February 2006

Inside:  President's Message - February Monthly Meeting - February Seminar
- Speaking & Writing Report - CIA Exam - Job Listings

President's Message

February 13, 2006

Chapter Members,

Our first in a series of new monthly meeting was a great success and exceeded our highest expectations.  We had over 50 attendees including 9 USF students.  The presentation by Grant Thornton on SAS 70 was well received; we had breakfast and were all on our way to work or school by 9:00am.  So let’s do it again!

Our second in our series of new monthly meetings is less than two weeks away.  Please mark your calendar for Thursday February 16th for our meeting at the Quorum. You get 1 hour of CPE for only $10, have breakfast and network with your fellow Chapter colleagues.

We again have an excellent program for our second monthly meeting with Protiviti addressing Where Companies Stand Today on Sarbanes-Oxley. As companies transition from Year One with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to Year Two and beyond, it is time to reflect on the objectives and costs of the process. Senior Management needs to take a fresh look at how to take this compliance activity to another level. The answer is to transition "Project to Process" with the intent to add value to SOX compliance while improving sustainability.

Protiviti’s sponsorship will keep your cost to $10 and we will upgrade the breakfast this month. Please sign up and show support for your chapter and monthly sponsor. See you there! The deadline to register is TODAY, February 13, 2006!!

Also, later this month Time Magazine’s former “Person of the Year” and WorldCom’s former CAE Cynthia Cooper will headline a great program on February 28th at the Hyatt in downtown Tampa. We expect record attendance for our Fraud Seminar “Truth or Consequences” so register on the website NOW!

Warmest Regards,

Gary Jordan, CIA
2005-2006 Chapter President

Florida West Coast IIA Chapter Monthly Meeting Series

Where Companies Stand Today
on Sarbanes-Oxley

Sponsor:

RSVP Online by:

5:00 pm Monday February 13, 2006

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Quorum Hotel  (Map)
700 N. Westshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33609

  • 7:30 - 8:00 am: Registration & Breakfast

  • 8:00 - 9:00 pm: Presentation & Discussion - Where Companies Stand Today on Sarbanes-Oxley presented by Protiviti

    • As companies transition from Year One with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to Year Two and beyond, it is time to reflect on the objectives and costs of the process. Senior Management needs to take a fresh look at how to take this compliance activity to another level. The answer is to transition "Project to Process" with the intent to add value to SOX compliance while improving sustainability.

  • 1 Hour CPE

$10 Members IIA & affiliated organizations
$20 Non-members

Not part of the pre-paid plan; you must register to attend

To register online, visit http://tampabayiia.org/Monthly_Feb_06.htm#OLR

"Truth or Consequences"
Fraud Seminar

Joint meeting with ISACA & IMA;
Exclusive Sponsor: PriceWaterhouseCoopers


Cocktail reception following sponsored by Robert Half International
8 Hours CPE - $125 members, $150 non-members*

RSVP Online by:

5:00 pm Wednesday February 22, 2006

* - Per seminar price if you are not a participant in the chapter's Pre-paid Seminar Pricing Plan

Tuesday February 28, 2006
8:00 - 5:00

Hyatt Regency Hotel (Map)
211 North Tampa Street, Tampa, 33602

  • 8:00 - 10:45 am: Fraud, presented by Dennis Dycus, Director of Audit, State of Tennessee
  • 11:00 - 12:00 pm: SOX Mandated Approach to Fraud for Public Accounting, presented by Jonny Frank, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  • 1:00 - 3:00 pm: WorldCom Update, presented by Cynthia Cooper, Time Magazine's 2002 Person of the Year
  • 3:15 - 5:00pm: Fraud Panel, moderated by Dr. Terry Engle, USF College of Business; Dennis Dycus, Cynthia Cooper & Jonny Frank
     
  • 5:00 - 6:00 Reception sponsored by Robert Half International

For more details ablaut the program and to register online, visit http://tampabayiia.org/February_28_06.htm#OLR

Report Your Speaking and Writing

It's time again for the survey to determine which IIA Tampa Bay Chapter members have submitted articles or spoken in since June 1 2005. Each speaking engagement on internal auditing that a Tampa Bay Chapter member completes will earn the Chapter 1 credit per CPD hour. Each full article, Roundtable article, Fraud Finding, etc. submitted that meets basic editorial guidelines will earn 5 credits. For each full article published 20 credits are earned. Each internal audit related article published in any other trade or professional journal that is authored by a chapter member is 5 credits.

To report your writing and speaking go to http://tampabayiia.org/Speaking.htm and complete the provided form by March 1, 2006.

CIA Exam May 17 & 18, 2006

The West Coast Florida Chapter will be administering the CIA exam at the Safety Harbor Resort & Spa. Exam times are as follows:

Part I and Part III 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Part II and Part IV 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The deadline to register is March 31, 2006.

Go to http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3 for all the details and to register.

Job Openings in Tampa Bay

Click for more information. Stay up to date on our Career page. Our most recent listings:

  • There is an opening for a Senior Compliance Accountant which will be responsible for ensuring a Fortune 25 Division is in compliance with the provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley, SAS70 and all other established internal controls.

Have an item for our next Newsletter? Email Newsletter Chair Kristine Del Vecchio (kdelvecchio@metlife.com) with your submission no later than April 10, 2006.

Go to our web site, tampabayiia.org, to contact any of our Chapter Officers, Committee Chairs or Board of Governors members.
President's Message - February Monthly Meeting - February Seminar
- Speaking & Writing Report - CIA Exam - Job Listings

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