TechTalk - Benford's Law

TechTalks are 60 minute sessions conducted over the Zoom Meeting Platform. TechTalks will focus on practical approaches to internal audits of various kinds as well as the application of current assurance strategies and methodologies.

'Benford's Law' covers:

• Benford's Law as explained by Dr Mark Nigrini
• How Benford's Law can assist with spotting fraud
• Cases of fraud identified using Benford's Law
• Benford's Law in an internal audit context
• What do Benford's Law results look like?
• Refining Benford's Law for more meaningful results
• More resources for Benford's Law understanding and application

Presenter: Pauline Laidlaw, Manager of Analytics, CaseWare Australia & New Zealand

Pauline Laidlaw joined the CaseWare Australia and New Zealand team in 2018 having previously been a Director of Audit & Fraud Software since 2009. She also headed up the CaseWare IDEA team at Horwath (NSW) and at Deloitte.

For over 15 years Pauline has dedicated herself to working with organisations to improve their understanding and use of data analytics. She has trained hundreds of auditors across all industries and has a passion for educating and assisting auditors and financial data analysts to get the most out of their software solutions and find unusual patterns and anomalies in data. Pauline has been a product expert in CaseWare IDEA since 2003 when she moved to Australia, and has a ?Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Statistics and Operational Research. Pauline is an Associate Member of the IIA.

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