Persuasive Reasons for Sustaining a Clean Audit Opinion

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Presented By:

Audit Task Force

Description:

Drawing on 18 months of research by the SDFM Audit Task Force (ATF), which includes insights from both active and recently retired senior DoD leaders, this session is designed to help you confidently advocate for audit readiness across your organization. In this session, you’ll gain practical talking points to help you clearly communicate the importance of maintaining a clean audit opinion—especially when engaging with new commanders, directors, and non-financial management leaders.

(LOs) After participating in this session, attendees should be able to:

• Establish compelling reasons why audit is important to the DoD mission.
• Assist staff members convey the criticality of maintaining a clean audit opinion effectively and persuasively – to new leaders and the non-FM communities.
• Share relevant lessons and best practices learned from the ATF research.

Speakers:

• Dave Clifton

Competency:

Audit (includes Planning, Management and Operations)

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