What you will learn
This week on The Audit Podcast, our guest is Mike McDonald, Chief Audit Executive at BorgWarner.
This episode is a little different—it’s a replay from one of our sessions at the Audit Analytics and AI Conference, sponsored by Supervisor. Mike has been in the CAE role at BorgWarner for about a year, and he walks us through what that first year has really looked like.
We get into what he expected going into the role, what surprised him, and the biggest lessons he learned in his first hundred days.
Timecodes:
2:14 — What It’s Like Stepping into the CAE Role
8:19 — Understanding Internal Audit’s Mission
9:31 — How CAEs Allocate Resources
11:09 — A CAE’s Perspective on KPIs
13:52 — Using Full-Population Testing Effectively
16:16 — How to Implement Supervision
17:26 — Building In-House Solutions vs. Using External Tools
20:31 — Identifying What Truly Matters with Population Testing
22:32 — The Skill Sets CAEs Want
24:30 — How Internal Audit Teams Are Using AI
Field: Auditing | Delivery Method: Self Study | CPE Hours: 0.5
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Curriculum
Your instructor
I’m Trent Russell, founder of Greenskies Analytics. Before starting Greenskies I worked in EY’s IT Risk Assurance practice and later in the Financial Services Office, where I built data analytics procedures across industries. Today I partner with CAEs and audit leaders to design and execute audit analytics and AI strategies, operationalize what matters, and move functions up the maturity curve—skills that are critical when stepping into the CAE role.
I’m passionate about turning analytics and risk insights into practical, repeatable playbooks. Through my client work, The Audit Podcast, and quarterly audit analytics roundtables, I focus on what actually works and teach it with real examples you can use on day one. In this course, I’ll bring tools, stories, and frameworks to help you lead confidently as a new or aspiring CAE. Learn more: https://greenskiesanalytics.com/