Description
47970-Senior Auditor
Pasadena, CA 91124
Position type: w2
Contact duration: 3 months + (Strong Possibility of Extension)
Top 5 daily responsibilities: Involvement in the day to day audit activities such as planning, document audit findings (identify root cause and formulate opinions and develop recommendations), documenting business process using flowcharts, reporting and other duties (as assigned by the manager).
Desired skills: professional auditing skills; knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PPT, etc)
Educational Requirement: BS Degree in Accounting or Finance;
Is driving to facilities a responsibility of this job? (other than driving to and from work) May require travel to facilities
EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, information systems or related field or equivalent experience required.
WORK EXP
- Typically less than 5 years of professional auditing or comparable experience required.
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Demonstrated knowledge, skills & experience in applying the principles & practices of internal auditing in accounting, financial & operational environments, including auditing business functions & information technology systems.
- Demonstrated general accounting, financial & business skills, knowledge, & experience.
- Demonstrated skills in the identification & resolution of business problems within a team setting. Ability to research & identify best practices.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively utilize general audit software such as ACL, AutoAudit, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to understand & document business processes & related internal controls in narrative &/or flowchart formats.
- Basic project management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to changing demands & environment, & rapidly develop in-depth knowledge of new audit areas.
- Excellent verbal & written communication & presentation skills. Ability to persuade, articulate & defend positions.
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Access)
- Lotus Notes
Strongly preferred:
Certification in one of the following:
* Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
* Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
* Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)
If currently not certified, employee is expected to actively demonstrate progress toward completion of certification within a reasonable time as approved by the Dir NCO Audit.
- Effectively prepare a well-developed audit approach and document high quality workpapers for complex financial and operational audits.
- Responsible for conducting and documenting complex financial and operational audits.
- Understand & document business systems/processes using narrative &/or flowcharting techniques.
- Analyze findings, determine root causes , formulate opinions, & develop recommendations
- Prepare working papers documenting & supporting audit procedures & techniques conducted.
- Under guidance of Auditor-in-Charge, may prepare audit presentations to management.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Expected to continue developing broad, in-depth audit knowledge, experience & skills, as well as the ability to function both independently & as a team member.
- Will also begin to demonstrate the ability to lead/supervise audit projects in order to progress to Auditor IV In-Charge.
- Consistently support compliance & the Principles of Responsibility by maintaining the privacy & confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics & integrity, reporting non-compliance, & adhering to applicable federal, state & local laws & regulations, accreditation & licenser requirements (if applicable), & policies & procedures.
- Savings from improved efficiency of operating department processes, more effective internal controls, & potential revenue recoveries.