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The impact of AI on finance, internal audit and governance

This webcast will explore how companies and their audit committees are anticipating and adapting to rapid changes in technology including how artificial intelligence is impacting finance and internal audit functions.

Join the EY Center for Board Matters on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. (ET) for another episode in our webcast series, Better Questions for Boards, designed to provide directors with insights and questions to consider as they engage with management on a variety of complex boardroom issues.

AI technologies are surging and evolving, presenting both risks and opportunities for companies. Boards and particularly audit committees are keenly focused on understanding the impacts of AI on finance, accounting and internal audit functions. This webcast will dive into important topics such as:

  • The future of finance functions and AI: Hear from the leader of Microsoft’s Modern Finance initiative about how finance functions are evolving in the current environment, including ways AI and other emerging technologies are transforming the finance function. Learn about AI use cases in finance and accounting, audit impacts, governance considerations and talent implications.
  • Internal audit priorities: Gain insight from the chief audit executive at GE Aerospace about key areas of focus for internal audit teams, especially as they adapt, innovate and transform the internal audit function using new technologies. Discover how internal audit priorities are evolving to meet the needs of companies, boards and audit committees.
  • SEC update: Get the latest updates on current and emerging financial reporting and regulatory developments, including SEC updates and other important reminders and considerations.

This CPE-eligible webcast will be 60 minutes. The discussion will be moderated by Patrick Niemann, Partner in the EY Center for Board Matters of Ernst & Young LLP. Panelists will include:

  • Lauren Alexander, Partner, National Professional Practice, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Megan Duggan, Partner, Risk Consulting, Ernst & Young, LLP
  • Cory Hrncirik, Modern Finance Leader – Office of the CFO, Microsoft
  • Richard Jackson, EY Global Artificial Intelligence Assurance Leader
  • Samantha Jackson, Chief Audit Executive, GE Aerospace

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Jul 2025

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CPE credits: 1.2

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19:00 - 20:00 your local time

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