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The Lansing Courier

T h e I n s t i t u t e o f I n t e r n a l A u d i t o r s

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Editor: Melanie Myjak The Lansing Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors www.theiia.org/chapters/Lansing

A Message From Our President

Dear Lansing Chapter Members,

May has arrived, and summer is just around the corner – how exciting! The IIA

Lansing Chapter is wrapping up the 2016 – 2017 Chapter year, and with that we have

two remaining programs you will not want to miss.

May 4th brings presenters from Deloitte & Touche LLP focusing on Cyber –

Emerging Threats and Recourses. This meeting will be held at the MSUFCU

Community Room in East Lansing.

Celebrate with your Chapter Internal Audit Awareness month in May. The

IIA.org has lots of information, toolkits and guides on how to help your team

build awareness.

Our annual IIA/WMISACA IT focused seminar on May 25th will bring numerous

topics and speakers to LCC West, in Lansing for 8 hours of CPE for only $100.00

or $50.00 for those who register in the Early Bird period.

As we close this program year, I have been reflecting on my time as President as well

as being a leader for the Institute of Internal Auditors. There are a number of things I

want to express my gratitude for and wish that I could devote more to saying “Thank

you”, but I’ll spare you the reading and time and will be short and sweet.

First off, thank you to ALL of the volunteers (friends) that have helped to teach and

mentor me throughout my time on the Board. It has been a learning experience that

was fun, exciting, and rewarding. It’s not easy having a new comer that is eager and

wants to shake it up, but I was welcomed and supported, which made it even easier

to continue our mission and give back to our members.

Secondly, I want to thank the members for coming to the meetings, submitting

feedback, showing support in all the ways you do. The Chapter leaders take on the

roles to serve YOU. Our mission is to better enhance and advocate for Internal

Auditors. There is a lot that goes into organizing, coordinating, and planning.

Because of our membership and the desire to make this Chapter prevail, you

continue to step into Leadership roles, suggesting presenters and speakers, and

advocate to your co-workers and friends about the benefits of our Chapter. Your

dedication and attitudes are noticed. This is truly an exceptional membership – and I

want to say a sincere, Thank you!

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President’s Message 1

Chapter News 2

Upcoming Opportunities 2

New Chapter Leaders 3/4

Student Chapter Events 5

Workplace Happiness 6

Calendar of Events 7

Training/Education 8

CAP Report 9

About Us 10

Treasurer Report 11

Member Directory 11

Career Opportunities 12

Chapter President Emily Crampton

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Chapter News

Upcoming Opportunities

New Members

Chapter leadership and general membership welcome its new members. You’re

encouraged to take full advantage of all the benefits of membership. Chapter

meetings that cover relevant topics, various training and professional opportuni-

ties to broaden your skills and possibly the most valuable—networking with oth-

er audit professionals. Sharing experiences and trading tips of the trade that help you become a better audit

professional We hope to meet each and every one of you at the planned events during the chapter year.

Your first meeting is FREE of charge as a welcome gift.

The newest members to join our chapter are:

Jason Baird, Neogen Ryan McElhone, State of Michigan

Jennifer Bockelman, Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Gregory Pollack, Doeren Mayhew

Rhonda Henderson Fields, State of Michigan Jessica Tindall, State of Michigan

Anthony Johnson, COBX Alan Tobias, Huntington Bancshares Inc.

Goodbye Chapter Year 2016/2017. Hello Chapter Year 2017/2018.

It has been an entire year! Can you believe it? Time goes by so quickly. It’s hard to believe we are at the end of one chapter year and upon the beginning of yet another with the Lansing IIA. It is the hope of the Board and Leadership of the Chapter that you found value in the training and professional devel-opment opportunities made available throughout Chapter Year 2016/2017 and will do the same for the new chapter year. The upcoming 2017/2018 Chapter Year will prove to be yet another year packed full of opportunities to help you grow in your role as an audit professional within your organization. The addition of new lead-ers is an indication that members, like you, are in-terested in the direction of the chapter and are committed to helping make the best of the upcom-ing chapter year! Be certain to watch the Lansing Chapter website, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn outlets for more upcoming opportunities!

Cyber—Emerging Threats and Resources

May 4 (8:00 am—10:00 am) Breakfast 7:30 am

MSU Federal Credit Union 4825 E. Mount Hope Ave, East Lansing, MI, 48823

Jessica Scott and Susan Brennan, Managers in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Cyber Risk practice will be presenting on the evolution of SAP security in to-day’s ever-changing cyber threat landscape.

REGISTER today!

Goodbye Chapter Year...Hello to Another!

7th Annual WMISACA & Lansing IIA Seminar

May 25 (7:45 am—5:00 pm)

Lansing Community College—West Campus

5708 Cornerstone Drive Lansing, MI 48917

REGISTER today!

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New Chapter Leadership Election Held: The Results are In!

Elections for chapter leadership positions were held at the April 21 breakfast meeting. The new leaders are

featured here. The board, committee chairs, and the general membership welcome the additions to the chap-

ter leadership. Your service is greatly appreciated and important in determining the direction of the chapter

to ensure it provides professional development opportunities and networking contacts for its membership.

Welcome to the IIA Lansing Chapter Leadership! Your service is appreciated!

Lindsey Malzahn / Audit Supervisor, Accident Fund Group Board of Governors (3 year term)

Lindsey Malzahn is an Audit Supervisor for AF Group. Her auditing career began in 2006 when she was hired to work for Rehmann, a public accounting firm. She then worked at Farm Bureau Insurance as an internal auditor for over three years before taking a position in Corporate Audit and Advisory Services at AF Group in 2014. Lindsey has earned her CPA, CIA, and CISA certifications during her audit career

Alison Haddad / Internal Audit Assistant, CASE CU Professional Development Chair (1 year term)

Alison is currently working with CASE Credit Union as an internal audit assis-tant. Her responsibilities include assisting the internal auditor and ensuring that the credit union has appropriate controls and monitoring in place, assist-ing with testing and reviewing various areas within the credit union with a focus on lending and operations. Alison graduated high school from Amman-Jordan, her high school certificate (International General Certification of Sec-ondary Education) was officially certified from University of Cambridge/England in 2010. Her Bachelor degree was in Finance and Banking Manage-ment from Applied Science Private University - Jordan (Middle East) in 2014. Currently she is a graduate student at Davenport University doing her Mas-ter’s in Business Administration. Alison will be graduating in December 2017.

Stacey Schabel / Vice President, Head of Internal Audit, Jackson National CAE Committee Chair (1 year term)

Stacey Schabel is responsible for the North American Group-wide Internal Audit team, which examines and evaluates the key activities and processes supporting the North American operations of Prudential plc, which include Jackson. Stacey assists the Board, Audit and Risk Committee members and executive manage-ment in protecting the assets, reputation and sustainability of the organization through assessment and reporting of the overall effectiveness of risk manage-ment, control and governance processes. She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds FINRA Series 6 registration. Stacey will serve on the Institute of Inter-nal Auditors’ (IIA) Global Financial Services Guidance Committee from July 2017 and is also a member of the IIA, American Institute of Certified Public Account-ants and Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants.

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New Chapter Leadership Election Held: The Results are In!

Tatiana Goodkin / Audit Manager, Daimler AG Co -Vice President (1 year term)

With 20 years of external and internal audit experience. Tatiana is cur-rently an Audit Manager at Daimler AG responsible for various opera-tional and financial audits at Daimler's manufacturing, sales and financial services entities in North America. Areas of expertise include process im-provement, internal controls, ICS/SOX and risk management. She is a graduate of Grand Valley State University and St. Petersburg State Uni-versity. In her free time Tatiana volunteers at the Capital Area Humane Society.

Carri Simon/Internal Auditor, Municipal Employer’s Retirement Sys-tem—Secretary (1 year term)

Carri began her auditing career with the Michigan Office of the Auditor General in 1997 as an external auditor. She was the principal audit su-pervisor on various types of audits with an emphasis on auditing retire-ment systems. In 2015, she accepted the Internal Auditor position with the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (MERS) in which she gets to use her extensive retirement system audit experience. Carri is excited to play a larger role with the Lansing Chapter.

Bradley Sleep / IT Auditor, Jackson National Life Insurance Technology Committee Chairperson (1 year term)

Beginning as an intern in July of 2015 with the Internal Audit team, he now holds a full time position as an IT Auditor. He attended Michigan State University and graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor’s degree in Ac-counting. Prior to joining Jackson, he gained knowledge and experience working within MSU’s Infrastructure Planning and Facilities Depart-ment as an accountant. Bradley passed the CISA exam and is currently awaiting fulfilment of the experience requirement for his CISA certifica-tion.

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Student Chapter News

George, Jennifer, Sydney, and Melissa from EY Internal Audit Group

Rick and Bob from State of Michigan

“Every day is different than yesterday. You are

always learning new things. Your life consists of

lots of surprise and challenge.” At April, we in-

vited internal audit professionals from both EY

and State of Michigan to come to speak to us. It

was interesting that they both emphasize the

combination of internal audit and technology.

The technology will eventually transform the

way we deal with data and risk assessment.

Thus, it is important to understand how data is

processing and develop the sense of professional

curiosity. Disruption occurs in various indus-

tries, such as driverless car for automotive indus-

try, launch payment banks from telecom compa-

nies for banking industry, and reinvestment on

health clinic for the pharmacy industry. Amazon

Alexa and Google Home are two innovative

products that spark the interest in data pro-

cessing. Also, cyber risk, data analytics, and ro-

bot process automation gradually impact the

risk modeling.

Internal audit specialists often interact with peo-

ple from different departments and specialties.

How to communicate, collaborate and manage

projects becomes extremely important for both

efficiency and effectiveness. Especially, it is often

the case that there is a gap between science and

business worlds. But, this is also the best part of

internal audit. Always learning and growing!

How can students prepare for the real world? All

speakers recommend that we can take some

computer science or technology courses based

on the recent trend and, most importantly, culti-

vate analytical skills as well as an open mindset.

Internal auditors audit things critical to the or-

ganization and help the company become the

best it can be!

MSU Internal Audit Student Organization

Article by Jessica Huang

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6 Keys to Workplace Happiness for Finance Workers

The numbers don’t look so good when it comes to accounting and finance workers’ level of happiness, according to a new Robert Half report. IT’S TIME WE ALL WORK HAPPY.®, which focuses on eight professional fields, found that employees in finance, accounting and financial services were among those least happy on the job. They were also the ones with the lowest level of interest in their work.

Does this mean accounting and finance professionals are doomed to live without job satisfaction? Far from it. But if the shoe fits for you, it may mean taking career happiness into your own hands. Here are six steps you could take if workplace happiness seems about as impossible as zero-calorie doughnuts or a perfect score on the CPA exam:

1. Scrutinize the reasons you’re not happy. You analyze a lot of datasets, but have you ever evaluated your own happiness level? Compile a list of what’s stopping you from being satisfied in your job. Perhaps you’d rather work less with clients and more with big data, or maybe you’d like to finally earn that certification and boost your salary. Making a tangible list can help. After all, you can’t fix something until you know what the prob-lem is.

2. Take a well-deserved break. In our report, only about 65 percent of respondents working in account-ing, finance and financial services reported that they have a healthy work-life balance. Yes, that’s a majority, but it’s near the bottom of the list compared to other professions. Additionally, almost half of those responding to a separate survey said they don’t use all their paid time off because they’re afraid of work piling up while they’re away. Not enough play makes for stressed-out accountants. So be sure to use your vacation time to recharge your batteries and come back happier. Ask colleagues to cover for you so you’re not overwhelmed when you return. You can pay back the favor later.

3. Connect with colleagues. When you enjoy the people you work with, heading to the offi ce each morn-ing can be a pleasure, even if you’re not 100 percent enamored with your job. Our research finds that people with strong workplace friendships are as much as two and a half times happier than those without. Don’t have any work buddies? Then take the initiative to create strong relationships. Ask them to join you for lunch, or get a group together after quitting time. And don’t bow out of work-related social functions because you’re too tired or too shy. If respondents to our survey are any indication, chances are good that the more you mix and mingle, your level of workplace happiness will increase.

4. Be honest with your boss. Your manager may never know your workplace happiness has hit the skids if you don’t say anything. Do both of you a favor by bringing up this sensitive subject. Before you do, first brain-storm some ways you could be happier in your role, keeping in mind that your aim is to create a win-win situation for the company as well as yourself. Then sit down with your boss to discuss setting career goals and present ideas for greater job satisfaction. For example, if you’re an experienced bookkeeper who feels ready for a staff account-ant position, ask whether there will be any openings in the near future and, if so, to keep you in mind.

5. Make a career move. If you’re in an unhappy slump because you no longer love your career, it may be time to launch a job search. There are plenty of nontraditional accounting career paths, such as environmental or entertainment accounting, that may align better with your passions. Our happiness study finds that one of the top factors in workplace happiness is interesting and meaningful work. If you’re feeling especially bold, you could even relocate and make a fresh start. Do some research to find the city that best suits your needs.

6. Take the consulting route. Tired of the 9-to-5 and lack of autonomy? Consider your consulting. This career move allows you to work on a contractual basis, meaning you would have the opportunity to dive headfirst into an array of projects. As an added bonus, you pick your clients and get to work for different companies — and make new networking contacts — with each gig, which could add much-needed variety to your accounting career.

Kick the accounting blues by taking steps today to amp up your happiness quotient. Job satisfaction is within your control and your reach.

This article is provided courtesy of Robert Half Management Resources, the premier provider of senior-level accounting, finance and busi-ness systems professionals to supplement companies' project and interim staffing needs. The company has more than 145 locations world-wide and offers online job search services at www.roberthalfmr.com. Follow our blog at blog.roberthalfmr.com.

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Chapter Calendar of Events

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1 2 3 4 Chapter Breakfast

Meeting 5

8 9 10 11 12

15 16 17 18 19

22 23 24 25

7th Annual WMISACA &

Lansing IIA Seminar

26

29

30

31

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1 2

5 6 7 8 9

12 13 14 15 16

19 20 21 First Day of

Summer

22

23

26 27 28 29 30

2017—2018 Chapter Year Begins June 1

Education, Training, and Certification

2016/2017 Conferences & Seminars

Information is available at: https://na.theiia.org/training/conferences/Pages/Conferences.aspx

Drive Your Career Forward with IIA

Global Certifications & Qualifications

Conference Date Location

International Conference July 23-26, 2017 Sydney, Australia

GRC Conference; IIA and ISACA Collaboration August 16-18, 2017 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX USA

Environmental Health & Safety Exchange September 11-12, 2017 St. Louis, MO USA

Financial Services Exchange September 18-19, 2017 Washington D.C. USA

All Star Conference Oct. 29—Nov 1, 2017 The Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV USA

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Chapter Achievement Program (CAP)

CAP Progress Report

Do any of your internal audit activities earn Chapter Achievement

Program (CAP) points for your Lansing Chapter of the IIA? What is

CAP, why is it important and what can you do to help?

The Chapter Achievement Program (CAP) is designed by the Institute

of Internal Auditors to guide chapters for developing quality programs

and completing administrative duties to ensure it is meeting its

obligations to its membership. Points are awarded for each activity

based upon the activity in accordance with IIA guidelines. The goal is

to provide valuable professional activities and development

opportunities to the membership and earn CAP points while doing it!

Certain activities that are conducted by membership may qualify. If

any of your activities qualify or you would like to know whether they

qualify, please contact Ryan O’Rourke at orourk36@msu.edu.

There are four performance levels that can be achieved.

BRONZE - 685 CAP Points

SILVER - 1,060 CAP Points

GOLD - 1,560 CAP Points

PLATINUM - This is a special level created to recognize

chapters that attain GOLD status for 10 of 11 consecutive years.

QUALIFYING ACTIVITIES

Articles submitted or published in

Internal Auditor magazine

Speaking engagements at chapter

or other IIA meetings

Participation in establishment of a

student chapter of the IIA

Sponsorship of student attendance

at chapter meetings

Participation in a Junior Achieve-

ment (JA) program or activity

Holding Internal Audit Awareness

Month activities (May)

Serving on an International Com-

mittee of the IIA

Writing exam questions for IIA

certifications: CIA, CCSA, CFSA,

CGAP

Other miscellaneous Service to

the Profession activities.

The Lansing Chapter hopes to continue to hold the designation of PLATINUM. Chapter Achievement

Points (CAP) reported in April was 1154. The goal for CAP points to maintain the current designation is a

minimum of 1560 each calendar year. Retaining our status is of great importance, however, it is more im-

portant that we offer the membership valuable services and we as members do our obligatory role within

our organizations and communities by reaching out, educating and proving our value. Be sure to notify

Ryan O’Rourke at orourk36@msu.edu if you have any CAP points to report.

Points are reported to the IIA on the 10th of each month covering three areas:

Service to Members (primarily involves attendance at monthly meetings, conferences and seminars);

Service to the Program (involves areas including Advocacy for the IIA and involvement with Academic

areas such as student groups); and

Chapter Administration (involves administrative reporting requirements from the IIA).

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About Our Local IIA Chapter

Chapter Governance & Leadership

The Lansing Chapter of The IIA was founded in 1979 to provide a varied program of education and networking for its members. The chapter is dedicated to the professional development of its members. The topics offered throughout the year are varied and are focused on helping develop professionalism and strengthen audit knowledge, experience and credentials. We welcome suggested topics or areas of focus that members are look-ing to learn about or improve upon. Let us know; we want to continue offering value to the membership.

Get Involved, In Touch & Stay Connected. Members stay in touch and participate in discussion boards.

LinkedIn is a business-

oriented social network-

ing site, used mainly for

professional networking.

To visit and join The IIA

Lansing Chapter’s

LinkedIn site: Click here

Please visit The IIA Lan-

sing Chapter’s Facebook

here.

Follow us on Twitter too!

GET INVOLVED! VOLUNTEER FOR YOUR CHAPTER!

We are always looking for volunteers to help! Contact any member of the Board for

details.

Join an organization that provides great leadership, training, professional

development and networking opportunities. The Institute of Internal Audi-

tors is the internal audit profession's global voice, recognized authority,

acknowledged leader, chief advocate, and principal educator.

If you or others you may know are interested in joining or want to know

more about the Lansing Chapter, please visit www.theiia.org/chapters/

Lansing or contact Emily Crampton at emily.crampton@ jackson.com.

Board of Governors

Name Term Expires

Melanie Myjak June 2018

Josh Kirchmeier June 2018

Kathryn Krause June 2019

Carly Tran (Slater) June 2019

Robert Johnson June 2020

Angela Montgomery June 2020

Lindsey Malzahn June 2020

Chapter Officers

Kyle Hebert

President Andrew Tracy

Vice President

Tatiana Goodkin Second Vice President

Emily Crampton

Immediate Past President

Bill Papanikolas; CISA,CFSA Past President

Carri Simon Secretary

Lisa Schwandt Treasurer

Committee Chairs

Phil Perkins Audit

Melanie Myjak Communication

Lisa Schwandt Finance and Administration

Carly Tran Membership Services

Kathryn Krause Specialty Centers

Alison Haddad Professional Development

Stacey Schabel CAE Committee

Bradley Sleep Technology Committee

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Treasurer Report & Membership Directory

On deposit at the Lake Trust Credit Union as of

04/30/2017:

Savings: $ 5.00

Checking: $ 175.25

PayPal: $ 779.88

Money Market: $ 13,339.30

Total: $ 14,299.43

The Membership Directory is available under the Members Only tab at

www.theiia.org/chapters/Lansing (You must be signed in to view the

Members Only tab). Please take a minute to review the membership

information listed.

If any changes/corrections are needed please be sure to update your

contact information directly with IIA Customer Service.

Our local chapter official membership records are maintained based on

information that is provided by headquarters in monthly updates.

Changes may be submitted directly to headquarters at https://www.theiia.org/iia/profile/index.cfm.

Research Resources

IIA Links: Some links require logins and are only accessible by IIA members:

IIA L

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s

Certification News Link to Learning Opportunities

Audit Executive Center IIA Today

Tone at the Top (free to the public) IIA ITAudit

Internal Auditor IIA Newsletter FSA Times

IIA Research Foundation

The Gaming Auditorium quarterly publication for members of The IIA's Gaming Audit Group to

support knowledge development for gaming audit professionals.

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Career Center

If you are looking to 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 resource for resume posting and focused can-

didate searches. The IIA’s Career Center receives

10,000 unique visitors monthly.

To contact the IIA’s Audit Career Center, call 1-888-

575-9675 or email custserv@jobtarget.com

Opportunities available now are provided here. If you or your organization is in search of ideal candidates

to fill positions, place your job posting within this newsletter. Career postings are free to membership.

Non members will be charged a monthly fee of $50.00 per posting. Please contact Melanie Myjak at mela-

nie.myjak@parda.com for further information and how to get your notification in this publication.

Career Opportunities

No current postings.

Visit the Careers tab on the Lansing Chapter IIA website to get more details and information on how to apply.

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