| Title: Sr. IT Auditor
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| Location: San Francisco, CA
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| Job Type: Direct Hire
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| Compensation: per Year
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| Reference Code: 946851-WQG
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Description: The Senior IT Auditor will lead and/or support the completion of audit or consulting activities to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management and control processes to promote efficiency and effectiveness of company operations; safeguarding of company assets; accuracy and reliability of financial and management reporting as well as compliance with company policies, laws, and regulations.
Responsibilities include:
- Plan audits related to a variety of business activities, processes, and operations
- Recommend and perform financial, operational and systems control reviews throughout the company
- Perform a broad and comprehensive analysis to identify business risks, determine audit objectives and resource requirements, and develop audit programs to evaluate internal controls related to financial risks, operational activities, and compliance requirements
- Perform thorough and in-depth audit reviews, reflecting a strong knowledge of IT system and operational activities. This includes performing and/or guiding appropriate tests to ensure that controls identified as key controls are working effectively and results are being documented
- Effectively plan and manage audit engagements, supervise the work of assigned auditors, and make appropriate adjustments to the audit plan as needed
- Coach and guide less experienced auditors in Client audit process, business operations and processes
- Advise on the upgrades of management information and processing systems
- Keep informed of the latest developments concerning auditing techniques and information applicable to new methods of accounting and data processing controls, and provide informed opinions concerning technical accounting pronouncements and issues that may affect the Company
- Conduct IT Audit, ERP, SAP audit and controls assessment projects to validate compliance with business policies and controls. Identify and report potential areas of improvement
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Requirements: The skills, experience, and education required for this position include the following:
- A Bachelor's degree
- An MBA, CPA, CIA or CISA (7+ years of direct audit experience may be substituted)
- A minimum of 4-7 years of prior audit experience, preferably with a Big 4 CPA Firm and/or a large, multinational, manufacturing company
- SOX section 404 compliance experience, including documentation of business and IT process controls, scoping, walkthroughs and independent testing of: Application Controls (ITAC), IT General Controls (ITGC), IT Entity Level Controls (ELC), Key Reports (SGRs, ITDM)
- End User Computing Systems (EUC) and Spreadsheets
- Technical IT infrastructure and network security skills including UNIX, Windows, Routers, Firewalls, MS SQL database, Oracle database, etc.
- Experience with other major ERP and Financial reporting packages, including Baan, Hyperion, EssBase, etc.
- Some knowledge of SAP is required. Candidates can be a 2 or 3 out of 10 with SAP but they must have some knowledge
- Candidates are going to be doing 50% compliance work and 50% SOX and Audit
- Client said this individual must be experience with business process and IT controls and be able to do SOX with their eyes closed
- Candidate will implement pre/post reviews and do country audits (China, India, Russia)
- Experience in working with the Virsa tool from a GRC controls and auditing perspective
- Significant experience in turnaround business situations
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, including oral and written communications, listening, interviewing, fostering open communications, facilitating and influencing
- Ability to make good judgments based on observations and supporting information
- Ability to multitask and work on various audits and projects in different phases
- Be highly analytical and inquisitive, dig deep to obtain a solid understanding of business processes and controls
- Strong knowledge and in-depth understanding of financial accounting
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