Western New York IIA Newsletter September 2016 Follow us! @WNY_IIA Check us out on social media! LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Hello, Western NY IIA Members! I am excited to say that we have officially kicked off the Chapter’s 2016-2017 year. It has been a pleasure to work with the members of our phenomenal Board of Governors and Chapter Committees throughout the summer to plan a terrific year for all of you! One of the most value-added projects we have committed to executing this year is providing our members with free, high-quality, relevant CPE trainings via Webinar Meetings. As of August, our Chapter has joined forces with the Rochester IIA and local ISACA Chapters to provide all of our members with just that! Make sure to keep a lookout for webinar-related announcements in the near future. Our first one-hour webinar will be held during the month of October. In addition to the availability of webinars, our Board of Governors and Chapter Committees have brought a lot of great new ideas to the table! I’d like to specifically thank Slaven Dreno of M&T for all of his hard work as Advocacy Chair; Slaven is new to this role, but he has already taken great initiative to advocate for our Chapter, our members, and our profession! Make sure to read more about the networking opportunities Slaven has found with Buffalo Niagara 360, a local company that “aims to create an inclusive and collaborative network of resources that can empower talented individuals to achieve their goals for professional growth and success.” Another member of our Board that deserves a huge thank you is Ellen Janicki of M&T Bank. Ellen has done a wonderful job supporting the WNY Chapter for the last 4 years maintaining our website, social media accounts, and member surveys. We are so happy to recognize Ellen as the member spotlight for the month of September to celebrate her many contributions to the Chapter and to the Internal Audit profession! Please join me in congratulating Ellen and thanking her for all of her hard work. As you know from the recent flyer that went out, the Chapter’s first CPE event of the year, Auditing Corporate Culture, is fast approaching. Mike Buziak, Events Planning Co-Chair, has arranged for a group of Advisory Services Professionals from Ernst & Young, who all come highly recommended by a local General Auditor of a large Buffalo-based company, to present to the Chapter on September 28th at Tewksbury Lodge. I am personally excited to learn more about auditing corporate culture since it is an increasingly important area of focus for Internal Auditors and because it was one of the topics highlighted during the Pulse of the Profession Update this year at the IIA Leadership Conference. For more information on this event, please continue reading through our newsletter and feel free to reach out to me with any questions. I hope to see all of you on September 28th! Thank you, Ashley Kinnear, CFE, CISA • Sept. Events • Member Spotlight • Student Spotlight • Career Center • Items of Note • Training News • Board of Governors
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Western New York
IIA Newsletter
September
2016
Follow us!
@WNY_IIA
Check us out on social
media!
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Hello, Western NY IIA Members! I am excited to say that we have officially kicked off the Chapter’s 2016-2017 year. It has been a pleasure to work with the members of our phenomenal Board of Governors and Chapter Committees throughout the summer to plan a terrific year for all of you! One of the most value-added projects we have committed to executing this year is providing our members with free, high-quality, relevant CPE trainings via Webinar Meetings. As of August, our Chapter has joined forces with the Rochester IIA and local ISACA Chapters to provide all of our members with just that! Make sure to keep a lookout for webinar-related announcements in the near future. Our first one-hour webinar will be held during the month of October. In addition to the availability of webinars, our Board of Governors and Chapter Committees have brought a lot of great new ideas to the table! I’d like to specifically thank Slaven Dreno of M&T for all of his hard work as Advocacy Chair; Slaven is new to this role, but he has already taken great initiative to advocate for our Chapter, our members, and our profession! Make sure to read more about the networking opportunities Slaven has found with Buffalo Niagara 360, a local company that “aims to create an inclusive and collaborative network of resources that can empower talented individuals to achieve their goals for professional growth and success.” Another member of our Board that deserves a huge thank you is Ellen Janicki of M&T Bank. Ellen has done a wonderful job supporting the WNY Chapter for the last 4 years maintaining our website, social media accounts, and member surveys. We are so happy to recognize Ellen as the member spotlight for the month of September to celebrate her many contributions to the Chapter and to the Internal Audit profession! Please join me in congratulating Ellen and thanking her for all of her hard work. As you know from the recent flyer that went out, the Chapter’s first CPE event of the year, Auditing Corporate Culture, is fast approaching. Mike Buziak, Events Planning Co-Chair, has arranged for a group of Advisory Services Professionals from Ernst & Young, who all come highly recommended by a local General Auditor of a large Buffalo-based company, to present to the Chapter on September 28th at Tewksbury Lodge. I am personally excited to learn more about auditing corporate culture since it is an increasingly important area of focus for Internal Auditors and because it was one of the topics highlighted during the Pulse of the Profession Update this year at the IIA Leadership Conference. For more information on this event, please continue reading through our newsletter and feel free to reach out to me with any questions. I hope to see all of you on September 28th! Thank you, Ashley Kinnear, CFE, CISA
• Sept. Events • Member Spotlight • Student Spotlight • Career Center • Items of Note • Training News • Board of Governors
Date: September 28, 2016 Location: Tewksbury Lodge Lunch: 12 – 1pm Presentation: 1 – 4pm Happy Hour & Networking: Following the presentation CPE: 3 hours Cost: $55 members / $60 non-members / $25 students
Corporate Culture & Tone at the Top Please join us for a discussion on Risk Culture and Internal Audit Governance, as well as Industry Hot Topics such as:
regulatory changes, IA talent, the Quality Assurance function and other industry highlights.
Thom Casterline, CFSA Thom is a Senior Manager in the Advisory Services practice of EY. He has over fifteen years of experience in the financial services industry serving a variety of banking, trust, insurance, retirement plan services, and asset management clients, primarily in the areas of internal audit, compliance, and internal audit professional practices.
Trey Hornung, CPA
Kyle Nielsen Tewksbury Lodge 249 Ohio Street Buffalo, NY 14204
Trey Hornung is a Manager in the Financial Services Office, Advisory practice, with over five years of experience in the financial services industry serving large, complex and regional, community-based financial institutions. Trey obtained a Masters of Business Administration with a finance concentration.
About the Speakers:
Kyle Nielsen is a Senior in the Financial Services Advisory practice of EY. He has four years of experience in banking and financial services with both consulting and industry firms. His primary areas of experience include internal audit, risk and control analysis, and system integration and implementation.
To register for this event, please send an email to [email protected] by September 15, 2016 and include your name, company, and member status (member/non-member/student).
Please join us for a networking happy hour after the event! (cash bar available)
*Parking is available across the street
WNY Chapter Spotlights
Where: The Buffalo Niagara Partnership,
257 W Genesee St., Buffalo, NY 14202
When: Friday, September 30th, 2016
Time: 8 am – 10 am
Cost: Free for WNY IIA Members! Use
promotion code NMemberGuest when
signing up
Tickets & Registration:
Please visit the following website to
purchase tickets and to find out more
information.
Presenters:
Steven Murphy, President and Founder,
Whiteboard IT Solutions
William M. Prohn, CISSP, CISA, CGEIT,
Managing Director Dopkins System
Consultants, Dopkins & Company, LLP
Kevin Burke, Partner, Lippes Mathias
Wexler Friedman LLP Attorneys
Dennis C. Vacco, Partner, Lippes Mathias
Wexler Friedman LLP Attorneys
The 2016 Cybersecurity Seminar:
Get Informed. Get Started!
Presents:
Description: Cybersecurity incidents such as data breaches are on the rise at alarming rates. These attacks are costly and disruptive to business, and worse, they are targeting small to medium sized businesses. Now is the time to take action. In this seminar you will learn about tools and methods to help you avoid data breaches and what to do when a breach does happen.
Event Highlights Include: •Learn about important security controls every organization should have in place •Discover how to reduce your chances of a breach with a third party via Vendor Risk Management •Determine how to develop a Data Breach Incidence Response Plan •Learn how to assess what needs protection •Help you figure out where to start and what’s next
MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL: the following employers will provide a Buffalo Niagara 360 Membership to all of their employees (includes free entry to the 14 events for 2016 – 17) :
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Young Professionals Golf TournamentCome join CPAs, Attorneys, Bankers, and Financial Advisors from the largest firms in WNY!!
When: Friday, September 23, 2016 Where: Buffalo Tournament Club 6432 Genesee St. Lancaster, NY 14086 Time: 12:00pm - Registration and Lunch 1:00pm - Shotgun Start Price: $80 per golfer $375 for four golfers and hole sponsorship
Price includes greens fees, cart, driving range, lunch, four drink tickets (including beer), steak dinner, open bar from end of play
through dinner, contests and prizes.
RSVP with full payment by September 1st. Only the first 100 golfers will be able to sign-up.
Sponsorships: $1000 for Overall Event Sponsor $750 for Dinner Sponsor $500 for Lunch or Prize Sponsor $100 for Hole Sponsorships
Make checks payable to NYSSCPA, Buffalo Chapter
Send payment and completed table below to: Attn: Kevin Penner
Tronconi Segarra & Associates 8321 Main St.
Williamsville, NY 14221 Phone #: (716) 276-8289
Event hosted by
WNY Member Spotlight
Ellen Janicki, CIA, CRMA Ellen has worked with the WNY IIA for the past 4 years. As the Website and Survey Administration Chair since 2012, Ellen has made tremendous efforts to improve our online and social media presence and has helped make information easily available to all of our chapter members through her work. Ellen was born and raised in Amherst and received a Masters and Undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Buffalo. Her Masters degree in accounting specialized in the internal auditing track. During the summer after graduating with her Undergraduate degree, Ellen obtained an internship within the Enterprise Risk Management department at Freed Maxick CPAs. After graduating with her Masters degree, Ellen continued her career at Freed Maxick as a staff consultant. After two years at Freed Maxick, Ellen obtained a position within M&T Bank’s Internal Audit department as an Associate Senior Auditor. Her career with M&T has continued with Ellen currently holding the position of Senior Auditor leading audits within the Commercial and Risk Management portfolios. Ellen also currently is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and also has her Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA). Outside of work she is heavily involved in sports leagues, her favorite being volleyball. Ellen also enjoys playing the piano in her spare time.
Thank you for your hard work, Ellen!
Student Spotlight The WNY IIA would like to congratulate two University at Buffalo students who were recently recognized by the IIA for the following achievements:
Kelsey Messer, CPA, CIA, CRMA The candidate who scored the highest in the CIA exam will receive the William S. Smith Award, named in honor of William S. Smith, CIA, The IIA's first chairman of the Board of Regents. In 2015, a total of 55,811 candidates took the CIA exam and 3,690 took a specialty exam. For a complete listing of award recipients, click HERE.
Matthew Stollerman The Internal Audit Foundation Board of Trustees established this award in June 2000 as a tribute to the memory of Esther R. Sawyer and her contributions to and support of the profession of internal auditing. Although Esther Sawyer was not an internal auditor, she was a gracious ambassador who enjoyed explaining the role of modern internal auditing to those she met. She was an advocate for internal audit curricula in colleges and universities and promoted internal auditing as a lifetime career.
CIA High Exam Grade 2014 WNY IIA Scholarship Recipient
University at Buffalo
Third Place, 2016 IIA Research Foundation’s Esther R. Sawyer Research Award winner
University at Buffalo
WNY IIA – CAREER CENTER
Audit Career Center If you are looking launch your internal audit career or are seeking qualified employees, you've come to the right place. The IIA's Audit Career Center is a proven source for résumé posting and focused candidate searches. The Career Center receives 10,000 unique visitors monthly. To contact The IIA's Audit Career Center, please call +1-888-575-9675 or email [email protected]. Job Seekers Are you seeking a job in internal auditing? IIA members may post their résumés and search for job opportunities in the Audit Career Center. Employers and Agencies Are you an employer or agency looking to fill open positions in your audit department? Post job openings and search résumés matching your criteria in the Audit Career Center. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. IIA Career Opportunities Check out the latest job openings at The IIA and find out why the Institute is selected year after year as one of the top 100 companies for working families in Central Florida. IIA Fellowship Program Learn more about The IIA's Fellowship Program: Developing Tomorrow's Thought Leaders Today.
WNY CHAPTER ITEMS OF NOTE
Your WNY IIA Chapter has partnered with Gleim to ensure your success on the CIA exam! Working together, we will provide you the necessary study tools to prepare for this difficult exam. Gleim has been preparing candidates for success with their extensive self-study course for the CIA exam for over 30 years! The Gleim Review System enables you to identify your weak areas so you know where to focus your efforts and GUARANTEES that you will pass each exam part the first time. Our goal is that you achieve success while minimizing your frustration, cost, and time. As a member of the Chapter, you are eligible for 20% off all the Gleim CIA Review materials, as well as Gleim CPE. To take advantage of the reduced prices and to place your order, log into the Members Only section of the Chapter website. Please contact our Gleim representative, Melissa Leonard, with any questions regarding the Gleim materials or discounts available. Call her at 800.874.5346, ext. 131, or via email at [email protected]. Visit gleim.com/cia for more information on the CIA Exam or how Gleim can help you pass. For more information, visit the Chapter website here.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
20-September-2016 Members-only Webinar: Technology Champions: Key Enablers for Internal Audit 18-October-2016 Members-only Webinar: Leveraging Data to Manage Your Fraud Risk 20-October-2016 Members-only Webinar: EHS and Internal Audit: A Natural Partnership 15-November-2016 Members-only Webinar: Auditing at the Speed of Risk
Hosted by IIA North America:
Internal Auditor Magazine Scholarships
Internal Auditor will offer six, $1,000 essay scholarships throughout 2016. Essay questions will be based on the current Internal Auditor issue. The students who write the most informative and intuitive essays on internal audit subjects will be selected as the winner. Winning essays will be published on InternalAuditor.org and reference both the chapter and university with which the winner is associated.
In addition, the three finalists for each scholarship will be given a free, one-year student membership to The Institute of Internal Auditors. Scholarship winners will be notified within the month following the application period.
Students will download the scholarship application form to get started. Once they have completed their essay, they will submit both the completed application form and their essay to [email protected].
The scholarship essay topics and submission periods are as follows:
1 February 2016 – 31 March 2016: How does the 2015 International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) differ from earlier versions? Why are these changes important?
1 April 2016 – 31 May 2016: What are the most important soft skills internal auditors need to develop to be successful in today's business environment and why?
1 June 2016 – 31 July 2016: How can internal audit functions use analytics to improve efficiency?
1 August 2016 – 30 September 2016: What is the Internet of Things, and what are the risks/opportunities it presents to organizations?
1 October 2016 – 30 November 2016: How can internal auditors work with the second line of defense when conducting compliance risk assessments?
1 December 2016 – 31 January 2017: How can internal auditors best communicate difficult findings/messages to their customers and stakeholders?
Book Item No: 1195 Member Price: $40.00 / Nonmember Price: $50.00Visit www.theiia.org/bookstore
CRMA Exam Practice Questions If earning your CRMA designation is one of your professional development goals, this guide will help you get there faster.
Certification in Risk Management Assurance® (CRMA®) Exam Practice Questions is designed to help you prepare for the CRMA exam. The book provides 150 practical scenario-based questions as well as those of a more theoretical nature. Suggested solutions provide reference to specific sections of the CRMA Exam Study Guide (www.theiia.org/bookstore, item #1130) and the reference appendix offers sources for further study.
Within this comprehensive collection, the questions cover the four domains in the CRMA exam:
• Domain I: Organizational Governance Related to Risk Management
• Domain II: Principles of Risk Management Processes
• Domain III: Assurance Role of the Internal Auditor
• Domain IV: Consulting Role of the Internal Auditor
After reviewing the questions in each domain, you will have a clearer understanding of the exam content. This analysis and reflection will help you determine when you are ready to sit for the actual CRMA exam.
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2016-2017 Board of Governors
* - Denotes Board of Governor Position per By-laws
Position Name Contact Information
Ashley Kinnear, CISA, CFE (585) 429-3133
Wegmans Food Markets Inc. [email protected]
Dania Adolph, CIA, CMA (716) 206-9019
Derrick Corporation [email protected]
Michael Hennessy (716) 342-3446
First Niagara Bank [email protected]
Ashley Hubbard (716)842-5046
M&T Bank [email protected]
Mariya Balicki, CPA, CIA, CGMA (716) 842-5971
M&T Bank [email protected]
Leonard Soldano, CISA, CTGA, ISA, PCIP (716) 839-6947
M&T Bank [email protected]
Deborah Kassirer, CPA, CIA, CRMA, CCSA (716) 845-5788
Roswell Park Cancer Institute [email protected]
Heidi Martin - PwC (716) 855-5925 [email protected]
Kate Sheer - M&T Bank (716) 842-5636 [email protected]
Advocacy Chair* Slaven Dreno, CIA, CISA - M&T Bank (716) 848-5311 [email protected]
Maureen Cilano, CPA, CRMA, CCIPA (716) 926-2000 ext. 1362
Evans Bank [email protected]
Budgeting & Reporting Committee Chairperson Brittany Barr - First Niagara (716) 848-8457 [email protected]
Stacey Chaffee - First Niagara (716) 848-8477 [email protected]
Slaven Dreno, CIA, CISA - M&T Bank (716) 848-5311 [email protected]
John Taggart - First Niagara [email protected]
Brian Steinmetz - First Niagara (716) 851-8380 [email protected]
Maureen Dunn, CCSA - Evans Bank (716) 926-2005 Maureen/ (716) 878-9658 Jeff
Jeffrey Barnett, CIA, CCSA - Benderson Development [email protected] [email protected]
Meetings & Attendance Margaret McWilliams, CIA, CISA, CRISC (716) 857-7019
Coordinator* National Fuel [email protected]
Membership Chairperson* James Bandinelli - M&T Bank (716) 842-5618 [email protected]
Patrick Byrne - M&T Bank (716) 842-5571 [email protected]
Tom O'Connor, CISA - M&T Bank (716) 842-5869 to'[email protected]
Stephanie Coughlin - Evans Bank (716) 926-2040 x3723 [email protected]
Michael Buziak - First Niagara (716) 848-8469 [email protected]
Ellen Janicki, CIA, CRMA (716) 842-2316
M&T Bank [email protected]
Amy Olsen, CPA (716) 713-9632
KPMG LLC [email protected]
John D'Angelo (716) 842-5551
General Auditor, M&T Bank [email protected]
Eugene Cullen, CCSA, CRMA (716) 845-8374
VP of Audit and Advisory Services, Roswell [email protected]
Neil Frieser, CPA, CIA (203) 614-5028
Frontier Communications [email protected]
Lindsay Prichard (585) 423-8946
Xerox [email protected]
Donna Wiley
IIAChapter Support - IIA HQ [email protected]
Certifications Chair & CIA Co-Chairs*
Newsletter Chairs
Financial Controls Committee
President*
Vice President*
Treasurer*
Secretary*
Immediate Past President*
Second Past President *
Third Past President *
Academic Relations Co-Chairs*
Associate Trustee*
Northeast District #3
Board Member*
Board Member*
Board Member*
Seminar and Events Co-Chairs*
Website and Survey Administration Chair*
Northeast District Advisor
9/14/2016
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