Audit Assistant, Financial Operations

Responsibilities

• Participate as active members of the engagement team throughout each phase (i.e., planning, execution, and reporting). With our standard engagement cadence, the individual in this role will gain broad exposure to our businesses and processes. Work collaboratively and independently to conduct audits across operational, financial, regulatory, and/or technology areas across the Company. Works with moderate guidance in own area of knowledge.
• Core Abilities:
• What You Deliver
• Executes aspects of the standard internal audit process, which includes the three phases of planning, execution and reporting out to business management.
• Performs thorough inquiry and data analysis to understand business operations and assist in developing project scope.
• Contributes to overall planning efforts for engagement timeline and approach.
• Examines records, documents, methods, policies, costs, and other factors to determine if functional areas are conducting operations in accordance with established policies/procedures, best practices, United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and governmental and legal requirements.
• Applies appropriate audit procedures to the areas reviewed to ensure that controls are tested and all significant risks are addressed.
• Prepares clear and well-organized audit work papers documenting root-cause, work performed, investigation summaries, and recommendations.
• Formulates appropriate conclusions and clearly documents findings based on testing results. Combines knowledge of Company operations with testing results to determine control effectiveness.