Senior Internal Auditor - Hybrid | Risk & Compliance Leader

UMass President's Office; Shrewsbury (MA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Auditor at UMass President's Office will perform risk assessments, plan audits, and evaluate internal controls across university operations, compliance with policies, and related investigations.

This role conducts financial, operational, and compliance audits, interviews personnel, tests controls, and drafts observations and reports, with supervision of staff and collaboration with external auditors as needed.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of audit experience with at least 3 years in financial/operational audits.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business or related field.
• Pursuing CIA, CPA, CFE or other audit certification is preferred.
• Knowledge of audit standards and IT controls.
• Strong writing and communication skills; ability to train staff.

Responsibilities

• Plan audits with scope, objectives and risk assessment; prepare audit programs.
• Perform audit procedures, interviews, and testing of internal controls.
• Supervise fieldwork and guide staff; organize workpapers.
• Draft observations, recommendations, and memos; present to management.
• Communicate findings to management at all levels; follow-up on action plans.
• Investigate fraud, waste, and abuse; participate in interviews for investigations.
• Provide guidance to junior staff and stay current on policies and IT concepts.

Skills

Audit experience

Financial auditing

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Independent work

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Pursuing CIA/CPA/CFE

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Visio

PowerPoint

Tableau

ACL

PeopleSoft

Job description

The Senior Auditor at UMass President's Office will perform risk assessments, plan audits, and evaluate internal controls across university operations, compliance with policies, and related investigations.

This role conducts financial, operational, and compliance audits, interviews personnel, tests controls, and drafts observations and reports, with supervision of staff and collaboration with external auditors as needed.