Audit Committee

Our CEO Outlook, the U.S. economic forecast, climate on the board agenda, board effectiveness, proxy season, diversity disclosure, and more.

A quarterly update for audit committees on accounting and financial reporting developments, including SEC matters and FASB activity.

The inflation question, cybersecurity oversight, the keys to workforce well-being, views on how to innovate boards, and more.

Considerations for refining boardroom cybersecurity and data governance discussions and oversight processes.

Internal audit can provide valuable input to help the audit committee and board identify critical areas for discussion and action as they focus on the risks and opportunities ahead.

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

Stephen Dabney and Michael A. Smith of KPMG identify emerging risks for internal auditors to have on their radars.

The U.S. economic outlook, how internal auditors are adjusting to changing risk profiles, findings from our director pulse survey, and more.

A look at emerging risks that should be front-and-center for internal auditors in the current environment.

KPMG and Eurasia Group explore the Biden administration’s agenda for 2021.

Operating against a backdrop of tremendous uncertainty and an uneven economic recovery, prioritizing the audit committee agenda will be particularly challenging.

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

2021 Edition. 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.

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 issues for audit committees to keep in mind as they consider and carry out 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.

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.