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Reasonable assurance is changing: how firms are adopting AI and driving growth
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In the era of AI, what does reasonable assurance mean anyway?
Join MindBridge senior leaders Stuart Cobbe, Global Head, Analytics & Industry Insights and Rachel Kirkham, Director of Audit and Risk Analytics to find out how artificial intelligence is impacting on the expectations that auditors face day to day.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- How AI helps auditors to better deal with increasing amounts of information
- How AI helps auditors to focus on what matters.
- Why expectations are increasing for auditors and the work they do
- How to drive the value conversation with clients
- How firms are driving growth with AI
You will walk away with a better understanding of how AI impacts our definition of reasonable assurance and what this means for the future of financial audits.
Stuart Cobbe
Global Head of Analytics and Industry Insights
MindBridge
Stuart Cobbe ACA leads the Analytics & Industry Insights team at MindBridge, helping accounting and financial services customers improve their effectiveness and efficiency through the use of artificial intelligence. Stuart played an integral role in building a top firm’s data strategy and team from scratch, playing a key role in teaching data skills to auditors. Stuart sat on the firm’s Technical Committee which oversaw the firm’s audit and accounting quality and control procedures. Stuart then co-founded Brevis, a financial reporting startup which was acquired by MindBridge in 2020.
Rachel Kirkham
Director of Audit and Risk Analytics
MindBridge
Rachel is proven analytics leader in professional services, sitting at the intersection of audit and analytics for over 10 years. Rachel joined MindBridge in January 2020 to infuse our data science work with deep accounting knowledge, lead key areas of product development and support key clients in the adoption of AI into audit methodology. Prior to joining MindBridge, Rachel was the Head of Data Analytics Research at the UK National Audit Office, leading a team of data scientists and analysts in developing unique data analytics capabilities for financial audit and developing a cloud data platform for government. Rachel is an ACA-qualified chartered accountant, holds an MBA from Imperial College, and acts as a subject matter expert for the ICAEW. She is also a forum member of the AI Public-Private Forum run by the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority.
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