efficiencies and business insights that
will maximize Audit’s contributions to the organization, and cast IA as a value-adding member of the
team.
Please Click Here for More Information and Link to Registration
IT Auditing Principles for Internal Audit Managers
Event Type:
Start Date/Time: 1/15/2014 8:30 AM
End Date/Time: 1/16/2014 4:30 PM
Location: The Union Club of BC, McKenzie Room, 805 Gordon Street, Victoria |
Overview
Information technology is an integral part of all financial and business processes. The internal audit
manager requires a fundamental understanding of IT’s impact on the audit processes and associated
risk to drive the audit process effectively. This course will discuss:
IT concepts focusing on audit risk of IT controls on the audit process.
Integrating IT risks into the overall risk assessment.
Reliance on IT control activities.
Scoping and managing the application audit.
Staffing and skill-set integration.
Price:
Register by November 15: $600 After November 15: $700
* ISACA, FMI, ACFE, CGA and CMA Members eligible for member rates
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Guidance Webinar:
Continuous Assurance: A Guidance Review
November 13, 2013
1:00–2:00 p.m. ET
To meet the demands of today’s fast pace of business, many organizations are turning to continuous
assurance and auditing techniques. To assist internal auditors in supporting these efforts, The IIA is
releasing a practice advisory on continuous assurance as a companion piece to the second edition
of GTAG 3: Continuous Auditing.
Together these publications provide insight into how to perform control and risk assessments more
frequently and the critical role that information technology plays in achieving valid and useable results.
This webinar will explore the relationship between these two activities and the role that internal auditors
can play in implementing these strategies. The program will also focus on technology-enabled aspects
of continuous assurance and auditing, such as:
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A definition of related terms and techniques including continuous auditing, ongoing control
assessment, ongoing risk assessment, continuous monitoring, and assurance.
Areas where continuous auditing can be applied by the internal audit activity.
Challenges and opportunities related to continuous auditing.
The implications for internal auditing, the CAE, and management.
The role of continuous auditing in relation to continuous monitoring.
Course Duration: 1 hour ; CPE Hours Available: 1; Knowledge Level: Intermediate; Field of Study:
Auditing
Prerequisites: None ; Advance Preparation: None; Delivery Format: Internet Group Live
Speakers
Doug Anderson
Assistant Professor - Accounting, Saginaw Valley
State University
Professional Issues Committee (PIC) Chairman
Brad Ames
Director, Hewlett Packard
PIC Member and Guidance Author
Brian Foster
Senior Director, Business Division
Controller Microsoft Corporation,
PIC Member and Guidance Author
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City of Calgary –WhistleWhistle-Blower Program
Luncheon
Event Type:
Start Date/Time: 11/20/2013 11:30 AM
End Date/Time: 11/20/2013 1:00 PM
Location: Calgary Fairmont Palliser Hotel, 133 - 9th Avenue SW |
Page Content
Did you know The City of Calgary has a Whistle-Blower Program?
This program provides overarching guidance to ensure consistent, systematic, corporate-wide
processes are in place for the prevention, detection, reporting and investigation of any suspected act
of waste and/or wrongdoing.
The Whistle-Blower Program has been in operation for over 6 years and Jackie Di Salvo, Program
Manager, will give us a brief overview, including background, reporting and a selection of completed
case results.
Jackie Di Salvo is the Manager of the Whistle-Blower Program at the City of Calgary, a position she has
held since May 2009. She has approximately 27 years of experience in investigations, auditing, and
management. She has a Bachelor of Management degree from the University of Lethbridge and is a
CMA, CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) and CIA.
CIA Exam Preparation Program
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CPE’s reporting deadline is Dec 31st
This is a friendly reminder that we have not received your Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
report that is required to keep your Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) active, and there are only 90 days
remaining until the December 31st CPE reporting deadline.
If you fail to meet the CPE requirements by the deadline, you will automatically be placed in an
“Inactive - Grace Period” status and may not use your designation. If you have already reported for
this period, you do not need to report again.
Please follow these steps to report your CPE:
1. Log in to The IIA’s Certification Candidate Management System, (CCMS).
2. You must complete one CPE reporting form for EACH designation you hold.
3. On the left side of the screen, select “Complete a Form” and under the “New Forms” tab, choose
the appropriate form:
2013 - CIA Continued Professional Education (CPE) Reporting Form
For a complete listing of the CPE program requirements, please click here.
Please visit our Global Website for a list of CPE-eligible activities.
If you require further assistance, please log into your CCMS record and submit a new incident.
Best Regards,
The IIA Certification Team
IIA Social Update
Members: IIA Social events are an excellent way to stay in touch with your colleagues in the Internal
Audit community here in Calgary. Our next social event is around the corner!
Where: West Restaurant and Bar (227 7 Ave SW, Calgary)
When: November 21st from 4:30pm – 8pm
What: IIA Fall social
Who: The event is open to the public. IIA members get in for free and all guests and non-members are
welcomed (registration of $10 applies at the door – this includes one free drink ticket and appetizers).
Registration: Event is being updated on Cvent
If you wish to know more about IIA Socials, or help out in any way, please contact Erin Emerson:
Phone: (403) 750-1520 Email: Erin.Emerson@huskyenergy.com
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Chapter Volunteer Opportunity!
This is a great opportunity to serve your local chapter, and make a difference to the growth and promotion of
the Internal Audit profession here in Calgary.
Anyone interested in volunteering for the chapter as an Assistance Treasurer, please contact Etienne Poulin
(President) at epoulin@trican.ca.
Editors Note
I hope everyone had a great summer and welcome back to the busy time again everyone!!
I’d like to extend a quick thanks to all who have contributed to this newsletter, which includes
the Board of Governors, as well as several IIA chapter members. Your contributions are valuable
in sharing our events, wins, challenges and paths ahead.
If you have any suggestions for our newsletter, please do not hesitate to contact me at:
enercontrols@gmail.com
Ali Hasnain, CIA, CISA
Newsletter Governor
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Chapter Office Listing
Role
First Name
Last Name
Email Address
President
Etienne
epoulin@trican.ca
Vice-president
Erin
Poulin
Emerson (Sponsor &
Relations VP)
Secretary
Treasurer
Academic Relations
Chair
Communication Chair
(Newsletter, Publicity,
PR)
Alain
Constance
Groeme
Kuwabara
alaingroeme@yahoo.ca
Constance_Kuwabara@cpr.ca
Michael
Wilkison
wilkisonm@olympiatrust.com
Jacky
Chan
jacchan@deloitte.ca
Governor - Education
Femina
Dharshi (Education)
femina@shaw.ca
Membership Chair
Yasmin
Dhanani
Yasmin_Dhanani@nexeninc.com
*Chapter Leader: Other
Cherry Wang
Wang (Facilities)
cherrywang@deloitte.ca
*Chapter Leader: Other
Communication Chair
(Newsletter, Publicity,
PR)
Programs Chair
Meghan
Perry (Facilities)
meperry@deloitte.ca
Ali
Jean
Ray
Hasnain (Newsletter)
Sebastian Jette
Mingle
ahasnain@shaw.ca
JS.Jette@snclavalin.com
Raymond.Mingle@altagas.ca
Technology Chair
Yan (Website)
bonnie.yan@mnp.ca
*Chapter Leader: Other
Bonnie
Jean
Sebastian
Jette (Education)
JS.Jette@RSCrental.com
*Chapter Leader: Other
Robin
Tong (Social)
rtong@deloitte.ca
Programs Chair
Maxim
Antanassov
Maxim.Atanassov@ca.ey.com
erin.emerson@huskyenergy.com
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Chapter Sponsorship Information
The IIA Calgary chapter needs your assistance to promote a new initiative. The chapter is the sum of its
members, so in effect we need ‘us’ to help ‘us’.
The Calgary chapter exists to serve its members and promote the internal audit profession. Along with
individual members, the IIA community includes many companies. Often companies see value in
aligning with their local chapter. Companies that partner with their local chapter will be able to
publicize their commitment to the internal audit profession while actively supporting IIA members; both
within their company and their community.
As part of the Calgary chapter’s commitment to promote the profession, the chapter Board is
launching a new and revised sponsorship initiative. As board members, we are excited to take on the
responsibilities associated with coordinating sponsorship activities; however, to truly improve the
probability of success we need some help with the heavy lifting necessary to promote this new
initiative.
To help with the re-launch we need your support to raise awareness within your companies. Your
support may be realized through active initiative promotion within your company, passing this email on
to your CAE, and/or countless efforts in between.
Your support in this launch is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please contact Erin
Emerson at Erin.Emerson@huskyenergy.com
SPONSORSHIP TIERS
January 2012 - June 2012 Sponsorship Bundles
Value Proposition
1 Company Website and Newsletter Advertising
Company logo on website (6 months)
Company logo in newsletter (3 issues)
2 Luncheon Advertising
Company name is announced as a sponsor
Company representative introduces the speaker
Free seats at the sponsored luncheon
3 Social Events
Company banner at the Social
Platinum
$1,000
Gold
$750
Silver
$500
Bronze
3 luncheons
2 seats
2 luncheons
2 seats
1 luncheon
2 seats
2 socials
1 social
$250