January 2015 BRSSUG Meeting!

[BRSSUG]

Our next meeting is on Wednesday Jan 14, 2015, at the Louisiana Technology Park with guest speaker William E Pearson III.

Topic: Forensic Analytics with PowerPivot for Excel

Detail: Despite the wealth of analytical technologies available today, 65% of occupational fraud at public companies is detected through tips, management review, or simple accidents. Forensic analytics can change this disappointing scenario by employing a combination of human intuition and leading-edge technologies, and can provide superior detection methods to significantly improve the detection and investigation of illegal or unethical activities.

In this session, we explore forensic analytics: a set of techniques we can use to uncover irregularities in financial data. We also gain an understanding of goals of forensic analytics: to enable us to find out how — and why — these irregularities exist, and to find out their source(s) — especially when fraudulent activity is suspected. We discuss guiding principles that are key to effectively and confidently ferreting out data anomalies, and outline a methodology to meet key principles by applying a standard, repeatable process to forensic analytics. Throughout the session, we view examples of how we can employ PowerPivot for Excel to drive forensic analytics via various tests and reviews

Want to join us? Please do! You’ll learn, you’ll laugh, you’ll eat free dinner, what’s to lose?

The meeting will begin around 6pm, sponsored by Complete Medical Solutions, LLC (http://www.doctornetwork.com/)!

All of our meetings are open to the public, open to students, folks looking to get into the field and those looking to move up! Please spread the word and come prepared to learn and share your knowledge and experience!

Please visit our website for complete details: www.brssug.org

Info on the Tech Park Location is here: www.brssug.org/where

Look for us on Twitter at @BRSSUG for breaking news and reminders.  

See you there!

-Adrian Aucoin Jr, President, BRSSUG

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