Inside this issue:

President’s Message 1

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

N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5 * V o l u m e 1 6 I s s u e 1 1

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

A Message From Our President

Lansing Chapter Members,

What a great chapter year we have been having, and in such a short period of time!

I am beyond thrilled with our most recent seminar, Skills for Auditor Success,

presented by Raven Catlin. There were sixteen in attendance ranging from all

different backgrounds. I had the pleasure of hearing a couple sessions from a

nearby conference room, and could tell how interesting, exciting, and creative

Raven’s lessons are. The Lansing Chapter is truly grateful for great presenters in the

IIA network! Below are a couple of photos from the training.

The next CPE event for the Chapter is on Tuesday, December 8th.

Join Joe Koenig in his riveting afternoon session where he will be discussing his

book, Getting to know the Truth, as well as devoting 2CPEs worth of ETHICS

training! It’s a fraud and ethics filled afternoon for all those who would like to

attend. The afternoon session will be held at Jackson National Life Company,

located at 1 Corporate Way, Lansing MI. The time is from 1:00PM to 4:30PM, and

will include a break for networking and light refreshments to be served. The price is

$40.00 for members, and $50.00 for non-members. This is a great price for 3 CPEs!

Registration information is located in the pages to follow!

Hope to see you in December!

Emily

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Chapter News 2

Calendar of Events 3

Training/Education 4

Editor’s Note 5

CAP Report 6

About Us 7

Treasurer Report 8

Member Directory 8

Career Opportunities 9

Chapter President Emily Crampton

Jackson National Life’s new facility offers a bird’s eye

view of the training!

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Lansing Chapter Board Member Sarah Saunders CIA, CFSA is the Central Region #2 District Rep-resentative for the Insti-tute of Internal Auditors and member of the Chapter Relations Sub Committee of the North

American Board of the IIA. Sarah is also Co-Chair of the Professional Development Com-mittee. Sarah’s term as a member of the Board of Governors for the Lansing Chapter ends June 2016.

Sarah began volunteering with the IIA in 2009 and has held past positions including Program Chair, Vice President, President and Past Presi-dent. Sarah is an Audit Director for Jackson Na-tional Life. Prior to joining Jackson in 2012, Sa-rah was a senior consultant at Deloitte special-izing in internal audit transformation services and worked in other internal audit and con-trols positions within the Insurance industry in Lansing. Sarah is a graduate of Western Michi-gan University with a BBA in Accounting and is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA).

Featured Leader

Chapter News

December Meeting

Earn 3 CPEs!

December 8, 2015

Presentation: 1:00PM – 4:30PM Snacks/Networking: 2:30PM – 3:00PM Location: Jackson National Life Insurance Company Head-quarters – 1 Corporate Way, Lansing, MI 48951 CPE: 2 Ethics, 1 General

Members: $40.00 Non-members: $50.00

Summary:

Joe Koenig, owner of KMI Investigations, LLC in Grand Rapids MI will be discussing his book Getting the Truth.

All attendees will receive a copy of Joe’s book “Getting the Truth” and there will be a book signing following the presentation.

REGISTER

Speaker Bio:

After 26 years of service, Joe retired as an Inspector from the Michigan State Police. During his law enforcement career he was lead investigator on the James R. Hoffa case, and was directly involved in many varied and sensitive investigations. He is a past President of the Michigan FBI National Academy Associates and former Vice President of the Western Michigan Chapter of the Association of Certi-fied Fraud Examiners. He has over 45 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. He owns and oper-ates his own private investigative firm, KMI Investigations, LLC (www.Kmiinvestigations.com). Joe is a CFE and holds a BS in Accounting from Wayne State University, and a Masters in Public Administration from Eastern Michigan University where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

The application period for the Lansing Chapter

Scholarship award ended October 31, 2015. The

Board will consider submissions and announce

the selected candidate sometime in December.

The chosen candidate will receive a $1,000.00

scholarship after completing an internship with

the Lansing Board of Governors for the current

chapter year.

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Chapter Calendar of Events

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

2

GOLD SRD Webinar

W.MI ISACA Seminar

3 IIA Seminar:

Chicago

4 IIA Seminar:

Chicago

5 IIA Seminar:

Chicago

6 IIA Seminar:

Chicago

9

10

11 12 13

16 17 Members Only

Webinar: Measuring IA

18 19 20

23 24 25

26

27

30

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1 2 3 4 Hanukkah Begins

Dec 6

7 GOLD SRD Webinar 8 Board Meeting

Chapter Meeting

9 10 11

14

Hanukkah Ends

15 16 17 18

21 22

Winter Solstice

23 24 25

28 29 30 31 1

Education, Training and Certification

2015 & 2016 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

Super Strategies Conference November 3—4, 2015 Las Vegas, Nevada USA

General Audit Management Conference March 7—9, 2016 Fort Worth, TX USA

Gaming & Hospitality Conference April 6—8, 2016 The Mirage, Las Vegas, NV USA

Central Regional Conference May 1—4, 2016 Nashville, TN USA

International Conference IIA 75th Anniversary July 17—20, 2016 New York, NY USA

Governance, Risk & Control Conference August 22—24, 2016 Fort Lauderdale, FL USA

All Star Conference October 17—19, 2016 The Mirage, Las Vegas, NV USA

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A Note From the Editor

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Giving Thanks

This time of year can be overwhelming for a number of reasons. Our To-Do lists, both professional and personal, seem to grow longer as the year end approaches at light-ning speed. Regardless of the many tasks at hand, it’s important to take some time this holiday season to reflect and give thanks.

Many of us will be celebrating the time honored tradition of Thanksgiving. We will be stuffing our turkeys and ourselves and then settling in for a football game or for an afternoon nap with sweet dreams of pumpkin pie dancing in our heads. For me, Thanksgiving is a time to take stock of how fortunate I am; to count my blessings and give thanks to my family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, fellow community members and to my internal audit professional network.

As a colleague in this crazy profession, a citizen of Michigan and a potential customer of the many organiza-tions that make up our chapter membership, I offer my sincere thanks to you for doing what you do every-day. Your roles as audit professionals helping your organizations become better places to work, do business with and more positively impact your communities.

Thank you for making the oftentimes difficult decisions, uncomfortable observations and having those, sometimes uneasy, conversations that need to be had—all while maintaining high ethical standards. I am proud to be a part of a profession that consists of good, moral people dedicated to doing the right thing re-gardless of how challenging it may be.

Know that you and your contributions to the profession and your organization are necessary, recognized and most importantly, appreciated.

I wish everyone success in your year end activities and that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Regards,

Melanie

Ethics...it’s no laughing matter

Get your Ethics training CPEs. Attend the December 8

Chapter Meeting at Jackson National in Lansing.

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. CAP points reported in Oc-

tober 2015 is 1044. 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 important that we offer the

membership valuable services and we as members do our obligatory role within our organizations and com-

munities 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

Sarah Saunders June 2016

VACANCY June 2016

Robert Johnson June 2017

Angela Montgomery June 2017

Melanie Myjak June 2018

Judy Timmermann June 2018

Josh Kirchmeier June 2018

If you would like to attend a board

meeting, please let a board member

know in advance.

Chapter Officers

Emily Crampton President

Kyle Hebert

Vice President

Bill Papanikolas; CISA,CFSA Immediate Past President

Jana Dean; CPA, CIA Past President

Sandy Streb; CPA, CISA, CISM Secretary

Miriam Davenport Treasurer

Committee Chairs

Phil Perkins Audit

Melanie Myjak Communication

Miriam Davenport

Finance and Administration

Ryan O’Rourke, CPA Membership Services

VACANCY Nomination

Sarah Saunders CIA, CFSA Emily Crampton

Professional Development

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Treasurer Report & Membership Directory

On deposit at the Lake Trust Credit Union as of

10/31/2015:

Savings: $ 5.00

Checking: $ 16,221.37

Money Market: $ 4696.06

Total: $ 20,922.43

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

ink

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

Financial Auditor, Two Men and a Truck—Lansing, MI (Corporate)

The Financial Auditor is responsible for creating and maintaining a franchise audit and compliance plan to monitor and ensure the financial health and compliance of Two Men and a Truck franchisees. The auditor is also responsible for understanding key system benchmarks and data to be monitored and re-viewed. The auditor will also develop an understanding of our operating system which includes an inte-gration with QuickBooks. The Financial Auditor is responsible for maintaining the pulse of the franchi-see financial status and communicating it to the appropriate management teams within Home Office. The auditor is also responsible for coordinating and/or performing audits of the franchisee’s financial or operating system data on a regular or as needed basis to ensure compliance with Two Men and a Truck systems, Franchise Disclosure Document and Franchise Agreement.

APPLY HERE

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

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