Senior Auditor

SPS Consulting, LLC

$90K — $120K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of recent audit experience.
  • CPA designation or active candidate status.
  • U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance.
  • Strong grasp of internal controls and communication skills.
  • Demonstrated history of planning and executing audits.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills to engage with all management levels.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee daily internal audit projects, managing communication and coordination among team members.
  • Set out the objectives, scope, and deliverables for each audit project.
  • Create a risk-based audit plan in collaboration with the engagement team.
  • Guide and communicate responsibilities to junior auditors.
  • Provide coaching and mentoring for less experienced staff.
  • Evaluate audit findings, summarize results, and identify business impacts.
  • Draft and review internal audit reports with actionable recommendations.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development and networking.
  • Supportive team-oriented culture with emphasis on cooperation and feedback.
  • Involvement in professional organizations to enhance industry knowledge.
Full Job Description
Senior Auditor

Our professionals help organizations make the best use of their internal audit functions in line with strategic, business and process goals. We support risk management and internal control structures with strategic sourcing services, continuous auditing and continuous monitoring programs, and governance, risk and compliance services. We help mitigate regulatory and compliance risks that could lead to losses from non-compliance, litigation, or regulatory sanctions and fines.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Execute day-to-day supervision of internal audit projects; including directing all activities within assigned projects including communicating with client management, coordinating the work of other team members, establishing project milestones, completing and monitoring fieldwork progress, providing updates to audit team management, and proposing modifications to current procedures to improve audit effectiveness and efficiency for the projects
  • Define expectations for each audit project including objectives, scope, procedures (audit programs), resources (scheduling), and deliverables
  • Develop and communicate risk-based audit plan with engagement team
  • Communicate and facilitate audit expectations and responsibilities to staff auditors
  • Provide guidance and on-the-job coaching to junior staff members
  • Analyze audit evidence, identify audit issues and related impact to the business, summarize results
  • Prepare comprehensive working papers that are consistent with generally accepted auditing standards, accounting principles, and internal standards
  • Review work papers of junior staff members to ensure working papers are consistent with generally accepted auditing standards, accounting principles, and internal standards
  • Tracking and monitoring of time budgets for assignments
  • Draft clear and concise internal audit reports identifying key risks and value-added recommendations to improve the effectiveness of internal control environments
  • Develop and conduct procedures on the design and effectiveness of internal controls for new and/or existing business processes
  • Identifying control gaps within business processes
  • Generate and maintain robust working relationships with client management
  • Contribute to the positive, team-oriented culture by maintaining cooperative relationships, sharing information, and accepting and providing constructive feedback
  • Actively participate in professional organizations and expand professional networks
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting (or equivalent) from an accredited college/university
  • 5+ years of current and/or recent audit experience
  • CPA designation or active candidate
  • U.S. Citizen. Must be able to obtain a Secret Security Clearance
  • Excellent understanding of Internal controls and strong written and oral communication skills
  • Proven track record of planning and completing audits (external and/or internal)
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of client management
  • Ability to think strategically, multi-task, and work effectively and efficiently with minimum direction in a team environment
  • The ability to consistently meet deadlines in a challenging and dynamic environment in a self-motivating manner
  • Comprehensive understanding of the professional standards governing the Audit process and financial and operational Auditing and accounting principles

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