Indigenous jobs in Canada

At Emera, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help Emera safely deliver cleaner, reliable energy to our customers.

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by June 22, 2025 and tell us what excites you about this role.

We are seeking a Senior Auditor - IT, to join our Audit Services team in a permanent position. Reporting to the Director of Audit Services – IT, you will work closely with the enterprise-wide audit team where you will execute business process and compliance-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 Audit Services team and 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. As auditors, 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 Senior Auditor – IT, 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 and/or review of deliverables completed by other auditors.
• Maintain relationships with affiliate IT teams, staying informed on risks and strategic initiatives impacting applicable affiliates, and working with leadership to gain consensus regarding potentially contentious or sensitive items.
• Identify process improvement and efficiency opportunities to support the organization's overall strategy to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in all processes and to build organizational capacity.
• Monitor remediation of previous audit issues and provide ongoing consultation on remediation approaches.
• Ensure Audit Services' deliverables adhere to budget and timelines and are socialized with applicable management prior to finalization.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

Flexibility: Hybrid work model with flexible remote workdays.

Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, 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 Plan.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Emera: At Emera we value diversity, equity, and inclusion. 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. Emera supports candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs.

Recruitment and Promotion Policy: When filling vacant positions, we are determined to hire the best candidates available. We are committed to providing employees with a fair and equal opportunity to compete for jobs. Hiring and promotion of employees is based on skills, capabilities, knowledge and demonstrated abilities.

The successful individual will have excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills and an ability to build consensus across an organization by consistently demonstrating credibility as a subject matter expert. You bring maturity, confidence, and decision-making capability, along with enthusiasm, energy, and a great sense of humor.

You recognize yourself in most of the following competencies, and where possible possess the skills and experience listed below:

• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Accounting, or related business discipline.
• Certifications demonstrating a breadth of knowledge over internal audit, technology or business (e.g., CPA, CIA).
• You bring a minimum of three (3) years of direct or related audit, IT audit, or IT work experience.
• Working knowledge of audit concepts and techniques as well as a broad understanding of enterprise risk, corporate governance, and process and control design.
• Experience facilitating challenging discussions and providing recommendations regarding critical areas of focus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to remain focused and deliver results in a dynamic environment.
• Knowledge of current IT frameworks and best practices.
• One or a combination of the following would be considered an asset:
  • Experience executing IT-specific internal audit work.
  • Working knowledge of core IT disciplines and emerging risk areas.
  • Knowledge of the utility industry's technology compliance requirements. (e.g., NERC CIP)
  • Experience with conducting or auditing IT systems development and implementation, data management concepts knowledge, or ERP systems.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we've listed above, please consider applying.