Audit Committee

Priorities for board and audit committee agendas in 2021, tips for driving progress on diversity, and how to better envision the future

A practical, user-friendly reference for new and seasoned audit committee members and the management and audit teams who work with them.

Audit committees need to maintain a sharp focus on understanding the effects of COVID-19 on the company’s financial statements and reporting, including the internal control environment.

Seven issues for audit committees to keep in mind as they consider and carry out their 2021 agendas.

Drawing on insights from our work and interactions with public and private company directors and business leaders, we’ve highlighted nine items for private company boards to consider as they focus their 2021 agendas.

Seven items for nom/gov committees to keep in mind as they consider and carry out their 2021 agendas.

Considerations for boards trying to model and assess what the new administration’s policy initiatives might mean for their companies and strategies.

KPMG Audit Partner Maura Hodge poses five questions for the audit committees to consider as they evaluate their companies’ ESG strategy and reporting.

KPMG and the WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation examine the gender diversity of the boards of publicly held companies headquartered in San Diego.

This quarter, and in the months ahead, a number of developments impacting financial reporting will need to be front and center for audit committees.

KPMG BLC Senior Advisor Susan Angele offers five questions for boards to ask about the company’s LGBTQ-related policies and practices.

KPMG LLP Principal Tarun Sondhi highlights key third-party risks to watch in light of the supply-chain disruption caused by COVID-19.

The 2020 CEO Outlook, near- and longer-term challenges of COVID-19, third-party risk, rethinking strategy, the imperative for LGBTQ inclusion, and more.

KPMG surveyed more than 100 U.S. audit committee members to understand how COVID-19 is impacting committee oversight and operations.

This quarter, and in the months ahead, a number of developments impacting financial reporting will need to be front and center for audit committees.

The longer-term implications of a “distance everything” business environment require a vigilant focus on cybersecurity.

The new reality, geopolitics, proxy season trends, fostering the board/CEO relationship, and debiasing artificial intelligence.

The effects on operations, disclosures, engagement, and shareholder proposals due to COVID-19 are likely to be more apparent in the months and years ahead.

Five areas for boards to consider as they recalibrate their operations and oversight during COVID-19.

A board lens on navigating the pandemic, a view of the geopolitical landscape, and a financial reporting and auditing outlook for corporate directors.

A library of topical briefings covering a range of challenges and priorities shaping the board, audit committee, and private company governance agendas, including cybersecurity, auditing and accounting, tax issues, sustainability and more.