IT Risk Senior Associate (SOX & Internal Audit)

Grant Thornton Cayman; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 101,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking an IT Risk Senior Associate to grow within the Risk, Compliance & Controls Practice in Charlotte, NC. You will help clients understand IT-related business risks and assist in addressing risk through proactive and responsive IT risk management, controls assessment, and reporting.

Your day-to-day includes executing and reporting on IT internal audits, control design and operating effectiveness tests, and supporting SOX compliance while collaborating with advisory teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a related field is required.
• Minimum 2 years of related work experience in a professional services firm or internal audit.
• CISA, CISSP, CISM, CPA preferred.
• Understanding of IT risk management and cybersecurity standards (COBIT, NIST CSF).
• Experience assessing IT general controls and IT controls for SOX/compliance.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards) is a plus.
• Strong IT, analytical and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in client engagements from start to finish, focusing on IT internal audit and control assessments.
• Understand clients' industry, objectives, and IT landscape.
• Test IT control design and operating effectiveness per scope and risk factors.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver services per project plans.
• Assist in reporting and communicating results to clients and leadership.
• Travel as needed.

Skills

IT risk management

Internal controls

SOX compliance

Client service

Project management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Auditing

Risk reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, IT, MIS or related field

Tools

ACL

IDEA

QlikView

QlikSense

Tableau

Spotfire

Job description

As an IT Risk Senior Associate, you will get the opportunity to grow and contribute to our clients' business needs by helping them understand their business risks and assist in addressing risk in both proactive and responsive contexts for the Risk, Compliance & Controls Practice – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. You'll collaborate with teams to execute and report on risk management, internal control and internal audit engagements that develop, assess, or improve the design and operating effectiveness of IT risk management and internal control activities. From day one, you'll be empowered by the greater Risk team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:

• Actively participate in client engagements from start to completion, with a focus on executing and reporting on assigned project tasks that include co-sourced and outsourced IT internal audit, IT internal control assessments, IT risk management program assessments, tests of IT control design and operating effectiveness for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and other compliance requirements, and helping clients design and implement IT controls
• Obtain an understanding of clients' industry, objectives, strategy, operations, processes, IT systems, and controls
• Execute IT control design and operating effectiveness test procedures based on engagement scope, and client environment risk factors
• Bring an innovative and analytical mindset to help our clients solve business issues and enable more efficient project execution
• Work with the project team and client to deliver services in accordance with project leadership and client expectations
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across Advisory Business Lines (ABLs) and with other Grant Thornton Service Lines (e.g., Audit Services and Tax Services)
• Meet or exceed defined performance metrics
• Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, or a related field is required
• Minimum 2 years of related work experience with a professional services firm, or part of an internal audit function
• CISA, CISSP, CISM, CPA license/certification preferred
• Understanding of IT risk management and cybersecurity risk management standards (COBIT, NIST CSF, etc.)
• Experience in assessing the design and operating effectiveness of IT risk management and IT controls (IT general controls, application controls, etc.) for Internal Audit, SOX compliance, or other risk management activities
• Experience assessing configuration and controls of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards) a plus
• Experience assessing configuration and controls of SAP ECC, S/4 HANA, etc. (BASIS and security administration, process controls, etc.) a plus
• Strong understanding of IT general controls, and current focus areas of external financial statement auditors
• Experience assessing GRC and Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions a plus
• Experience assessing at least one (preferably multiple) operating system (OS/400, Windows, UNIX, etc.), database system (Oracle, SQL, etc.), and IT infrastructure / network component (domain controllers, firewalls, routers, intrusion prevention / detection solutions, etc.)
• Experience with ACL, IDEA, QlikView, QlikSense, Tableau, Spotfire, or other analytics and visualization solutions
• Ability to execute multiple engagements and completing priorities in a rapidly growing team environment
• Exceptional client service, communication, analytical, organizational and project management skills
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Visio and Office Suite applications
• Can travel as needed

The base salary range for this position is between $101,200 to 129,030. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton's discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.