Staff IT Audit Consultant

**Job Title:** Staff IT Audit Consultant

Firm Overview

Our organization is a US-based firm of Certified Public Accountants and Advisors. We collaborate with a diverse range of industries to deliver Assurance, Advisory, Risk, and Compliance services.

We are headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, serving both domestic and international companies. Our team of dedicated professionals has extensive experience in providing SSAE 21 (SOC 1 / SOC 2 / SOC 3) services. We are a PCI QSA Company as well as a HITRUST CSF Assessor Firm.

Most of our professionals have experience working with the Big 4 accounting firms, and have completed hundreds of financial audits, SSAE 21 (SOC 1 / SOC 2 / SOC 3) examinations, and other attestation services.

We advise clients on various compliance initiatives and provide deep Internal Audit and Compliance expertise to help them achieve complete assurance, advisory, risk, and compliance services.

Our objective is to offer our team members the opportunity to achieve their personal and professional goals, which contributes to the quality of services we provide and the value we bring to our clients.

**Job Description**

As a Staff IT Audit Consultant, you will be responsible for assisting Senior IT Audit Consultants and reporting to the Manager, Executive Director, or CEO. You may work directly with the CEO on certain strategic engagements.

You will participate in planning activities to identify client needs and service opportunities in areas such as assurance, advisory, risk, and compliance services.

Responsibilities include:

• Participate in engagement planning to identify client needs and service opportunities
• Own growth and service delivery of engagements, including System and Organization Controls (SOC) Examinations, PCI DSS Assessments, HITRUST Assessments, IT Audits, internal audit engagements, pre and post implementation assessments, and issuance of reports issued under the AICPA Consulting and Attestation Standards
• Work with clients to execute engagements, focusing on leveraging industry and functional insights from our advisory business to bring greater value to clients
• Design and execute high-quality, integrated, and efficient audit procedures
• Assist in building audit methodology, working paper guidelines, quality review standards, and communication protocols, develop audit programs and procedures to establish audit processes, streamline control testing to ensure effective and efficient operations
• Create and implement audit strategy relating to evaluation of significant applications relevant to financial audits
• Prepare and communicate issues, risk, and recommendations to client leadership, including ongoing insights on potential corrective action plans
• Identify potential clients and generate leads for AARC-360
• Adhere to all quality standards and processes, including the firm's independence requirements, for the acquisition of clients, opportunities, and submission of proposal and contract documents

**Required Skills and Qualifications**

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with clients and team members
• Collaboration skills to work with other members of the engagement team to plan the engagement and develop work program timelines, risk assessments, budgets, and other planning documents
• Leadership skills to lead the engagement team to ensure quality workpapers and deliverables, provide regular status updates, and adhere to a project timeline
• Demonstrated understanding of standards, regulations, and information systems
• Strong project management skills, maintaining a culture of teamwork, project timelines, and quality of deliverables
• Confidentiality and integrity within a professional environment
• A bachelor's degree and minimum two (2) years of related work experience or a graduate degree and approximately one to two (1-2) years of related work experience
• A degree in business, accounting, finance, computer science, information systems, or a related discipline
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience working as an auditor or risk advisor for a CA firm, a professional services firm, or financial services company, or comparable experience as an advisor to a financial services company
• Experience with at least two (2) of the following types of engagements: Service Organization Control (SOC) reporting, internal audit risk assessment, financial statement audits/SOX/internal controls, PCI and/or HITRUST Assessments, and/or Application security and control reviews (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Workday)

**Benefits**

Working as a Staff IT Audit Consultant offers a unique opportunity to develop your skills, advance your career, and make a meaningful contribution to our organization.

We offer competitive compensation packages and comprehensive training programs to support your growth and success.

**Others**

Our organization is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that values teamwork, creativity, and innovation.

We encourage candidates who share our values and are passionate about delivering exceptional results to apply for this exciting opportunity.

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