Digital Risk IT Controls Advisory - Financial Services - Senior

EY; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking an IT Internal Audit professional for the Financial Services Organization (FSO) to plan, execute, and lead IT risk and control engagements for clients in the financial services industry. You will assess complex IT systems, support SOX testing, and provide strong client service and leadership across engagements.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to plan work, communicate findings, and contribute to business development within EY’s FSO Digital Risk & Cyber practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with 5+ years IT auditing or IT risk advisory experience.
• Experience leading IT internal audit, external audit, and SOC/IT control engagements; financial services exposure preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication, leadership, and client service skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and perform IT internal audit engagements for financial services clients.
• Assess IT risks, controls, and regulatory compliance; test and report findings.
• Lead fieldwork, manage engagement teams, and develop work programs and budgets.
• Contribute to business development activities within financial services.

Skills

IT audit

IT controls

Regulatory knowledge

Privacy & security

SOX/internal controls

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, computer science, information systems

Graduate degree in related field

CPA/CISA/CISSP/CISM/CIA or equivalent (within 1 year)

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. EY is the only professional services firm with a separate business unit (“FSO”) that is dedicated to the financial services marketplace. Our FSO teams have been at the forefront of every event that has reshaped and redefined the financial services industry. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve the most complex challenges in the financial services industry, come join our dynamic FSO team!

The opportunity

Join the leading IT internal audit service provider to the financial services industry, providing industry-focused professionals with deep knowledge in internal audit approaches/methodologies and IT controls, regulatory, privacy and security skills.

Your Key Responsibilities

Everything you will be involved comes down to providing professional services to clients and helping ensure your teams do the same. Whether it is performing and managing IT internal audit outsource/co-sourced engagements, addressing client concerns over internal controls around security and/or privacy, and assisting with business development activities across financial services’ sectors, you will build strong relationships and become a trusted advisor to your clients while focusing on identification, rationalization, testing, and optimization of risks and controls.

Within EY’s FSO Digital Risk & Cyber practice, you will be working with client personnel and your team to plan and perform the risk assessment for internal audit, analyze and evaluate company’s complex IT systems, infrastructure, and risk issues, ensuring the execution of the audit plan and preparing audit reports to be shared with key stakeholders.

Some projects that you will be part of cover key topics such as agile methodologies and emerging risks such as cloud security, cyber security and resiliency, automation, internal control analysis and testing, controls transformation Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing, and specialized functional assessments to be in line with risk advisory.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Providing guidance, participating in performing procedures focusing on complex, judgmental, and/or specialized issues, and applying deep knowledge in in IA approaches/methodologies and IT controls, regulatory, privacy, and security skills
• Collaborate with other members of the engagement team to plan the engagement and develop work programs and execution enablers, including approach, tasks, timelines, and budgets
• Serving as a fieldwork leader by directing the daily progress of fieldwork, informing supervisors of engagement status and managing staff performance
• Using knowledge of the current IT environment and financial services industry IT trends to identify the engagement and client service issues, and communicating this information to the engagement team and client management through written correspondence and verbal presentations
• Maintaining relationships with client management, managing expectations around work products, timing, and deliverables billing
• Demonstrating a thorough understanding of complex information systems and the client’s business/industry
• Demonstrating excellent project management skills, inspiring teamwork and responsibility with team members. Using current technology/tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 4 years of related work experience
• A degree in business, accounting, finance, computer science, information systems or a related discipline
• Approximately 5 years of experience working as an IT auditor or IT risk advisor for a public accounting firm, professional services firm or financial services company, or comparable experience as an advisor to a financial services company
• Experience leading IT internal audit, external audit, service organization control reporting and/or IT internal controls engagements and assisting with business development activities within financial services
• Experience with internal audit risk assessments, SOX/internal controls, tools and enablers within financial services
• Strong project management skills
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills
• Excellent leadership, teamwork and client service skills.
• Willingness to travel, when necessary

Ideally, you’ll also have

• CPA, CA, CISA, CISSP, CISM, CBCP, CIA or CFE is required within 1 year from the date of hire
• 4 years of experience working in financial services for a public accounting firm, professional services firm or financial services company, or comparable experience as an advisor to a financial services company

What We Look For

We’re interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

What Working At EY Offers

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

What We Offer You

At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture. Learn more at ey.com/us/careers.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job is:
  • New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $117,500 to $195,700
  • Bay Area California offices – $122,400 to $203,900
  • All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento – $97,900 to $179,500
• Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

EY | Building a better working world

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.

Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

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