IT Audit Manager
Bridgewater, NJ
Whippany, NJ
Overall responsibility for the planning, scoping, and delivery of audit assignments to ensure that all business and technology risks are anticipated, identified, recognized, and appropriately managed in alignment with the departmental audit plan and initiatives. The Audit Manager is responsible for delivering reports to and participating in discussions with Senior Management as well as driving audit planning, workpaper reviews, and finding impact analysis.
Audit activities include the following:
- Performing pre- and post-implementation application reviews, including access security, change management, computer operations domains, application controls, system input validations, approval workflows, and reports testing;
- Run audit life cycle, including planning, fieldwork, reporting, and issues management.
- Develop appropriate audit scope, design innovative audit approach, and review evidence of controls.
- Conduct walkthroughs with management to assess controls design.
- Identify, assess, and present findings and their impact to management along with recommendations on practical yet effective mitigation strategies.
- Draft audit reports
- Management relationships closely with stakeholders to keep them informed of status and exceptions (“no surprises”).
- Review audit deliverables prepared by junior associates to make sure that they meet departmental and professional standards of quality in support of audit conclusions.
- Review testing on corrective actions to ensure that remediation implemented is effective.
- Review annual SOX testing of technology and business controls within Investments and Investments Compliance functions.
- Partner with regional and offshore audit team members, data analytics resources, and management to evaluate, test the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls
Performs other duties as assigned:
- Provide input into annual audit pipeline
- Identify and aggregate audit themes for MetLife Senior Leadership and Board
- Develop analytics solutions applying data governance and leveraging data analytics tools such Alteryx, Power BI, and Computer Aided Auditing Techniques (CAAT) for effective audit risk assessments and testing
- Lead and mentor junior associates
Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science or Computer Engineering (willing to accept foreign education equivalent)
- 5+ yrs. of audit experience in IT, regulatory compliance, and large-scale implementation of processes and/or systems.
- Possesses proficient understanding of Generally Accepted Audit Standards, IIA standards, auditing sampling and testing methodologies, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, risk management, and SEC reporting
- Ability to self-start and quickly learn new areas of the business by applying solid foundation and understanding of internal controls and general business practices.
- Must possess CISA, CIA, CPA, or other relevant designation
- Possesses proficient understanding of IT general controls (change management, logical security, data backup and retention, etc.), application controls, and proficient understanding of system development.
- Possesses proficient understanding of Investments, applications, and processes
- Prior experience with pre and post implementation audits of large systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including listening and interviewing skills
- Prior experience with use of data analytics to achieve assurance and/or risk assessments a plus.
- Experience with SOX , SSAE18 , and regulatory audits
- Design and use data analytics
- Able to manage multiple audits are completed within quality, time and budget.
- Demonstrated ability to train and mentor junior associates
- Demonstrated knowledge of Cloud Security risks and cloud auditing control objectives.
Travel
0-5%
Business Category
Corporate Services Audit
Number of Openings
1
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