Senior Associate, Risk & Compliance Services (IT)

Invictus Accounting Group; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid vacation and sick time

Professional development opportunities

Annual bonus opportunities

Job summary

Invictus Accounting Group LLP in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Associate, IT Risk, to lead project-based and recurring advisory engagements. The role focuses on IT general controls audits, automated controls testing, and IT governance reviews within client environments.

You will work with diverse clients, draft working papers, risk matrices, and final deliverables while coordinating with auditors and project teams to ensure high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Three years of experience delivering IT risk services including IT general controls audits and SOC evaluations.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration (MIS concentration) or Computer Science; CISA designation preferred.
• Technical knowledge of information systems, application security, networking, and IT infrastructure; experience with financial systems like SAGE300, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT risk advisory projects and assist with IT general controls testing.
• Develop risk and control matrices, document deficiencies, and prepare client deliverables.
• Engage with clients and auditors; manage multiple tasks and meet project deadlines.
• Contribute to team development and knowledge sharing within advisory engagements.

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION - SENIOR ASSOCIATE, RISK & COMPLIANCE SERVICES (IT)

Reports to: Director, Principal and/or Partner

About Invictus Accounting Group LLP

We are not your typical CPA firm.

Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver, our 90 plus team members provide consulting, accounting and tax advisory for publicly listed and privately held companies. We are creative problem solvers, strategic thinkers, and love what we do. Our team members provide industry-like services (such as Controller, Director of Finance, Director of Internal Audit, CFO) while benefitting from client variety, camaraderie, and professional atmosphere of public practice. We focus on providing top-tier advisory services, and we have built strong relationships with our clients and both national and mid-tier audit firms.

Committed to balance, Invictus' work environment ensures flexibility and family are as important as professionalism and premier service. To accomplish this, we developed a proprietary "Great Eight" methodology and training system which teaches our team members to consistently have highly effective and balanced eight-hour workdays (and it works!). Our diverse and challenging work, as well as fun, team-oriented atmosphere are just a couple of the reasons we have very low employee turnover, and a rapidly growing team.

Job Overview

As part of Invictus’ advisory team, this is an exciting opportunity to lead project-based and recurring advisory projects for a diverse client base. The Senior Associate, IT Risk (the "Senior Associate") is part of an advisory team that helps create value through delivering responsive, practical, high quality internal control compliance and advisory services to our clients. The Senior Consultant is involved in all aspects of client engagements based on the specific nature of the work to which the Firm has been engaged, including carrying out IT general controls audits, testing automated controls embedded in financial applications, assessing the governance, risks, and controls of client IT environments, assisting clients with remediation activities, and executing other ad-hoc IT risk advisory projects.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

As part of the advisory team, contributes to advisory projects, including the development of project plans, execution of projects, and participating in communications with clients and auditors. Examples of some duties include documenting the details of client IT environments, testing IT general controls, and automated application controls and drafting related working papers, preparing risk and controls matrices, documenting deficiencies, and preparing reports and other client deliverables as required. The ideal candidate exercises strong project management skills to ensure all projects are completed on target.

Project Responsibility: As a member of the advisory team, contributes to advisory projects, including the development of project plans, execution of projects, and participating in communications with clients and auditors. Examples of some duties include documenting the details of client IT environments, testing IT general controls, and automated application controls and drafting related working papers, preparing risk and controls matrices, documenting deficiencies, and preparing reports and other client deliverables as required. The ideal candidate exercises strong project management skills to ensure all projects are completed on target.

Service Orientation: Establishes professional relationships with client personnel, building trust in our advisory capacity with them. Maintains a strong service orientation, ensuring open and effective communication with clients. As part of client engagements, provides value-added, practical and pragmatic recommendations and improvement strategies.

Quality Assurance: Ensures maintenance of high standards and quality of advisory projects through the preparation of deliverables (working papers through to final deliverables).

Team Development: Contributes to the team-based office culture, promoting open and transparent communication with all team members and assisting other members of the firm as needed on various work within a diversity of client engagements.

Education and Professional Skillset Requirements

Experience: Three years of experience delivering IT risk services including but not limited to: IT general controls audits, application controls testing, IT risk assessments, IT project assurance, and SOC report audits and evaluations.

Education: A bachelor’s degree in business administration, preferably with a concentration in management information systems or similar, or a Computer Science degree. The ideal candidate has achieved the CISA designation, or another applicable designation.

Technical Expertise: Intermediate knowledge of information systems, application security, networking concepts, and IT infrastructure is required. Experience auditing or working with financial systems such as SAGE300, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, etc. is required. Understanding cloud, and hybrid-cloud environments is required. An interest in IT governance, cyber security, IT resiliency, and systems implementation is suggested. Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications.

Project Management: Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet project deadlines. Strong adaptability and problem-solving skills. Excellent organizational skills with an ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment. Strong analytical skills with careful attention to detail and accuracy.

Style: Collaborative, team-oriented, high-energy, self-motivated, smart, performance driven, multi-tasker, confident. A strong commitment to professional and client service excellence. Contributes to a fun, social and successful work environment.

Language: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, in English. Proficiency in Spanish and/or French is considered an asset.

Compensation

Invictus offers industry-competitive salaries, annual bonus opportunities, paid vacation and sick time, health and life insurance benefits, and professional development opportunities. Invictus is dedicated to helping all employees achieve work-life balance, valuing family and flexibility equally with professionalism and premier service.