The Dallas Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors

May Meeting
Thursday the 5th
CityPlace Conference Center

Lunch Meeting 12:00pm
Registration begins at 11:30am

Beyond 404
Debbie McKibben, Partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Advisory Services

Plenty of effort--and dollars--have been spent to comply with 404. Setting aside the frustration factor faced by all, documenting every process in detail lays important groundwork for solid analysis and improvement. Where can you begin to remove and replace those "last minute" or "only choice" tourniquet controls? How can you streamline inefficient or outdated processes? What are the next steps for creating a sustainable approach to 404 compliance? This kind of analysis can create opportunity to enhance operations throughout the company and bring value to the bottom line. In our meeting on May 5, we'll hit on some high points from real time "Beyond 404" projects!

Debbie J. McKibben, CPA, is a Partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Advisory Services and has over 24 years of industry and client service experience. In addition to joining the firm to develop the Southwest Region’s internal audit services practice, Debbie has been responsible for leading a variety of business process improvement, enterprise wide risk management and internal control projects including development of compliance programs, Sarbanes-Oxley readiness, performance of regulatory risk and control assessments, facilitation of strategic risk sessions and internal control evaluations for most financial and operational processes.

Her control related experience has been provided to a full range of clients, from start-up operations to billion dollar international companies. She has provided control related consulting services to telecom, banking, high tech, higher education, retail, transportation, media, manufacturing, health care, death care, hospitality, and real estate industries. Additionally, Debbie has experience leading company efforts in the resolution of matters with the U.S. Department of Labor as well as conducting forensic investigations.

Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, Debbie was Vice-President, Director of Corporate Audit for a billion-dollar organization in the hospitality industry. In this role, Debbie designed and conducted audits that provided meaningful risk and control issues requiring management’s attention. Debbie’s success in this capacity was the result of incorporating the insight of executive, middle and operating management to obtain the most benefit from the investment of audit resources. Prior to this experience, Debbie spent six years in the banking industry.

Debbie earned a Bachelor of Science/Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas. She represents PricewaterhouseCoopers as a public speaker on control related subjects and was published in the March 2004 Infocomm Review Magazine on the subject of the telecom industry’s compliance programs. Debbie is a member of the AICPA, the Texas Society of CPAs and the Institute of Internal Auditors.

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Pre-Meeting 10:30am

Sarbanes-Oxley, How did the First Year go?
A panel of Internal Audit Professionals

Please join us as we talk with leaders in the internal audit profession about their experiences in the first year of implementation the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Section 404 requirements. We will also be discussing how these companies are planning year two of compliance.

Sarbanes Oxley Panel includes:

Sherri Durst, Director of Internal Audit, 7-11, Inc.
Craig James, Director of Internal Audit, CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Cindy McConathy, Director of Internal Audit, Bombay, Inc.
Roger Steltzlen, Director of Internal Audit, JeffersonWells

Craig James serves as the Director of Internal Audit for CEC Entertainment, where his responsibilities include leading the company’s Sarbanes Oxley compliance initiatives. Prior to joining CEC in September 2004, he was responsible for leading compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 at FedEx Kinkos. His twelve years of accounting and auditing experience also include over six years with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Cynthia McConathy is the Director of Internal Audit for The Bombay Company, Inc. and serves as their Sarbanes-Oxley project manager. Prior to joining Bombay in 2002, she was an Internal Audit Manager for the Southern Region of AEGON, one of the world’s leading insurance organizations. While at AEGON, she also held the role of the Long Term Care Division’s Project Manager for projects including Information Security, Transamerica systems integration, Business Continuity Planning and Y2K. Cynthia’s previous experience includes serving as Controller for Westinghouse Security Systems in Irving and external auditor with Price Waterhouse – Fort Lauderdale.

Cynthia received her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Florida State University and is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Internal Auditor and holds the insurance-industry designations of FLMI, HIAA, and Associate of Insurance Regulatory Compliance. She is currently a member of the National Retail Federation Internal Audit & Compliance Council and serves on the board of the DFW Retail Executives Association. Cynthia coaches her 7 and 8-year old daughters’ cheerleading squad for the Crowley Youth Association.

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Post-Meeting 1:30pm

Chapter Chairs’ Discussion Panel
Chapter Chair Members

Please join us for dessert and a social time with the committee members and officers of the Dallas Chapter of the IIA. Many of you have wondered how the Chapter gets everything done each year. We are successful with the help of many volunteers on our various committees. Many of our committee members will be in attendance at the post-meeting to answer questions and help our members to understand the activities of each committee. This is a great way to learn about our committees and help you decide which committee you may be interested in joining.

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