Senior Internal Auditor

Vaco; Ontario (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Exposure to asset & wealth management

Transition to broader audit mandate

Cross-functional exposure

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor to perform operational, compliance, and financial audits across key areas. This hands-on role involves testing controls, documenting risk and control matrices, and collaborating with business partners to identify control improvements.

Qualifications include 2 years in public accounting or internal audit, and professional certifications are assets. Experience in financial services is a plus, and the salary range is $95,000–$105,000 per year.

Qualifications

• 2 years experience in Public accounting or internal audit.
• CISA, CISM, CIA, CPA and/or relative certification is an asset.
• Experience at a financial services firm is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Execute audit programs across key business areas with thorough testing of internal controls.
• Build strong relationships with auditees to communicate findings throughout planning, execution and recommendations.
• Assist with planning and performing all phases of operational audits, including testing and evidence gathering.
• Prepare documentation such as risk and control matrices and process flowcharts and testing results.
• Perform design and operating effectiveness testing, remediation validation and roll-forward testing.

Skills

Internal audit

Financial services

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field

Job description

About the Company

Our client offers asset and wealth management services. They are looking for a Senior Internal Auditor who will be responsible for performing operational, compliance and financial audits across key areas for the company. This is a hands-on role that will require knowledge of complex business processes and a range of risks related to business processes, compliance, and technology. The role will also require providing consultative support to business partners to identify opportunities for control improvements.

Why Work Here

• Opportunity for career progression within the organization after establishing themselves in the role
• Exposure to both asset management and wealth management
• Opportunity to participate in the transition back to a broader operational audit mandate
• Ability to gain exposure across multiple business functions and processes

About the Opportunity

• Ability to execute audit programs across key business areas, ensuring thorough examination and testing of internal controls.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with areas under audit, facilitating effective communication throughout the audit lifecycle, from planning to execution and improvement recommendations.
• Assist with executing all phases of planned operational audits including performing audit testing and gathering and analyzing evidence.
• Complete documentation, including risk and controls matrices and process flowcharts, and testing results.
• Perform design and operating effectiveness testing to assess control effectiveness, including remediation validation, and roll-forward testing.
• Continuously evaluate current controls and recommend ways to rationalize and optimize controls through automation.
• Assist in the coordination and receipt of SOC1 and SOC2 reports from third party providers; complete SOC report assessments; and work with management to identify and document controls necessary to rely upon such reports.

About You

• CISA, CISM, CIA, CPA and or relative certification is an asset.
• 2 years experience in Public accounting or internal audit background.
• Experience at a financial services firm is an asset

Salary Range

$95,000 - $105,000/year

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [e-mail] .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application.

In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here ( https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/ ). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.