Future of controls series: Digital and AI converge in the real world

Katie specializes in helping clients navigate complex record-to-report challenges, focusing on reducing risk and strengthening management oversight through business process redesign and enabling technologies. She is recognized for her experience in leading organizations through intercompany process transformations. Katie excels at designing and implementing tailored solutions that help her clients address the unique needs of stakeholders in Finance, Treasury, and Tax. Her collaborative approach delivers sustainable improvements and measurable results for her clients.

Stuart Rubin is a Managing Director in Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory’s Accounting & Internal Controls practice, with over 20 years of experience in internal controls and compliance, Internal Audit and IT consulting. He is the National leader for Deloitte’s Controls Advisory practice and a member of Deloitte’s Global Digital Controls Executive Committee. He is responsible for shaping Deloitte’s vision for the Future of Controls, incorporating cognitive/AI, analytics and other digital enablers to generate higher ROI, lower Total Cost of Compliance (TCC) and deliver meaningful business insights. He brings this vision to life as a leader of Deloitte’s Nexus Digital Nerve CenterTM; a suite of innovative digital services designed to transform the management and optimization of your organization’s risk and control programs. He has extensive experience in assisting organizations in the Banking, Fintech, Technology and Consumer industries in implementing, assessing, monitoring and enhancing their systems of controls, including regulations, standards, and leading practices pertaining to COSO, COBIT, SSAE 18, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, FFIEC, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), cyber security and customer privacy, system implementation and IT governance, and corporate investigations. Stuart is regularly published in Wall Street Journal’s Risk and Compliance journal and routinely presents at IIA, ISACA and industry conferences on emerging trends in the assurance, internal control, Internal Audit and cyber/privacy spaces. Prior to joining Deloitte, he was a co-founder of a leading cyber services consultancy where he launched a managed services platform for providing ongoing monitoring of network devices and assessing and reporting on the impact of cyber-related events. Stuart is a graduate of Florida State University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Studies. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP-ISSMP) and a member of ISACA and InfraGard.