Consultant, Enterprise Risk - IT Audit

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Description

Inspirational, innovative and entrepreneurial - this is how we describe our empowered teams. Combine your passion with purpose and join a culture that is thriving in the face of change.

Make an impact with our Enterprise Risk – IT Audit team as a Consultant, supporting technology risk, SOX/ICFR and PCAOB integrated audit engagements for public and growth-oriented clients. This diverse team of professionals utilizes leading-edge industry knowledge to assist clients in mitigating risk. As a trusted advisor, you’ll help evaluate IT general controls, application controls and technology dependencies that support reliable financial reporting and effective internal control over financial reporting.

MNP is proudly Canadian. Providing business strategies and solutions, we are a leading national accounting, tax and business advisory firm in Canada. Entrepreneurial to our core, our talented team members transcend obstacles into opportunities and are successfully transforming mid-market business practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide Technology Risk solutions including PCAOB integrated audit support, SOX/ICFR IT controls testing, SOC audits, IT internal audits, IT external audits, pre/post implementation reviews, IT risk management and governance to our broad base of clients
• Support the evaluation of IT general controls, application controls, system-generated reports and other technology dependencies that impact financial reporting and internal control over financial reporting
• Assist in IT audit planning, including understanding relevant systems, identifying key IT risks, documenting walkthroughs and supporting risk-based scoping decisions
• Conduct IT auditing procedures; document and test IT controls with sufficient detail to support external audit, ICFR and PCAOB-style documentation expectations
• Review operating systems, databases, applications, interfaces and ERP environments supporting significant business processes
• Conduct data analytics using audit tools/software to support IT audit testing, control evaluation and issue analysis
• Communicate with clients and audit teams to understand their business, processes, systems and controls; explain the impact of identified findings, control weaknesses and recommendations
• Develop a thorough understanding of MNP’s services, businesses and industry, including public company audit support and technology risk services
• Contribute to the development of new ideas, templates and approaches to improve IT audit quality, consistency and efficiency
• Attend internal and external courses to further develop your IT audit, SOX/ICFR and PCAOB integrated audit knowledge
• Willingness to responsibly use AI-enabled tools to improve audit efficiency, documentation and analysis.
• Maintain flexibility to travel, as necessary

Skills and Experience

• 1 to 3 years of IT audit experience, preferably including experience supporting external audits, SOX/ICFR programs or PCAOB integrated audit engagements
• Hands-on experience testing IT general controls such as access management, change management, computer operations and program development controls
• Experience supporting the audit of IT-dependent business process controls, application controls, system-generated reports, interfaces or ERP environments is highly desired
• Strong understanding of how IT controls support ICFR, including the relationship between ITGCs, application controls, business process controls and financial reporting risks
• Exposure to PCAOB audit documentation expectations, public company audit support, SEC issuer audits or U.S. SOX environments is considered a strong asset
• Willingness to work towards achieving a CISA designation or CISSP designation within 2 years of joining MNP, and obtain other relevant designations, as required
• SOC 1 and/or SOC 2 experience in planning, execution and drafting of SOC reports is highly desired
• Additional exposure to the following would be an asset:
• SOC readiness assessments
• Privacy controls audits
• ACL, IDEA or similar data analytics tools
• ERP reviews