Senior Internal Auditor - Risk & Controls Leader (Hybrid)

University of Massachusetts; Westborough (MA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Massachusetts is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor for the Westborough, MA campus. The role conducts risk assessments and evaluates internal controls, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, while performing financial, operational, and compliance audits and investigations.

The Senior Auditor will lead audits, prepare observations and reports, and interact with administrators and staff.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of audit experience with at least 3 years of financial and operations audit experience
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline
• Pursuing CIA, CPA, CFE or other relevant audit certification
• Knowledge of the Standards and ability to apply various audit methods, concepts and tools
• Understands IT concepts, practices and controls
• Two years or more of experience writing audit reports
• Ability to understand new and complex operations and assess controls
• Strong analytical skills and inquisitive
• Ingenuity and persistence to obtain information not readily available with an eye for detail
• Ability to work independently and execute research; practically apply various audit methods, concepts and tools
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, written and oral, and team building skills
• Proficiency in computer software such as Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• With Internal Audit Management, determine audit scope, objectives and key risks
• Independently plan all aspects of audits, including preparing audit programs, testing and reporting
• Independently perform audit procedures, including interviews with University personnel, tests of internal controls and compliance with applicable regulations, policies and procedures
• Supervise fieldwork and provide guidance to staff
• Follow-up on test exceptions to determine validity
• Analyze audit evidence and evaluate adequacy of controls
• Organize workpapers to support conclusions
• Prepare audit observations recommendations for improvement and draft audit reports and memos
• Communicate scope, objectives, audit observations and conclusions to all levels of Management
• Draft audit reports and memos
• Interact and consult with administrators, faculty, and staff, and with external audit firms and agencies and law enforcement as needed
• Follow-up on management’s action plans
• Perform consulting and special assignments as assigned by Internal Audit Management
• Investigate allegations of financial fraud, waste and abuse among other allegations received by or referred to Internal Audit
• Participate in interviews as part of investigations into allegations of fraud
• Perform special assignments and other duties as assigned by Internal Audit Management
• Manage time to efficiently work on, meet milestones and complete several assignments simultaneously within budgeted time
• Provide guidance to and help develop junior staff
• Keep abreast of institution policies and procedures, current developments in IT and auditing, as applicable
• Efficiently execute research
• Think critically and exercise professional skepticism, judgment and discretion
• Effectively learn the business of higher education via on the job training

Skills

Audit experience

Financial audit

Operations audit

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Independence

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related discipline

Pursuing CIA, CPA, CFE or other relevant audit certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Word

Excel

Visio

PowerPoint

Job description

University of Massachusetts is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor for the Westborough, MA campus. The role conducts risk assessments and evaluates internal controls, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, while performing financial, operational, and compliance audits and investigations.

The Senior Auditor will lead audits, prepare observations and reports, and interact with administrators and staff.