Experienced IT Audit Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Maintain understanding of business processes auditing. Thorough discussions with clients to identify potential auditable activities and changing risk profiles.  Actively communicates in a professional manner with individuals subject to audit, monitors client expectations, work with clients on identified issues for acceptable and feasible solutions.  Leads and participates in opening and closing conferences with clients, to ensure audit focus and priority is understood and accepted by audit clients.  Develops the Internal Audit Plan (the Plan) with the management team of the Department. Utilizes risk methodologies in developing the audit as well as identifying project based risk factors.  Provides consultation to financial, operational and regulatory audit teams to ensure system risks are appropriately considered in the planning process. Ensures consistent adherence to defined departmental audit processes.  Coordinates planning efforts, facilitating a collaborative and team based planning approach.  Shares knowledge, leading practices and ideas to ensure the success of the project and development of staff. Provides IT training and expertise to financial, operations and regulatory audits to ensure execution of systems based control testing. Reviews work programs, control questionnaires and work papers on a real-time base, as work is completed by the engagement team.  Provide supervisory support to the assigned audit senior, providing substantive coaching and development to team members.  Ensures projects are completed within budget time.  May occasionally perform work on complex or high risk audit areas.  Applies creativity and ingenuity to the audit process to ensure efficiency in audit execution.  Prepares reports of findings to management. Ensures the review and evaluation of personnel performance following each significant engagement. Perform quality assurance reviews as requested by reviewing work-papers and audit reports prepared by peers, ensuring compliance with department guidelines and IIA standards. Communicates on an ongoing basis with department leadership on project status, issues resolution, and resource needs.  Assists in the preparation of quarterly status reports, summarizing the results of audit findings, to management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree required. Management Information Systems Degree, or related degree. The chosen candidate will have 10 or more years of information technology internal auditing, information systems or equivalent public accounting experience. Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) preferred. Must have strong knowledge of IT principles and auditing standards.  Overall understanding of COBIT and working knowledge of ACL, IDEA, or other related auditing tools.  Experience with SAP and SANS preferred. Advance skills in Microsoft Office