KPMG at GAM Conference 2025

KPMG is delighted to be an official sponsor of the IIA’s 2025 GAM Conference. taking place from March 10 to 12 in the vibrant city of Orlando, Florida. As part of our commitment to fostering innovation and excellence in internal auditing, KPMG’s distinguished Internal Audit professionals will be presenting at this significant industry event.

Discover the exciting sessions we have lined up:

March 10, 2025 (Monday) | Audit Analytics and AI in Action—The Braze Story | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET and 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET

Learn how the internal audit team at Braze is partnering with the business to integrate analytics and generative AI into their audit process and how those tools have helped them identify and focus on the highest risk areas, create efficiencies, develop more meaningful recommendations, and drive better stakeholder engagement.

The IIA has been promoting the use of audit analytics for several years to help auditors address those increasing demands from senior leaders and boards, but effectively incorporating audit analytics into your audit process can be a daunting task—leaving many practitioners wondering “how and where do I start?”

Join the internal audit team from Braze as they demonstrate how they are reducing risk and driving improved business performance by integrating analytics into the audit process and sharing those analytics with the 1st line.

In this session, participants will:

Explain how effective analytics and AI can drive efficiency, improve collaboration, deliver better insights, transparency and alignment with senior leadership and the board
Outline steps your audit team can take to get stakeholder buy-in, scale your program over time, and implement an effective audit analytics and AI program regardless of team size
Devise a plan to harness analytics and AI for continuous monitoring and risk assessments, enabling your team to dynamically audit areas with elevated exceptions

Session speakers:

Michael Callino, Sr. Director Internal Audit, Braze
Andrew Esposito, Audit Manager, Braze
Sue King, Partner and SOX Offering Leader, KPMG LLP

March 10, 2025 (Monday) | CS 2-3: Getting Analytics Right: How to Take Your D&A Program to New Heights | 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ET

CAEs have more technology available than ever before. Generative artificial intelligence, business intelligence, process mining, robotic process automation, audit management solutions, analytics software, and more are available in most organizations. But too many internal audit functions are stuck in first gear. Stakeholders remain underwhelmed by the results that investments in technology enablement yield. This session focuses on the traps that internal audit teams fall into as they chase the promise of technology-enabled improvements and how to avoid them. Whether your team has two auditors or a thousand, you will learn how to get more out of your technology, impress your stakeholders, and better retain frustrated team members.

In this session, participants will:

Recognize common strategic mistakes of analytics programs
Communicate the pros and cons of successful IA analytics team structures
Discuss the trade-offs necessary to use technology to improve IA outcomes
Assess the technology required to achieve their strategic objectives.

Session speakers

John Hicks, IT Audit Director and Data Analytics Leader, Disney
Charles King, Partner and US AI in Internal Audit Leader, KPMG LLP

March 10, 2025 (Monday) | CS 1-2: AI for Audit: Graduating from GenAI to Contextual Intelligence | 1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. ET

AI is progressively reshaping the audit landscape, offering both significant opportunities and new challenges for audit teams. Many teams have already begun integrating generative AI (GenAI) into their daily workflows. But how can you go beyond the initial, easy wins and elevate AI integration and adoption to seamlessly align with your work processes? Discover practical applications of AI within the audit ecosystem that enhance data integrity, streamline processes, and boost team efficiency.

In this session, participants will:

Learn practical applications of AI that go beyond surface-level tasks and embed AI into audit workflows
Discover methods for integrating AI tools effectively into the audit ecosystem, helping ensure alignment with current workflows and organizational needs
Gain insights into common obstacles audit teams face when scaling AI use and learn strategies to overcome these barriers.

Session speakers

Imraan Mulla, VP of Analytics and Innovation, Capital One
Charles King, Partner and US AI in Internal Audit Leader, KPMG LLP
Anton Dam, Vice President of Engineering for Data AI/ML, AuditBoard

March 11, 2025 (Tuesday) | CS 4-5: Have You Refreshed Your Cyber Audit Program Lately? | 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. ET

Join us for an enlightening session where we dive into the latest cybersecurity risk landscape and trends, backed by compelling data and survey results. Discover why these developments are crucial for companies and audit committees and gain insights into the new SEC cyber rules and the transformative impacts of AI.

We’ll explore a range of frameworks to consider when designing or refreshing your audit program, including NIST CSF 2.0, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, SOX, and more. Learn how to select the best frameworks for your organization and effectively map your audit universe coverage to these frameworks.

Finally, we’ll provide practical strategies for aligning your audit approach with identified risks and frameworks, helping ensure your audit programs are robust and future ready. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your audit practices and stay ahead in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.

In this session, participants will:

Understand the latest cybersecurity risk landscape and trends, supported by data and survey results
Identify and evaluate frameworks to consider when designing or refreshing audit programs
Align audit universe coverage with identified risks and relevant frameworks.

Session speakers

Anna Davis, Vice President, Chief Audit Executive, QUALCOMM Incorporated
Subash Samuels, Principal, Internal Audit & Controls, KPMG LLP
Aaron Kemp, Director, Lighthouse, KPMG LLP

For more details and the full agenda, visit the GAM Conference page and plan your participation to gain valuable insights and enhance your internal audit practices. Don't miss out on this opportunity to stay ahead in the dynamic field of internal audit.