Position: Sr. IT Auditor
Location: Dublin, CA
Pay rate: $60/hr.
Duration: 6 month contract to hire
Schedule: 5 days onsite
Job Summary: Insight Global is seeking a Senior Internal Technology Auditor to join our financial client’s team in the East Bay. This individual will work closely with the IT and security organization, identifying and analyzing technology risks, planning and prioritizing audit work, and ensuring the overall quality and consistency of audit work.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct risk assessments of key IT-related processes and information assets.
- Perform independent evaluation and audit/testing of internal controls, analyzing, documenting, and determining the overall adequacy of internal controls based on the results of the risk assessments.
- Perform technology and security audits across a diverse set of systems and platforms.
- Identify and analyze technology risks, plan and prioritize audit work, conduct interviews, observe operations, document and analyze procedures and controls, perform audit tests, prepare appropriate work papers, develop audit recommendations, review identified issues with appropriate management, and prepare audit reports.
- Ensure overall quality and consistency of audit work, aligning with department and professional standards for audits.
- Review audit work papers and communicate the results of projects via written reports and presentations to management.
- Demonstrate and apply strong project management skills to work on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
- Evaluate the consistency of procedures and their applicability across various financial application systems, hardware platforms, databases, and operating systems.
- Identify internal control weaknesses and make recommendations for improvements, and monitor remediation plans.
- Create and write audit reports summarizing the results of the audits for the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
- Coordinate with process owners to remedy identified exceptions and deficiencies through to remediation.
- Create and update existing documentation for changes in processes.
Other Qualifications:
- Good understanding and knowledge of ITGC, InfoSec, and other IT-related areas.
- Experience with aspects of planning, executing, and reporting an audit, including integrated audits that address a combination of operational and technology objectives.
- Ability to navigate through ambiguity, lead and coordinate multiple project assignments simultaneously.
- Strong written and verbal skills, and experience preparing work papers, audit reports, and partner presentations.
- Good interpersonal, presentation, communication, and influencing skills with experience dealing with people of various levels of seniority.
- Good understanding, experience, and skills related to the IIA Professional Practices and ISACA Technology Audit Standards.
- Applicable certifications in technology, security, risk management, and/or auditing.
- Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) preferred.
- Familiarity with well-known Technology Audit/Information Security Frameworks such as COBIT, FFIEC, NIST, ISO, etc.
Must Haves:
- 3+ years of IT Audit experience, with a strong focus on infrastructure, security, cyber, etc.
- Subject matter expertise and technical understanding of Information Technology (IT), Information Security, Cybersecurity, Electronic/Digital Banking Operations, Third Party Vendors, and regulatory requirements.
- Understanding of internal audit techniques, regulatory requirements, internal controls, and audit principles.
Plusses:
- Financial Industry experience.
- Experience working as part of a lean team, as an independent IT Auditor
