Roundtable - Strategies in continuous control monitoring

Looking for ways to spend more time on value-added auditing or strategic decision-making?

Eliminate the tedious process of manually testing controls by reviewing indicators of control effectiveness in near real-time with continuous control monitoring (CCM). Walk through continuous control monitoring scenarios several common business cycles, including purchase-to-pay, order-to-cash, and the general ledger financial close. Learn how other companies use CCM to reduce manual testing efforts and increase overall control intelligence. See first-hand how CCM analytics can help identify errors, potential indicators of fraud, segregation of duties violations, and other exceptions to business rules that may be hidden within high volumes transaction data. Using specific examples and a leading third-party CCM tool, see first-hand how CCM techniques can reduce your workload and allow you to make intelligent, insightful decisions more quickly, and hone in on potential business and process issues within your company.

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Steve Biskie, Hudson

Steve Biskie is the National Director, IT Risk for Hudson Financial Solutions, a division of Hudson. In this role Steve is responsible for overseeing all of Hudson’s client solutions in the IT Risk Management arena--providing insight and innovation to Hudson’s clients, and developing the tools and methodologies to support Hudson’s professionals. Prior to joining Hudson, Steve ran the Sarbanes-Oxley initiative for a large insurance and healthcare provider. Steve began his career as an IT auditor at Deloitte. He subsequently ran the process improvement and systems implementation arm of another professional services firm. He has been using automated data analysis techniques to increase the effectiveness of audits for over 15 years. He is a frequent instructor for the Information Systems Audit & Control Association, the Institute of Internal Auditors, SAP Insider magazine, and several other large organizations. Steve holds an MBA with a concentration in Accounting Information Systems from Michigan State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Information Technology Professional, a Certified Information Systems Auditor, and an ACL Certified CCM Implementation Specialist.