Off the Books

Internal auditors are in a key position to both benefit from and promote psychological safety at work. But what does having psychological safety at work mean? Ignatia Mannoe and Manja Knevelbaard—two of the co-authors of the new “Psychological Safety Tools for Internal Audit” IIA Netherlands publication—join us to discuss it all in this episode, recorded at the IIA International Conference.

BF Borgers, the audit firm whose clients included Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., got called a “sham audit mill” by the SEC’s top enforcer. White tells us how that affected BF Borgers’ clients.

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How can leaders and their internal auditors manage the risks and enjoy the rewards of using generative artificial intelligence? 

Marc Eulerich of the University of Duisburg-Essen, David Wood of BYU, and their co-authors recently published a new enterprise risk framework for gen AI that might help. Marc answered questions about that framework when we caught up with him at the IIA International Conference. 

In honor of National Whistleblower Day, we talk with WorldCom whistleblower Cynthia Cooper about finding the courage to speak up. We ask her why her story is still so relevant today, roughly two decades after WorldCom’s CFO and CEO were sentenced over a multibillion-dollar fraud.

Read more in Cynthia’s book, Extraordinary Circumstances.

See Cynthia in person in Denver at Amplify 2024, the conference that brings together audit, risk, accounting, finance, and sustainability professionals. 

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• Learn more about the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards here
• Read this article to see how you can leverage tech to enhance audit quality and conform with the new Standards
• Check out the "Conformance Readiness Assessment Tool" from the IIA here.

We’re riding the waves of change with KeyBank Chief Accounting Officer Stacy Gilbert in this episode recorded outside the New York Stock Exchange.

Stacy talks with us about finance transformation, generative AI, and how accounting leaders are in a position to lead their organizations through change.

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Today Chris Pettit is the Vice President of Accounting at Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc., but he’s been an accounting leader for years. In this episode, recorded in front of the New York Stock Exchange, he shares how networking, trust, and listening have each played a role in his career—plus suggestions on all of the above.

He also tells Off the Books co-hosts Steve Soter, Catherine Tsai, and Mike Gravagno one important aspect of a future accounting leader.

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The Hershey Co. North America Controller Jonathan Gregory is back to talk about the many flavors of transformation, from finance transformation to career growth and the evolution of technology. Hit that little “subscribe” button to watch all of our upcoming episodes from outside the NYSE.