Category: Internal Audit

  • Wednesday April 9, 2014 TAMUSA Accounting Students As most of you are aware, I am a member of San Antonio Institute of  Internal Auditors. SA IIA is having its annual Continuing Professional Education Day this next Wednesday April 16, 2014. it is being held at the La Quinta on the west side of I 10…

  • Wednesday March 26 2014 Here is a Journal of Accountancy article on internal audit.  I am a member of SA Institute of Internal Auditors. Several students have accompanied me to their monthly meetings. I continue to recommend that our non traditional students consider internal audit as a career.  The article makes the point that increased regulation…

  • Wednesday March 12, 2014 Pauline Perry, Eric Watkins,  and Beatrice Therwhanger attended the March 12 meeting of San Antonio Institute of Internal Auditors.  We sat with the HEB group and had a nice discussion of their backgrounds and what it was like to be at HEB. The program focused on Service Organization Control Reports presented…

  • Friday Sept 20 2013 Yesterday Paul Petrucci of Petco discussed how internal audits aim to reduce firm risk.  Here is a great case in point but a bit late for J P Morgan. Morgan is paying a $920 Million fine to the SEC. You will recall that Morgan had a London trader engaging in transactions so large…

  • Tuesday August 27, 2013 Carolyn Saint Is President of the North America Board of Institute of Internal Auidtors. This is a two minute video clip in which she urges students to consider internal audit as a career. Since I similarly do the same, I watched the clip with the intention of posting it.  Hmmmm, after…

  • Monday August 19 2013   Here is the program for Sa Internal Auditors for Wed Sept 11. I can take a couple of students for free. This is  a great opportunity to learn more about internal auditing and potnetially network. I learned in the last meeting there are two positions open at UTSA.  The meetings…