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The business portion of this month’s event is structured as one
meeting covering three important topics.
Meeting registration
includes lunch in the Legends Museum and one ticket to the Rangers-Seattle
baseball game.
Registration – 9:00 am
Meeting – 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Lunch – 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
“Play Ball” – Rangers Game begins at 1:05 pm
Dallas and Fort Worth IIA Joint Social Event
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Meeting 9:30am - 11:30am
Registration begins at 9:00am
Part 1 - IFRS: Convergence, Beyond the Numbers
Steve Hobbs, Protiviti Managing Director and IFRS Lead
With a change in IFRS seeming increasingly likely, and with
significant convergence and migration certain, more and more
companies are looking for conversion roadmaps and solutions. Based
on the experience of other countries, conversion is a significant
endeavor and an early start can make a difference.
The objectives of this presentation include the following:
- Understand the significant infrastructure impacts on people,
process, technology and project management
- Discover how other companies around the globe are
proactively approaching the IFRS conversion and how to perform
an initial diagnostic analysis
- Understand the lessons learned from conversions in
Europe and elsewhere
- Understand the importance of the early establishment
of a sound foundation with tone-at-the-top support and rigorous
project management around IFRS
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 Learn the potential roles of internal audit in the
conversion process
Steve Hobbs is a Managing Director in Protiviti’s San Francisco
office and is currently responsible for Protiviti’s IFRS solution
and Financial Remediation & Reporting Compliance practice in the
west region. In this role, Steve provides valuable oversight
and advice to Protiviti clients, particularly Board of Directors and
Senior Management. Steve assists executive management and
company finance leaders develop and implement processes to address
changes and risks surfacing from financial accounting requirements.
He has recently consulted with several company board and management
teams regarding stock based compensation issues, IPO preparation,
SEC investigations, acquisitions, revenue recognition issues, IFRS,
financial restatements, and control rationalization efforts.
Steve has over 26 years of experience, including 23 years at Big 4
firms, and currently serves on the Board of Directors at two
companies.
Part 2 - Corruption Risk and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
Pam Verick Stone, Protiviti Director and FCPA Lead
Corruption risk is often a hidden vulnerability for companies
conducting business overseas – one that has significant strategic,
financial and reputational consequences. Enforcement actions are on
the rise, while settlements and fines continue to grow more frequent
and costly.
The objectives of this presentation include the following:
- Understand how the FCPA applies to public and
private organizations
- Hear a brief background of the Act and recent trends
- Find out how to incorporate corruption scenarios
into your fraud risk assessment
- Hear how you can use electronic data analysis to
monitor transactions regularly used to facilitate bribes and
kick-backs
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 Compare your FCPA compliance audit program with
leading internal audit and compliance practices
Pam Verick Stone is a Director in Protiviti’s Litigation,
Restructuring and Investigative Services solution area, where she
focuses on investigations and leads the Protiviti fraud risk
management solution initiative. Pam has 18 years of combined
forensic and risk management experience, including development of
anti-fraud programs and controls, fraud risk assessment, fraud and
misconduct investigations, Sarbanes-Oxley assistance, and
development of compliance and ethics programs for both the public
and private sector. Prior to joining Protiviti, Ms. Verick Stone
was a Director in the Forensic practice of a Big 4 professional
services firm, where she served as a global product champion for
fraud and misconduct diagnostic services. She received her
undergraduate and graduate degrees from The American University in
Washington, D.C.
Part 3 - Operating in a Down Economy –
Key Strategies and Opportunities for Internal Audit
Clint McPherson, Protiviti Managing Director and Internal Audit Lead
In this session, we will discuss key trends and focus points many
companies are addressing as part of the downward economic cycle, and
how internal audit can be a value-added resource during these
challenging times.
 Clint McPherson is a founding member of Protiviti and a Managing
Director in Protiviti’s Dallas/Ft. Worth office, where he serves as
co-leader of Protiviti’s local internal audit practice and as leader
of Protiviti’s Sarbanes-Oxley practice for the south region.
Clint is also part of Protiviti’s internal quality assessment team
responsible for coordinating internal audit practice peer reviews
for other offices within the firm. Clint has over 18 years of
combined internal audit and risk management experience, including
annual risk assessment and audit planning, business process,
operations, and information technology assessments, Sarbanes-Oxley
compliance programs, and executive management/board level
communications. Clint received his undergraduate degree from
the University of Oklahoma and currently holds the CIA, CISA, PMP,
and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certifications.
2 Hours Continuing Education for all three parts
Make your Reservation On line!
Meeting Location: This meeting is being held at
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington – Legends Museum
1000 Ballpark Way, Arlington, TX 76011, 817-273-5222
Directions:
http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/tex/ballpark/tex_ballpark_directions.jsp
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