IT Audit Senior Associate - Digital Risk Services

Overview

This role executes and leads key components of IT audit, technology risk, and assurance engagements. You will work with clients and engagement teams to understand technology environments, identify and assess technology risks, evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls, and communicate findings and recommendations.

The position includes hands-on responsibility for engagement planning and execution, including walkthroughs, IT general controls (ITGCs), automated and application controls, key reports, SOC reports, and other technology-dependent controls. The role also includes coaching and review responsibilities for Associates and ongoing communication with client stakeholders and engagement leadership.

Responsibilities

IT Audit, Risk & Controls

• Participate in planning and execution of IT audit, technology risk, and assurance engagements, including IT General Controls (ITGCs), internal IT audits, SOX 404 support, SOC 1 and SOC 2 engagements, and other technology risk assessments.
• Understand clients’ business processes, technology environments, systems, infrastructure, and relevant technology risks and controls.
• Facilitate process and control walkthroughs with client stakeholders to understand, evaluate, and document technology processes and control environments.
• Identify technology risks and the controls designed to mitigate those risks, considering their impact on business processes and the financial reporting control environment, as applicable.
• Design and execute procedures to evaluate the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of technology controls.
• Test ITGCs across enterprise applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments, including relevant logical access, change management, and IT operations controls.
• Evaluate automated controls, application controls, key reports, interfaces, and other IT-dependent controls supporting business processes and audit objectives.
• Review and assess SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports for third-party service providers, including relevant control objectives, complementary user entity controls, exceptions, and their impact on the client’s control environment.
• Support technology advisory and risk engagements related to system implementations, technology initiatives, and significant process or system changes.
• Analyze audit evidence, identify control deficiencies and process improvement opportunities, and assess the potential impact of identified issues.
• Develop practical recommendations to strengthen controls, mitigate risks, improve processes, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Support remediation action plan development, monitoring remediation efforts, and validating resolution of identified control deficiencies.

Engagement Execution & Documentation

• Prepare clear, accurate, and well-supported audit workpapers in accordance with applicable methodology, professional standards, and engagement requirements.
• Review client documentation and audit evidence for accuracy, completeness, and relevance, ensuring conclusions are appropriately supported.
• Apply professional skepticism and sound judgment when evaluating evidence, control effectiveness, deficiencies, and audit conclusions.
• Identify complex or unusual issues and elevate them to engagement leadership in a timely manner.
• Apply relevant AICPA, PCAOB, and other applicable professional standards and guidance based on the nature and scope of the engagement.
• Prepare and communicate results of audit procedures, observations, control deficiencies, and recommendations to client stakeholders and engagement leadership.
• Manage assigned engagement responsibilities to established schedules, budgets, milestones, and quality expectations.

Client & Team Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with client personnel and management.
• Serve as a key day-to-day client contact during engagement execution, coordinating requests, walkthroughs, testing, issue resolution, and status updates.
• Communicate engagement progress, emerging risks, issues, and findings to Managers, Senior Managers, Directors, and other engagement leaders in a timely manner.
• Coordinate and oversee assigned work performed by Associates, reviewing workpapers and providing timely, constructive feedback.
• Coach and support Associates through on-the-job learning and development of technical, audit, documentation, and client-service skills.
• Support a collaborative team environment by helping team members and consistently delivering on commitments to clients and colleagues.

Qualifications

Education

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Cybersecurity, or another relevant discipline.

Experience

• Required:
  • Minimum of 2 to 3 years of professional experience in IT audit, technology risk, IT assurance, internal audit, public accounting, management consulting, or a related risk and controls discipline.
  • Experience evaluating and testing IT General Controls, including controls over logical access, change management, and IT operations.
  • Experience conducting process and control walkthroughs and evaluating the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of controls.
  • Experience preparing audit workpapers and documenting testing procedures, evidence, findings, and conclusions.
  • Working knowledge of internal audit and technology risk principles, methodologies, and professional standards.
  • Strong analytical, project management, written communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Preferred:
  • Experience in a public accounting or professional services environment.
  • Experience supporting SOX 404 compliance engagements, including testing technology controls that support financial reporting.
  • Experience testing automated controls, application controls, key reports, interfaces, and other IT-dependent controls.
  • Experience evaluating technology controls across enterprise applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
  • Experience reviewing and evaluating SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports and related third-party technology risks.
  • Experience supporting or evaluating system implementations and significant technology or business-process changes.
  • Familiarity with AICPA and PCAOB auditing standards, as applicable to assigned engagements.
  • Experience providing direction, review, or coaching to junior team members.

Preferred Certifications

One or more relevant professional certifications are preferred, including:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
• ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer
• Other relevant technology, cybersecurity, audit, or risk certifications

Compensation & Benefits

• Generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
• Flexible work schedules
• 16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid and caregiver leave (once eligible)
• Health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
• One-on-one professional coaching
• Leadership and career development programs
• Access to a program offering experiences that help you expand your life, personally and professionally

Location

The organization has nine offices located in the fastest growing cities in the US.