IT Audit Compliance Analyst — Remediation & Governance

State of Maryland; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Maryland's Audit Finance and Compliance Unit in Annapolis seeks an IT Audit Compliance Analyst to monitor agency corrective actions arising from IT audit findings and coordinate across IT and audit teams. You will oversee a full spectrum of corrective action plans and engage with IT staff and auditors to ensure timely resolutions.

The ideal candidate brings strong IT audit experience, governance knowledge, and the ability to manage multiple audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems, or related field from an accredited college or university.
• A minimum of seven (5) years of professional auditing experience that includes exposure to information systems audits, network security or general IT controls. Ability to manage multiple information technology audits simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Reviews Office of Legislative Audit reports, discussion notes, and audit work papers for agencies/programs with repeat or significant IT findings.
• Review agency plans to resolve IT audit findings and assesses the adequacy of agency plans to satisfactorily resolve findings.
• Lead agency status meetings to discuss the adequacy of agency corrective actions.
• Assists and advises agencies on the adequacy of their plans to resolve findings.
• Identifies where planned corrective actions appear inadequate and where areas of disagreement exist.
• May also hold interviews or discussions with legislative auditors and agency personnel regarding IT findings and agency action plans.
• Monitors overall implementation of agency corrective and ongoing actions to resolve IT audit findings, through status reports from agency to DBM.
• Reports to the IT Audit Compliance Manager and agency management, on the adequacy of agency actions.
• Assist agencies with vendor risk management tasks including reviews of appropriate controls and audit requirements in vendor contracts and reviews of independent security assessments or SOC reports of various third-party service providers that perform work for the State.

Skills

Audit management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems, or related field

Job description

State of Maryland's Audit Finance and Compliance Unit in Annapolis seeks an IT Audit Compliance Analyst to monitor agency corrective actions arising from IT audit findings and coordinate across IT and audit teams. You will oversee a full spectrum of corrective action plans and engage with IT staff and auditors to ensure timely resolutions.

The ideal candidate brings strong IT audit experience, governance knowledge, and the ability to manage multiple audits.