PMI Honolulu Hawaii Chapter Virtual Meeting 

Title: Internal Controls for Project Management: How to Audit Yourself Before the Auditors Audit You!

Speaker:  Ken Smith, Freelance Consultant

Date:  June 29th, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm

Topic Description: Many project managers can concentrate on delivering the technical components of their project on time and on budget, relying on their organizations to handle the procedural financial management aspects.  Other project managers, however, often also have internal financial management control responsibilities; so are accountable as well as responsible for their project.  Unfortunately, unlike chartered accountants, CPAs, & Auditors -- most project managers have absolutely no idea what financial management standards are, or how they are supposed to comply with them!

This presentation describes a ‘quick & easy’ financial management internal control and vulnerability assessment test -- VULNAS – a semi-automated Excel template which is available for program / project managers to apply within their own areas of financial responsibility and accountability.

Speaker Bio:  Ken Smith is a Freelance Consultant. Formerly Senior Foreign Service Officer, US Agency for International Development (USAID) portfolio, program & project manager, evaluator, trainer & advisor; US Defense Department management systems specialist; Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank & UNDP consultant. Col, USAFR (Retd). Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) monitoring & evaluation, George Mason University (GMU) Virginia; MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Systems Analysis Fellow, Center for Advanced Engineering Study); MA & BA (Government & International Relations, University of Connecticut (UCONN). Project Management Professional (PMP®), member International Project Management Association (IPMA), & PMI®-Honolulu & Philippine Chapters.

Event Information:  Zoom information will be provided with your registration confirmation.