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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

F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 6 * V o l u m e 1 7 I s s u e 2

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,

The Lansing Chapter IIA Student Chapter has officially started! They have been

approved by Michigan State University as a student organization and can now start

holding meetings. The following students went through an interview process with a

group of board members, and were voted in to take leadership roles for the Student

Chapter:

President, Abigail Andrews

Co Vice President (Domestic), Allison Bengel

Co Vice President (International), Richard Li

Treasurer, Shuyue Wang

Secretary, Susan Little

The board consists of Co Vice Presidents, with one focusing on the domestic

student body, while the other focuses on the international student body. This

group is a solid, interested, and very eager group. I have high hopes that our

presence on campus will help educate the student body about the internal audit

environment, establish a network for out reach in both directions, and help guide

the students in their career path decisions. The student chapter will be holding an

informational session on campus at the end of this month. If you are interested in

attending, please feel free to reach out to me for times and location.

Please plan to join us for the CAE panel discussion in March. The event will be held

at Jackson National Life Insurance Company on March 17, 2016. We are asking that

those planning to attend register and submit questions for the panelists in the areas

listed here:

Improving productivity of the audit process using technology

Enhancing relevance

Successful integrated auditing

Maintaining relationships with staff, Executive Management and the Audit

Committee.

See you all in March!

Emily

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Chapter News 2/3

Calendar of Events 4

Training/Education 5

CAP Report 6

About Us 7

Treasurer Report 8

Member Directory 8

Career Opportunities 9

Chapter President Emily Crampton

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Judy Timmermann is a Sen-ior Internal Auditor at Auto-Owners Insurance Company where she has been working since 2008. Prior to that, she worked at McCartney & Com-pany, PC, as an auditor of non-

profits and telephone companies. She is a li-censed CPA and a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and has earned the Associate in Insurance Accounting and Finance designation. She has been a member of the Institute of In-ternal Auditors Lansing Chapter since 2010 and has been on the Board of Governors since 2013. Judy has a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics from the University of Michigan.

Featured Leader

Chapter News

Upcoming Meeting: CAE Panel Discussion

New Members

New members! 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:

Ting Peng, Student Member, GVSU

Kerra Anderson, Student Member, GVSU

Julie Kussro, MSU Federal Credit Union

Rachelle Fabiano, MSU Federal Credit Union

The Lansing Chapter of the IIA is excited to host a two hour CAE Panel Discussion with four local CAEs. The format for this event will be a brief 10 – 15 minute presentation by each of the speakers giving an overview of their role, what their audit shop looks like, and the path they took to get where they current-ly are in their career. The second half of the meeting will comprise of Q&A’s from questions you submit with your registration. The four speakers are:

Stacey Schnabel, Vice President & Head of Internal Audit, Jackson National Life Insurance Company.

Michael Sekoni, Vice President & General Auditor, Corporate Audit and Advisory Services, Accident Fund.

James B. Hunsanger, Vice President, Internal Audit and Compliance, Michigan State University Fed-eral Credit Union.

Doug Ringler, Audit General , State of Michigan.

The panel discussion is scheduled for March 17, 2016 at the Jackson National Life Insurance Company Headquarters building located at 1 Corporate Way, Lansing, MI 48951. NOTE: This will be held in the brand new, state of the art conference center. The cost is $20.00 for members, $30.00 for non-members and $10.00 for students; 2 CPEs are grant-ed. New members first meeting is free!

Please make sure to register* with Judy Timmermann by March 11 at Timmermann.Judy@aoins.com.

*When you register, please submit questions for the moderator to ask the panelists during Q&A. The questions can be for a specific panelist or to all four.

Breakfast/Networking: 7:30AM – 8:00AM Presentation: 8:00AM – 10:00AM Location: Jackson National Life Insurance Company Headquarters – 1 Corporate Way, Lansing, MI 48951 CPE: 2

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Chapter News

NEW Student Chapter

The Lansing Chapter of the IIA is proud to announce the new Student IIA Chapter. Junior board member and 2015-2016 Chapter Year scholarship winner, Abigail Andrews, working with the chapter leadership, has creat-ed the Student Chapter of the Lansing IIA. The student chapter is made up of Michigan State University students and is the first student chapter for the Lansing chapter of the IIA. The student chapter consists of a President, Co Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Co Vice Presidents have varying focus. One will be focusing on the domestic student body while the other focuses on the international student body. Some objectives of the student chapter are to raise awareness among university students about the internal audit profession, establish a network of students in-terested in the profession and to help guide the students in their career choices. The student chapter will be holding an informational session on campus at the end of this month. If you are interested in attending, con-tact President Emily Crampton at emily.crampton@jackson.com for times and location. The Board of the Student Chapter of the Lansing IIA.

Richard Li

Co Vice President

Major: Accounting

Hometown: Guangdong China

Abigail Andrews

President

Major: Accounting

Hometown: Williamston, MI

Allison Bengal

Co Vice President

Major: Accounting

Hometown: Williamston, MI

Susan Little

Secretary

Major: Accounting

Hometown: St. Louis, MI

Shuyue Wang

Tresurer

Major: Accounting

Hometown: Jinan China

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Chapter Calendar of Events

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7 8 9 10 11

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CAE Panel Discussion

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Education, Training and Certification

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

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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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 January 2016 is . 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

Sarah Saunders June 2016

VACANCY June 2016

Abigail Andrews June 2016

Junior Board Member

Robert Johnson June 2017

Angela Montgomery June 2017

Melanie Myjak June 2018

Judy Timmermann June 2018

Josh Kirchmeier June 2018

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

01/31/2016:

Savings: $ 5.00

Checking: $ 5,563.03

Money Market: $ 12,697.10

Total: $ 18,265.13

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

Michigan State University, East Lansing MI

2 Positions Available Auditor— Will plan and execute internal financial and operational audits (e.g., athletics, healthcare, etc.) of univer-sity units to determine effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance with university policy and other regula-tions; 3-5 years of related work experience in auditing, including strong computer skills and paperless documentation; Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Preference for experience with data analytic software (ACL/IDEA) and professional cer-tification (CPA, CIA, CISA, etc.) or progress toward certification (able to obtain experience require-ment). Schedules are flexible to encourage healthy work/life balance. For a complete job description and to apply, visit http://www.hr.msu.edu/. Refer to posting #2739 Refer to posting #2740

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

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