With Or Without You? Psyching Out The CPA Exam
By Francine • Jan 30th, 2009Jeff is the author of a blog called Another71
Archive for January, 2009
The Big 4 – The World Is Too Much With Them
By Francine • Jan 29th, 2009Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
Round and Round She Goes… Where She Stops Nobody Knows
By Francine • Jan 28th, 2009It wasn’t so long ago that, instead of predicting PwC’s imminent demise due to Satyam, Dennis Howlett was questioning Ernst & Young as a going concern:
A Special Invite to the Lawyers
By Francine • Jan 27th, 2009Public Service Announcement – I am VP of the Chicago ISACA Chapter.
January 2009 Monthly Meeting
DATE: Wednesday, January 28th, 2009LOCATION: UBS TowerTIME: 3:00 to 5:00 pm (networking reception from 5:00 to 6:00 pm)
We are ready to kick-off our first chapter meeting of the year and pleased to welcome presenter Katie Jensen, Navigant Consulting, who will lead [...]
PwC and Satyam – Another Fine Mess You’ve Gotten Yourself Into
By Francine • Jan 26th, 2009It was only a couple of days ago that Price Waterhouse India was plotting their defense to this “everything old is new again” fine mess they’ve gotten themselves into.
Hey Social Media! The Big 4 Is Just Not That Into You…
By Francine • Jan 23rd, 2009Relationships are tough. The ones that require a conversation even tougher. Embracing the concepts of social media, learning how to use the tools available, can be daunting.
My Grammar Would Be Proud
By Francine • Jan 21st, 2009My post on Monday proposing a National Service Corp for Accountability and Transparency, (tongue-in-cheek assigned the unceremonious acronym “NSCAT” by Dennis Howlett,) was met with quite a few interesting and thoughtful comments. But the most curious ones were the attack and defense of my choice of pronouns in my title.
Stock Options Backdating – An Update For Auditors Presented April 2007 at the IIA Chicago Chapter Conference
By Francine • Jan 20th, 2009* Stock Options Backdating – An Update For Auditors Presented April 2007 at the IIA Chicago Chapter Conference (PDF)
Oh Happy Day
By Francine • Jan 20th, 2009Thanks for subscribing to the re: The Auditors feed. Please tell a colleague about the blog. Drop me a line at fmckenna@mckennapartners.com if you have a comment or complaint.
How Will We Solve The Financial Crisis? The Answer Is Bigger Than You And I
By Francine • Jan 19th, 2009I read two interesting articles this weekend, amongst many others and lots of Twitter conversations about the inauguration festivities and the financial crisis. One was a wonderful summary by Jonathan Weil at Bloomberg on the role of the Big 4 auditors in the death of the financial organizations.
Francine McKenna (@retheauditors) has more than twenty-five years of experience in consulting and professional services including tenure at two Big 4 firms, both in the US and abroad. Look for my column, 