Establishing a Data-Driven Culture at NC State for Finance and Audit

M’Shiela Hawthorne, CIA, CFE is an auditor with North Carolina State University’s Internal Audit Division with five years of auditing experience and over 20 years of accounting experience in various industries, including four years in the United States Air Force. In her role, M’Shiela performs risk-based audits on University business process and operations. This includes auditing for compliance, efficiencies, and effectiveness across various departments at the University. Additionally, she provides data analytic related services and support to the Internal Audit Division and campus units. This includes assisting with data acquisition and analysis during audits and developing tools for campus to use for analyzing their own data. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting with a concentration in Internal Audit from NC State University.

Joe Oringel is a Managing Director at Visual Risk IQ LLC, a risk advisory firm established in 2006 to help audit and compliance professionals see and understand their data. The firm has completed more than 100 successful data analytics and transaction monitoring engagements for clients across diverse industries. Visual Risk IQ LLC is a Tableau Alliance partner, and they have helped dozens of internal audit teams get up the learning curve with this powerful and easy to use tool for visual data analytics.

Joe has more than twenty-five years of experience in internal auditing, fraud detection, and forensics, including ten years of Big Four assurance and risk advisory services. He earned a BS in Accounting from Louisiana State University, where he took classes in their acclaimed Internal Auditing program. Joe later graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned an MBA. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor and a past president of the Charlotte IIA Chapter.