Format: Online
Artificial Intelligence is transforming how Internal Audit identifies risks, evaluates controls, and delivers insights. This session explores practical AI applications across audit processes, data analytics, and continuous monitoring, along with key considerations for managing related risks, controls, and governance. Learn how AI-enabled GRC platforms and connected risk frameworks can enhance assurance, efficiency, and oversight within the Internal Audit function.
DATE: Dec 11, 2025
TIME: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET
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One (1) NASBA CPE will only be awarded to participants on the live broadcast who are logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes and engage on at least three poll questions per each hour of the event.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Recognize practical AI use cases for Internal Audit activities, from risk assessment and testing to reporting and continuous assurance, driving greater efficiency and insight.
• Learn how AI can be applied to process, risk, and control identification and documentation.
• Explore how AI integrates with GRC platforms and connected risk ecosystems to improve visibility, coordination, and consistency across risk and control domains.
• Identify opportunities for Internal Audit to use AI responsibly to strengthen assurance, improve decision-making, and enhance the organization’s overall control environment.
SPEAKER
Michael Rosen
Director - Internal Audit Consulting
Michael is a Director in Forvis Mazars’ Financial Services Internal Audit and Risk Consulting practice, where he works with leading financial institutions on co-sourcing, outsourcing, and audit transformation initiatives.
Michael partners with his clients to build smarter, more agile internal audit functions that align with business strategy and regulatory expectations. With a background in enterprise risk strategy and transformation, Michael has deep experience working across the three lines of defense to design and operationalize integrated risk and control frameworks. His work spans risk governance, risk identification and assessment, risk appetite development, reporting and analytics, and risk technology enablement. Michael collaborates closely with C-suite executives and senior leaders to shape and execute solutions that elevate governance, enhance assurance, and drive lasting value, whether through ERM programs, audit innovation, or cross-functional risk initiatives.
SPEAKER
Robert Winstead
Global Practice Head – Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
Robert is the Global Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance at Forvis Mazars, where he leads a high-performing, multidisciplinary team that helps organizations turn uncertainty into advantage. He partners with Boards, CROs, CFOs, CCOs, and Chief Audit Executives to build resilient, tech-enabled risk capabilities that satisfy regulators today and scale for what’s next. His remit spans the full GRC spectrum, governance design, internal audit transformation, enterprise risk, regulatory compliance, ESG, and digital risk. His teams deliver integrated solutions that connect strategy, operations, data, and controls across complex enterprises, from global financial institutions to Fortune 500 companies.
Robert has built outcomes-driven programs that integrate people, process, data, and platforms, enabling clients to enhance assurance, unlock efficiency, and confidently navigate evolving regulatory and stakeholder expectations. Blending deep technical grounding in finance, actuarial thinking, and quantitative modeling with pragmatic execution, Robert is known for translating complex risk and sustainability topics into actionable roadmaps with clear accountabilities, measurable outcomes, and credible regulator dialogue. His philosophy is simple: risk isn’t merely something to manage, it’s a catalyst for growth, innovation, and long-term resilience.