Senior Internal Auditor

Portland General Electric Company; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

PGE is seeking an experienced Senior Internal Auditor to join our Internal Audit Services team. You will apply financial and business knowledge to execute risk-driven engagements that provide visibility and value across the organization.

In this role you will lead planning and fieldwork, draft audit reports with improvement recommendations, and communicate conclusions to clients, including difficult outcomes when necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field.
• Five+ years in internal auditing or related roles.
• Professional licenses (CPA, CIA, CRMA, CISA, etc.) preferred.
• Experience conducting audits from planning through reporting with project management.
• Strong collaboration and communication with technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and fieldwork for assurance engagements, data review and analysis; document work and ensure timely reporting.
• Draft clear audit reports with risk-reduction and process-improvement recommendations.
• Update clients on risk mitigation and communicate conclusions, including complex outcomes.
• Design effective control test plans and perform testing of key controls.
• Monitor remediation and coordinate with management to resolve identified risks.
• Manage projects to meet engagement timelines and drive process improvements.

Skills

Audit experience

Financial analysis

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Project management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Data analysis tools

Job description

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Senior Internal Auditor

PGE is looking for an experienced Senior Internal Auditor to join our Internal Audit Services team. You will have the ability to apply your financial and business knowledge and critical judgment to execute risk-driven and advisory engagements that provide visibility and value-driven results across the organization. In this role you can contribute to the future of PGE's assurance and advisory practices across a variety of emerging risks, areas of growth, operational practices, compliance requirements, SOX/financial disciplines, and technology areas.

Key Scope and Areas of Impact:

• Leads planning and fieldwork for assurance and advisory engagements, data review and analysis, performing complex research, efficiently and effectively documenting work in support of reporting, coordinating and reviewing the work of others, and drives ownership of their work to meet engagement quality and timelines.
• Drafts clear, concise, and progressive audit and consultation reports, making risk reduction and/or process improvement recommendations.
• Supports our clients by providing regular updates on risk mitigation activities and reporting as well as communicating conclusions to clients, including difficult and complex outcomes when necessary.
• Designs effective and efficient control test plans and performs control testing to enable management to assess the operating effectiveness of key controls.
• Effective project management skills to monitor their own progress to ensure work is completed within agreed upon timelines.
• Proactively engages with management on tracking and resolving remediations and other solutions to resolve previously identified risks through completed audit engagements.
• Performs a variety of individual and department administrative tasks and implements process improvement initiatives.

What you will bring to this role:

• A Bachelor's degree in finance, computer science, liberal arts or other related field or equivalent experience is required.
• Typically, five or more years in business, internal auditing, public accounting or related functions.
• Professional licenses/certifications preferred and may be required within one year of obtaining position (CPA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, CISA, etc.).
• Experience conducting audit engagements from planning, to fieldwork through reporting - along with a basic understanding and application of project management techniques.
• Skilled at interacting with a variety of technical and non-technical functions and negotiating and resolving differences around simple to complex and sometimes challenging risks.
• A willingness to research and understand emerging regulatory topics that are complex or difficult to understand and incorporate them into audit processes.
• Proficient use of Microsoft applications. Data analysis tool knowledge is a plus.
• Effective communication skills to foster collaboration, build relationships, and drive results through constructive discussions.

COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES)

Functional Competencies

• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of financial, operational and/or other subspecialty auditing and consulting practices.
• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of internal control over financial reporting frameworks and testing methods.
• Intermediate knowledge of programs and systems used in department activities.
• Intermediate knowledge of data analytic tools and techniques.
• Intermediate knowledge of risk management principles.
• Intermediate knowledge of PGE policies, procedures and plans.

General Competencies

• Intermediate organization and prioritization skills.
• Intermediate written communication skills.
• Intermediate oral communication skills.
• Intermediate business acumen.
• Intermediate skills in project management.
• Advanced interpersonal skills.

PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE DEMANDS AND SCHEDULE/ATTENDANCE

Cognitive Demands

Ability to adhere to set response t