Audit Workflow

The AI advantage in auditing: Modernize your practice 

55:21

Speakers
Dave Wyle
General Manager, Audit
Steve Lindsey
Director, Product Management
Scott Spradling
Executive Director, Audit Innovation

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What you’ll learn:

  • How GenAI automates planning, documentation, and audit procedures
  • The benefits of auto-completion of checklists and forms and timely guidance
  • The Thomson Reuters commitment to ethical AI and its implications for auditing
  • The modernization of audit practices and the role of AI-driven tools
  • How Thomson Reuters Audit Intelligence enables sophisticated data analysis and risk detection

  • Dave Wyle

    General Manager, Audit 

    Dave was named General Manager of Audit for Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting Professionals in September 2023, following the Thomson Reuters acquisition of SurePrep earlier that year. His extensive experience and expertise in audit workflow are helping the tax and accounting professionals' business continue to grow and expand in the audit space.

    Previously, Dave was CEO of SurePrep, an end-to-end tax automation solution for tax professionals and taxpayers that he founded in 2002. Prior to SurePrep, Dave founded and was CEO of ePace! Software, a leading audit software package acquired by CCH in 2001, now called ProSystem fx Engagement. He started his career as a CPA with PwC.

    Dave earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

  • Steve Lindsey

    Director, Product Management 

    Steve leads the design and development efforts of the Thomson Reuters online and desktop audit and assurance products. He has worked for Thomson Reuters for over 30 years, first as an editor and author of audit and accounting guidance and later leading the development of our audit software product line, including Checkpoint Tools, SMART Practice Aids, and Checkpoint Engage.

    Steve is a CPA and has been active in the accounting profession for over 40 years. He began his career in public practice, working with KPMG and a small, local firm in Fort Worth, Texas. The hands-on experience he gained providing audit, accounting, and tax services to clients ranging from small businesses to multinational companies gives him a unique understanding of the challenges CPAs and their clients face today.

  • Scott Spradling

    Executive Director, Audit Innovation

    Scott’s professional passion is working with our teams to help audit firms apply progressive technologies in practical ways that allow auditors to do work that is faster, better, and more fun.  Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Scott was an auditor with KPMG.  He has over 30 years of experience in the profession and has also worked as a strategic consultant to audit technology providers.

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