Vertex Inc

IT Director, Internal Audit

Vertex Inc • $180K — $210K *
Madison, MS 39110In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an IT-related field or equivalent experience
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) is required
  • Minimum of 10+ years in internal audit
  • 5+ years of team management experience, including co-sourcing
  • Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%

Responsibilities

  • Lead IT and Security internal audit engagements, overseeing audit processes
  • Coordinate audit activities including planning, risk assessment, and reporting
  • Manage client interviews and evaluate processes to identify risks
  • Develop and execute audit test plans to meet objectives
  • Document internal control tests and audit procedures
  • Draft audit findings and provide actionable recommendations
  • Maintain relationships with business units to ensure proper audit coverage

Benefits

  • Healthcare coverage
  • Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
  • Retirement plan
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off including holidays
  • Learning and Development resources
  • Employee assistance resources
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsibilities

What You'll Do:
  • The IT Director Internal Audit is a key member of the V2X Finance organization and will report to the Vice President of Internal Audit. As an internal audit leader, you are responsible for the planning, execution, and reporting of strategic, operational, financial, and compliance audit and advisory services focusing on IT and Security. The IT Director Internal Audit further develops and maintains specialization and expertise in specific areas of IT and security and assists in relationship management and risk monitoring. In addition, this role will be responsible for supporting our current financial and global operational compliance efforts, managing third-party co-sourced auditors, and ensuring compliance with corporate policy and controls.

Key Responsibilities:
    • Lead the IT and Security internal audit engagements, overseeing audit planning, execution, and reporting by teams each calendar year supported by an internal team and/or a co-sourced third party.
    • Lead and coordinate all activities associated with audits, including planning, scoping, risk assessment, testing, reporting, issue tracking, and follow up.
    • Manage client interviews, walkthroughs, and evaluate processes to identify risks and controls.
    • Lead development and execution of test plans that achieve audit objectives.
    • Ensure proper documentation of internal control tests of design and operational effectiveness.
    • Ensure the design and execution of substantive audit procedures to achieve audit objectives.
    • Draft audit findings, evaluate the severity of findings, and provide value driven recommendations.
    • Advise on more complex assignments by being knowledgeable of the organization, business, and operations (including the related laws and regulations).
    • Assist audit management to develop and maintain relationships with assigned lines of business or business units. Accordingly, understand and evaluate associated risk profiles to help ensure appropriate audit coverage.
    • Keep abreast of changes in relevant regulations and standards and communicate these changes to leadership stakeholders.
    • Participate in key/critical projects and task forums.
    • Support departmental initiatives that enhance the audit process and department engagement.
    • Contribute to staff professional development through pre-audit goal setting and delivery of post-audit feedback.
    • Continue professional development of self and staff through commitment to ongoing training. Stay informed on topics including industry trends, exploring new ideas, and continually expanding knowledge base.
    • Develop and maintain strong, productive relationships with the CIO organization, CISO organization, external auditors and regulatory bodies. Partner with external auditors and other assurance providers as required.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Education:
    • Bachelor's degree in IT related field. One year related experience may be substituted for one year of education, if degree is required.
  • Certifications/Licenses:
    • The following are required: A practicing Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or other relevant Internal Audit or IT Audit certification.
  • Experience:
    • Minimum of ten (10)+ years' experience.
    • Minimum of five (5)+ years' managing a team, including co-source providers.
  • Other Requirements:
    • Travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.
    • United States citizenship, required
  • Desired Qualifications:
    • Experience:
      • Demonstrated success leading corporate internal-audit teams.
      • Prior experience in a large matrixed organization.
      • Aerospace and Defense/Government Contracting experience
  • Team Management Responsibilities:
    • Lead a team of professional auditors at enterprise-level.
  • Skills:
    • Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving:
      • Possesses critical thinking skills to synthesize scenarios and diverse perspectives to problem solving.
      • Analytical skills focused on problem solving and process improvement.
      • Able to present complex information in an understandable and compelling manner.
    • Business/Financial Acumen:
      • Broad knowledge of internal audit.
      • Experienced with internal auditing standards, including GAAS, SOX, and ISO.
      • A strong foundation of technical understanding in internal audit concepts as well as accounting processes and systems.
      • Common sense approach to the development and implementation of internal audit strategies and programs.
      • Strong project management skills.
    • Business Partner/Effective Communication:
      • Excellent communicator, both orally and in writing, including ability to develop consensus and drive all organizations to achieve quality goals.
      • Interfaces comfortably and effectively with a wide range of team members to include executive leadership.
      • Possesses compelling presentation skills to communicate information and ideas, with and for executive leadership.
      • Someone who is comfortable in a dynamic and evolving organization.
      • Able to manage multiple project tasks simultaneously.
      • Keen sense of prioritization with the ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
    • Lead with Character/Collaboration and Teamwork/Influence:
      • Strong professional independence and uncompromising professional ethics and integrity.
      • Ability to develop, cultivate, and manage relationships with corporate business partners while driving excellence for all service.
      • Must quickly assimilate and establish themselves as a trusted partner to the Senior Leadership Team.
      • Persuasive and self-confident, with the personality skills to interact effectively with executive leadership.
      • Empowers, motivates and encourages the team to continuously improve while creating a feeling of strong camaraderie and mission achievement.
      • Demonstrates trust and respect for peers and others in the organization. An innate and consummate team player who leads by example.
      • Ability to build commitment among stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and remove barriers, particularly during significant operational transformation.
  • Software:
    • Microsoft Office 365 suite
    • IFS
    • SAP
  • Technology:
    • Company-issued computer, printer, copy machine and other general office equipment.

What We Bring:
  • At V2X we strive to be market competitive in our total reward offerings.
  • The successful candidate's starting pay will be based on, but not limited to, their job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.
  • The following salary range is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation and may be modified at the discretion of the company.
    • USD $ 180,000 - 210,000
  • Provided salary range minimum and maximum values correspond to variances between regional/geographic locations across the United States.
  • Please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
  • Employee benefits include the following:
    • Healthcare coverage
    • Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
    • Retirement plan
    • Wellness programs
    • Paid time off, including holidays
    • Learning and Development resources
    • Employee assistance resources
  • Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time and may be modified at the discretion of the company, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

About Vertex Inc

Vertex Inc is a leading provider of tax technology and services, enabling companies of all sizes to realize the full strategic potential of the tax function by automating and integrating tax processes, while leveraging advanced and predictive analytics of tax data. Vertex provides cloud-based and on-premise solutions that can be tailored to specific industries for every major line of tax, including income, sales and consumer use, value added and payroll. Vertex also offers solutions for tax data management, compliance and reporting, tax research, and planning and analysis. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Learn more about Vertex Inc
Size
1,200 employees
Market Cap
$2.2 billion
Industry
Business Services
Net Income
-$78.9 million
Founded
1978
Revenue
$374.6 million
NASDAQ
VERX
* Ladders Estimates
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