IT Auditor

Emera; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Career growth

Community involvement

Competitive pay

Education support

Inclusion and diversity programs

Job summary

Emera Internal Audit is seeking an IT Auditor to join the Halifax hybrid team. You will support assurance and advisory activities across multiple jurisdictions, focusing on IT controls, risk assessment, and process improvements.

Ideal candidates bring a degree in MIS/Accounting or related field, and an interest in certifications like CISA or CIA. The role offers growth within a dynamic, inclusive organisation with a broad scope across affiliated companies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Accounting, or related field.
• Interest in or pursuit of certifications (CISA/CISM/CRISC/CIA/PMP) is preferred.
• Know-how of enterprise risk, governance, and control design is helpful.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to deliver results in a dynamic environment.
• Candidates with IT/tech degrees but limited audit experience are considered.

Responsibilities

• Execute assurance and advisory engagements with technical IT expertise.
• Perform risk assessments and develop audit testing programs.
• Conduct SOx IT General Controls testing.
• Maintain relationships with IT teams and leadership to gain consensus.
• Identify process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Monitor remediation of audit issues and provide ongoing guidance.
• Ensure deliverables meet budget and timelines.

Skills

SOx ITGC testing

IT audit concepts

Risk advisory

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/Accounting or related

Tools

GRC tools

Job description

Company, Department: Emera, Internal Audit

Location: Halifax, NS, Hybrid

Closing Date: Until Filled

At Emera (TSX: EMA, NYSE:EMA), you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are. The Emera Internal Audit team is looking to add an IT audit professional in a permanent position. This is an exciting early career opportunity for someone beginning their journey in IT audit, controls or wider IT related work.

Emera is a dynamic and diverse business where the work of IT Audit has never been more critical. The Energy Sector is vibrant and ever evolving; technology and the related processes are core to ensuring we meet our strategic goals. The successful candidate will work closely with the enterprise-wide audit team where you will execute business process and risk based IT Assurance & Advisory activities for all Emera affiliates across multiple jurisdictions, including the US, Canada, and the Caribbean.

We at Emera are proud of our Internal Audit team and the ways in which they contribute to our organization. Our team has a customer-focused strategy, is innovative, and will strive to continually improve the quality of our assurance and advisory activities as well as enhance Emera's overall control environment. We encourage our team members to be flexible and open-minded; critical thinkers who can engage and excite others through new ideas and approaches. We value integrity, objectivity, and professional skepticism, recognizing our team's role in maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and ethical conduct. We are a large, diverse, complex organization with multiple business units that will offer challenges and career growth.

As an IT Auditor you will:

• Execute assurance and advisory engagements and provide technical expertise in an advisory/consultation capacity.
• Perform risk assessments and develop audit testing programs.
• Execute SOx IT General Controls testing.
• Maintain relationships with business IT teams, stay informed on risks and strategic initiatives impacting applicable affiliates, and work with leadership to gain consensus regarding potentially contentious or sensitive items.
• Identify process improvement opportunities to support the organization's overall strategy and to create efficiency and effectiveness in all processes.
• Monitor remediation of previous audit issues and provide ongoing consultation.
• Ensure audit deliverables meet required budget and timelines.

What skills will make you successful?

This role can consider those without previous related experience. Previous experience in internal/external auditing, information systems, risk advisory, SOx IT General Controls testing or system implementations will be advantageous.

• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Accounting, or related business discipline.
• Working towards or interest in certifications that demonstrate a breadth of knowledge over internal audit, business, technology, or project management (e.g., CISA, CISM, CRISC, CIA, PMP).
• Working knowledge of audit concepts and techniques as well as a broad understanding of enterprise risk, corporate governance, and process and control design would be advantageous.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to remain focused and deliver results in a dynamic environment.
• Knowledge of current IT frameworks and best practices is preferred.

We understand that experience comes in many forms and this position will also consider those with limited or no direct professional experience but do have an IT or technology related bachelor’s degree.

Why Join Emera?

• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/ 7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation: A comprehensive benefits plan, short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plans.
• Comprehensive Program Support: For those working towards their CISA, CIA or other audit-related designation, Emera offers a package that includes paid study time, time off for exams and reimbursement of costs on completion of modules.
• Inclusion at Emera: As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment and Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.