Job Summary: Responsible for assisting in the execution of financial, operational, information systems, and compliance audits to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the internal control environment.
Key Responsibilities: Leads execution of less complex audits to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the internal control environment in compliance with audit standards. Performs interviews and walkthroughs to understand business processes, including risks, internal controls and any potential control gaps. Performs audit testing of more complex audit areas to meet audit objectives in compliance with audit standards. Creates high quality audit documentation in compliance with audit quality standards. Identifies internal control issues and improvement opportunities that are meaningful and practical. Communicates audit status, testing results, observations and improvement recommendations to stakeholders. Assists in preparation of formal written reports to communicate audit results to management. Reviews documentation of less experienced audit staff to ensure it meets audit quality standards. Coaches audit staff and provides meaningful and timely feedback. Assists in managing contracted audit staff.
Competencies: Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments. Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels. Situational adaptability - Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations. Project Management - Establishes and maintains the balance of scope, schedule and resources for a temporary effort (a “project”). Ensures results/impact from temporary effort are fully realized as possible. Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. Audit Standards - Leverages audit standards and performs audits to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls; summarizes procedures and findings to communicate audit results to stakeholders. Business Process and Internal Control Risk Analysis - Evaluates business processes to identify risks and internal control gaps; applies understanding of business processes and relevant risks to develop and implement process improvements; develops risk management plans by applying internal control framework to address identified risks. Financial Internal Controls - Leverages internal control framework by assessing internal controls and developing remediation plans to mitigate financial reporting risks and respond to changing business needs. Education, Licenses, Certifications: College, university, or equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or related field required. Progress toward Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant or similar certification preferred.
Experience: Intermediate relevant professional work experience in the field of study required.
Core Responsibilities: Understanding and identify gaps of the internal control environment through interviews and walkthroughs, and communicate with entity to support set up the mitigation plan of these deficiencies. Adapt easily with the role of project leader and team member, to support the team complete the project on time and contribute valuable points to the project. As a project leader to coach and develop less experienced staff to contribute more to the project
Skills: Communication skills, both internal with team and external with entity for workload assignment, internal discussion, or fact validation with entity Coaching and developing team through the projects based on own expertise and experience.