IT Audit Manager

Responsible for managing audits of complex functionalities and output of various information technology systems, applications, or platforms/operating systems, financial and statistical models, or risk management activities for compliance with corporate policies and procedures. Responsibilities include planning, executing and reporting financial, operational and compliance-related audits/projects to facilitate compliance with federal laws, corporate standards, and generally accepted accounting principals. Provide formal supervision and coaching of staff. Demonstrate a high level of specialized functional area expertise in a specific line of business with moderate expertise across one or more other lines of business. Work in partnership with business leaders to strengthen governance, risk and control environments by anticipating issues, providing advice, and sharing Internal Audit knowledge and best practices. 

Responsibilities
 

• Manage a small to moderate-sized portfolio of audits of information technology systems, applications or platforms/operating systems, financial and statistical models, or risk management activities.
• Manage a small to moderate-sized team. Coordinate and administer assignments, monitor audit team progress, and manage budgets and schedules.
• Lead the successful development, management, and end-to-end execution of Audit Plans; drive the development of the Annual Audit Plan. Leveraging a risk-based approach, determine audit scope, and identify risks and implications. Review, finalize, and deliver audit reports; communicate audit findings, and develop recommendations.
• Track results of prior audits, identify audit themes across organizations, and facilitate appropriate corrective action. Continually strengthen and improve the governance, risk, and control environment of the organization acting as a key driver of change within Internal Audit and across the organization.
• Provide direct oversight of staff. Establish policies and procedures to guide the audit staff and facilitate consistently high-quality outcomes and deliverables.
• Share knowledge and develop staff capabilities to strengthen understanding of industry, business and regulatory issues, and Internal Audit best practices. Communicate team and organizational objectives; inspire and motivate team members to achieve results.
• Serve as primary point of contact for audit business partners and stakeholders; assume overall responsibility for relationship management for specific business areas.
• Ability to thrive in a frequently changing and unstructured environment and deal with ambiguity.  Responds quickly and easily to change, considering new approaches, and demonstrating comfort with unpredictable problems.

• Bachelor's degree 
• 10+ years of relevant assurance or IT operations or IT risk management advisory experience
• CISA, CISSP, CPA or CIA
• Demonstrated experience in scoping IT-related assurance and advisory engagements, leading and developing assigned team members, reviewing work quality, providing feedback, and communicating audit results and drafting reports
• Demonstrated ability in identifying areas of IT risk, applying risk-based scoping, estimating level of effort, effectively articulating risk, issues, and business impact 
• Demonstrated capabilities in auditing Agile, DevOps, Cloud, Infrastructure, Cyber, and Integrated audits

The Job Trader is a boutique recruiting firm dedicated to a broad understanding of, not only the technical skills required to be successful but the specific industry knowledge for identifying the appropriate candidate to fill the position. We practice our precisely crafted networking skills and develop a consultative relationship with our candidates and our clients that has proven to be critical to our effectiveness. We provide temporary (temp) and contract staffing as well as permanent (direct-hire) placements.