Senior Technology Assurance Associate

You will be responsible for assisting engagements on the assessment and/or evaluation of IT systems and the mitigation of IT-related business risks. Engagements are assurance (attestation) in nature and vary considerably in size and complexity. Assurance-related engagements may include, but not limited to, the following: Financial audit IT integration (FAIT) o Internal Controls testing, such as IT application controls (ITACs), IT Dependent Manual (ITDM) controls and manual controls. IT General Controls (ITGCs) (e.g., Manage Change, Manage Security, Manage Access, Manage IT Operations) Business Process Controls (e.g., Order to Cash, Purchase to Pay, Make to Stock, Acquire to Dispose, Hire to Retire, Record to Report) o Information Produced by the Entity (IPEs) testing. o Data Analysis o Cyber security o System implementation (e.g., Waterfall approach, Agile, etc.) Service organizations reporting (e.g., ISAE 3402, SSAE 18 (SOC1, SOC2 and SOC3), ISAE 3000) Expanded assurance engagements focus on: o Pre and Post Implementation Review o Regulatory Readiness and Framework Assessment o Cybersecurity Program Assessment As a Senior Associate, you are expected to supervise the day-to-day project activities, to provide coaching to your staff, provide support and/or updates to your Manager and assist in administrative activities (e.g., talent and quality initiatives, and operations) which aim to reinforce the practice.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties and Responsibilities:

Execute projects with varying levels of complexity based on the defined approach and methodology with guidance from Managers Gathering relevant information to understand the client's business, processes, risks and controls (e.g., organizational structure, management, protocols)

Provide guidance and support to Associates in understanding the client's business, processes, risks and controls through walkthrough discussions with the client counterparts and performing site visits when needed Perform quality review of audit work done by Associates and provide timely and constructive feedback (e.g., readability, informational and typographical accuracy, completeness, conciseness, consistency, etc.) Evaluate control design and/or operating effectiveness using a risk-based approach Evaluate third-party service organization and complementary user entity controls, as applicable Discuss audit issues with client management and prepare deficiency listing, including obtaining remediation action plans and due dates Monitor and report status of deliverables against planned timeline, including identifying and providing recommendations to mitigate and/or address issues and dependencies Contribute ideas with the team to improve ways of working and complete project outputs Attend and participate in internal trainings, and complete the required and assigned learnings Conduct trainings and/or seminars and be part of internal and external Firm projects Participate and contribute to any internal capacity and capability building activities for the benefit of the team examples include people engagement, onboarding and quality and service delivery initiatives Develop positive relationship with peers, supervisors, and mentors/counselors