Off the Books Workiva

From filing an S-1 to pricing day, the road to going public is filled with all kinds of tales. Nancy Golembiewski had been through one initial public offering before she joined Duolingo as a controller to help with its IPO. Listen as she takes us back to her very first private-to-public journey.

Steve and Catherine got to ask a former SEC regional director two big questions: Just how much should a CEO know about operations? What’s up with the SEC climate disclosure rule now that it’s stayed? David Peavler of Jones Day shares his perspective and blows their minds! Listen now.

What is the NOCLAR proposal? Why is it controversial? And what are audit committees asking about it? Tune in to hear from Matt Kelly of Radical Compliance, who is back to talk to us about the PCAOB’s NOCLAR audit proposal and what you need to know!

With the SEC preparing to defend its climate disclosure rule in court, Matt Kelly joins OTB to discuss what it means for audit and risk teams. We explore similarities to the SEC’s disclosure requirements for cybersecurity risks, how organizations can determine which climate-related risks are material, and more. Tune in!

It’s time for the OTB crew to take on two serious movies up for our consideration as the best accounting movie of all time, and they’re both documentaries—Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and All the Queen’s Horses. Hear what Steve, Catherine, and Mike think of these two films.

After working with global companies, Nick Gerostathos got into the venture capital and private equity game, helping companies on the road to going public. Today he’s the Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at Talkdesk. Catherine Tsai and Josh Gertsch ask him about challenges facing private companies.