Audit Professional Job Description
Audit Professional Duties & Responsibilities
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Audit Professional Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Audit Professional
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, CIA, CISA, CAMS, ISO, CISSP, BT, CFE, PMP, MBA
Education for Audit Professional
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the audit professional job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, MBA, Business/Administration, Education, Communication, Computer Science, Graduate, Interpretation
Skills for Audit Professional
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Audit Professional Examples
Audit Professional Job Description
- Implement working papers systems and tools for use in the practice
- Operate the department’s Strategic Quality Assurance program
- Develop and generate exception based management reporting
- Assist in the management of key administration functions
- Coordinate and communicate the department’s activities with key regulators
- Executing audits from start to completion including detailed walkthroughs of key processes to identify internal controls, developing and execution of tests of control and substantive testing procedures for key controls, execution of testing, identification and reporting of issues
- Assist the GM in the implementation and development of leading practices, strategy and methodology
- Develop the annual risk assessment and plan
- Implement working papers systems, and tools for use in the practice, including GRC platforms and other risk/issue aggregation tools
- Manage department process
- Audit certifications
- Proficient understanding of the internal audit process including risk assessments, planning, scheduling, reporting, continuous auditing
- Develop and generate exception based management reporting, and KPIs against key department targets – plans , projects, assignments
- Assist in the management of key administration functions (in conjunction with the Head of Planning / Administration
- Coordinate, manage department’s training program (department and individual)
- Coordinate and communicate the department’s activities with key regulators including preparation/delivery of material required for examinations
Audit Professional Job Description
- Relationship management, project management, and problem solving skills
- Ensure risk assessments are completed and that contingency plans are identified and executed
- Champion strong program governance and execution assurance processes
- Establish a process for the identification of program/project issues
- Build strong relationship with Sponsor and Business/Technology Owners and provide superior client experience and strengthens relationship within project team
- Manage program level communications including status reports to all stakeholders
- Facilitate the relationships with third party vendors at the program level to support creation of quality deliverables
- Drive business value through creation of business case and associated benefit metrics
- Manage overall program financials and tracks value for effective decision making
- Facilitate schedule and cost forecasting and mentors program/project managers in determining risk based provisions
- Technical audit knowledge, including process mapping, risk/control identification, testing methods, sampling techniques
- Understanding of the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
- Ability to promote strong quality standards throughout the department
- Must be able to work effectively independent with a remote team environment
- Requires a proven track record in leading and managing projects
- Advanced technical audit knowledge, including process mapping, risk/control identification, testing methods, sampling techniques
Audit Professional Job Description
- Oversee the completion of post project reviews and closure in conjunction with project teams
- Continually enhance the framework for critical audit practices, policies and processes, including annual planning and risk assessment, audit execution methodology, continuous auditing/monitoring
- Provide support and guidance relating to Internal Audit methodology related queries received by the SMT team
- Assist in the development of business requirements used to create, maintain and enhance state of the art and reliable audit technologies
- Identify, develop and drive enhancements to selected training materials
- Develop and maintain a relationship with the client and proactively work with the client’s management to gather necessary information, actively look for additional business development opportunities
- Responsible for managing, maintaining and identifying opportunities to enhance the IAS cost allocation process, end-to-end (from audit planning to billings) and management reporting on platform allocations
- Support the IAS Executive team with engaging Procurement and the Auditor Independence Office for professional services
- Work closely with data analytics/reporting team to develop leading edge reporting in support of governance requirements, management reporting, financial reporting and internal practice and performance management results, to allow CAE and Executives to effectively manage the audit practice
- Develop and maintain metrics, key indicators and reporting in support of IAS performance management, including to facilitate audit team leadership manage and monitor audit portfolio activities (i.e., IAS Balanced Scorecard, time analysis, variance reporting)
- Previous Public Advisory experience
- Understanding of the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) and IIA Standards
- Excellent interpersonal skills including listening, written, and verbal communication, with ability to clearly and professionally communicate with others
- Ability to plan and prioritize and manage a significant workload under pressure
- Previous experience preparing Form 5500 filings for a variety of retirement and health/welfare plans or at minimum, experience with reviewing Form 5500 filings as part of an employee benefit plan audit
- Three to six years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting experience
Audit Professional Job Description
- In audit, professionals will be planning, controlling analysis and testing, handling substantive procedures, identifying and assisting in the resolution of client issues, and reporting
- In tax, there will be preparation and/or review of corporate, partnership, and individual income tax returns
- Assisting managers in developing ideas to help clients with operational and control opportunities or tax liabilities/exposures, client presentations and selling opportunities
- Managing actual time in relation to the engagement budget
- Undertake quality assurance reviews of various audit activities, audits, continuous monitoring and issue verification
- Manage various projects throughout the year
- Process and deliver accurate degree audits to all new transfer students within the established deadlines
- Reference, retain, recall and apply comprehensive knowledge of CSU and CSUEB policies and procedures as they relate to transfer credit evaluation
- Make determinations on course applicability to degree requirements
- Assist with the appropriate selection of courses to meet required General Education areas
- Strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and ideally with ProSystems fx and CCH
- Ability to work additional hours as needed to meet employee benefit plan and related Form 5500 filing deadlines
- At least 5 years of experience in audit services, at least 5 years of experience in audit professional practices, or a combination
- At least 2 years of experience leading audit engagements
- At least 1 year of experience with data analytics tools in support of internal audit
- At least 1 year of working knowledge of Institute of Internal Audit Professional Practices Framework and interagency regulatory expectations
Audit Professional Job Description
- Assist with athletic certifications each term, including the necessary communication with other departments during the assessment process
- Update student's record with additional transfer coursework submitted concurrently to CSUEB enrollment
- Provide professional and timely responses to students, faculty, and staff inquiries regarding transfer credit evaluations
- Ensure all e-mails to the transfer credit email account and automated tickets are responded to in a thorough, accurate and timely manner
- Report technical, policy, or other issues to the Assistant Registrar
- Fully utilize new technologies including document imaging and degree audit programs to assure timely completion of tasks
- Update information/coding as needed in appropriate administrative computing system(s)
- Participate in weekly staff meetings and training related to transfer credit, new policies/procedures, and updates to computing systems
- Support ad hoc strategy and organization optimization programs for the department at the request of the Audit CAO
- Create executive presentations (off-sites, town halls and communications) in partnership with relevant Communications teams
- 5+ years of experience in training administration and delivery for internal audit departments
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead projects
- Minimum ten years of client service delivery, professional practice and/or risk management experience
- Understanding of PCAOB standards, COSO framework preferred
- Experience with Micro Strategy Skills, RAVE JReview preferred
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business, Communications or English or equivalent work experience