Assurance Associate Technology Risk Assurance Summer 2027 Dallas

BDO USA, PC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO USA, PC seeks an Assurance Associate in Technology Risk Assurance to begin leveraging an accounting or IT background within a dynamic client base. You will assist in IT risk assessments, interview client personnel, and help develop audit strategies to strengthen controls environments.

You will gain hands-on experience across ITGC testing, access controls, and change controls. The role includes collaborating with engagement teams, mentoring interns after your first year, and opportunities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, or Information Technology.
• Internship or work-study in information systems or operational auditing preferred.
• Pursuing certification such as CISA, CISSP, CPA, CITP, CIA.
• Strong verbal and written communication and analytical skills.
• Willingness to travel as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assist in performing IT audit engagements, including risk assessments of IT environments.
• Provide input to improve client internal controls and procedures.
• Maintain relationships with client personnel to understand IT and business operations.
• Identify controls issues and help develop compensating controls and audit strategies.
• Document work in workpapers and support data analytics tools.
• Support engagement teams with data analytics to enhance audit efficiency.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Research skills

Detail-oriented

Travel ability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, or Information Technology

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

ERP applications

Job description

Job Summary:

As an Assurance Associate, Technology Risk Assurance, you will begin to utilize your educational background as well as your organizational skills as you serve the firm's dynamic client base. You will assist in problem solving and fact-finding, working side-by-side with more experienced team members who can provide you with direction, coaching and learning opportunities. You will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of the IT environment during fieldwork by interviewing various client personnel and performing an IT general controls risk assessment in various areas including, but not limited to new hire and terminated user controls testing, user access controls testing, and program change controls testing. Further, you will have an opportunity to work within engagement teams to develop recommendations that will help clients improve their controls environments and help develop audit strategies to respond to controls findings you discover.

Job Duties:

• Assists in performing audit engagements, including risk assessments of various companies’ IT environments, consisting of - but not limited to - access administration, program change management, operations, and logical access security
• Provides input to management leaders on suggestions to improve client internal controls and procedures
• Maintains relationships with and speaks to key client personnel to obtain an understanding of IT and business operations, processes, and functions
• Assists the core financial audit team in identifying controls issues, analyzing the potential impacts of those issues on the respective audits, and developing compensating controls and substantive audit strategies to be carried out among the team
• Document work completed by preparing workpapers
• Assist engagement teams in applying tools and data analytics to enhance effectiveness and efficiency in audits
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Opportunities are available to train and mentor interns and incoming associates after your first year as an Associate

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, or Information Technology, required

Experience:

• Prior internship or work study experience of information systems and operational auditing experience, preferred

License/Certifications:

• Actively pursuing (or committed to) completion of one of more of the following certification exams: CISA, CISSP, CPA, CITP, CIA, or other relevant certification, required

Software:

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, preferred
• Exposure to various industry ERP applications, highly preferred

Language:

• N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and basic research skills
• Solid organizational skills especially ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details
• Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
• Proven ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Basic knowledge of internal controls
• Ability to travel as necessary

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

California Range: $85,000 - $90,000 Colorado Range: $73,000 - $77,000 Illinois Range: $78,000 - $82,000 Maryland Range: $83,000 - $87,000 Massachusetts Range: $83,000 - $87,000 Minnesota Range: $70,000 - $74,000 New Jersey Range: $78,000 - $82,000 NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $83,000 - $87,000 Ohio Range: $71,000 - $75,000 Virginia Range: $83,000 - $87,000 Washington Range: $78,000 - $80,000 Washington DC Range: $83,000 - $87,000