Auditor

Northrop Grumman Corporation; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Internal Audit professional to perform diverse audits across company operations. The role reports to the IA Manager and requires travel up to 50% with potential for a Secret clearance. You will develop test steps, document findings, and present results to IA leadership.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree in business-related fields and strong knowledge of auditing standards, with experience using SAP, BW, Excel, ACL, and Workiva for evidence and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field; 3 years of internal audit experience or 1 year with a Master’s degree.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret Clearance after hire.
• Travel up to 50% of the time.
• Auditing per IIA standards and department policies.
• Proficient in documenting evidence and producing concise workpapers.

Responsibilities

• Perform operational, compliance, and other business process audits across company operations.
• Design and develop test steps for audit topics.
• Conduct timely testing per IIA Standards.
• Support lead auditor to ensure audit phases stay on schedule.
• Identify issues, assess risk impact, and propose root-cause based recommendations.
• Prepare and present audit materials to IA leadership and auditees.

Skills

Audit experience

Analytical skills

Travel readiness

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Accounting or related

Tools

SAP

BW

MS Office

ACL

Workiva

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 50% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman’s Internal Audit (IA) department is seeking a qualified individual to join our diverse audit staff. The Auditor will report to the Manager of Internal Audit.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Performing operational, compliance, and other business process audits across all company operations.
• Based on a risk-based approach, designing and developing test steps for an audit topic under review.
• Conduct timely testing in accordance with department and Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) Standards.
• Assisting and supporting the lead auditor to ensure the audit phases (planning, field work, reporting) are on schedule.
• Identifying issues and articulating the risk/impact of the issues. Assist the lead auditor in conveying the issues to IA management and auditees. Assist in developing appropriate recommendations to address the root cause of an issue.
• Assisting the lead auditor in presentations covering the audit phases and presenting those materials to Sector staff and management as well as IA leadership.
• Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with auditees and management.
• General understanding of the potential effects of newly established and/or potential business and regulatory requirement changes implemented by the company and/or any other regulatory entities on the company and our internal audit approach.
• Effectively work on other types of audits across the company covering various functional topics and processes.
• Documenting interviews and audit testing through the development of clear and concise workpapers including evidence to support conclusion of testing, that meet department and IIA standards, in a timely manner.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field with 3 years of relevant internal audit experience OR 1 year with a Master’s degree
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time following hire.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
• Audit expertise: ability to execute diverse audit projects within designated timelines, adhering to IIA professional standards and department policies.
• Analytical skills: general knowledge of data gathering analytical tools (i.e. SAP, BW, MS Office (Excel, Access), ACL) to analyze and interpret a wide variety of information to identify trends as well as positive and negative correlations, form valid conclusions, and present data to best highlight relevant points.
• Documentation and reporting: ability to produce detailed, clear, concise, and meaningful audit workpapers and issue sheets. Proficient in documenting evidence to support testing and conclusions in audit software tool, such as Workiva.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Work experience in the Aerospace and Defense Industry / Government Contracting. Knowledge of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).
• Secret or Top Secret Clearance (TS), TS SCI or TS SAP Access.
• Professional development: possess or actively pursuing the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

Primary Level Salary Range: $72,400.00 - $108,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.