Audit Assistant Consultant

Core Responsibilities

• Audit Planning and Engagement (Project) Support
  • Assist in understanding the audit objectives, scope, and criteria
  • Review background documentation (policies, procedures, regulations)
  • Help prepare risk and control matrices (RCMs) or similar tools
  • Gather preliminary information for process understanding and walkthroughs
• Assist with the Execution of Audit Testing
  • Perform basic audit test procedures (design and operating effectiveness testing)
  • Conducting walkthroughs with process owners
  • Collect, analyze, and validate audit evidence
  • Data entry and use of audit tools (e.g., GRC platforms like RSA Archer, SharePoint, etc.)
  • Apply professional skepticism while following defined audit steps
• Documentation & Workpapers
  • Prepare clear, accurate, and complete audit engagement, workpapers, and reports
  • Ensure documentation supports conclusions reached
  • Follow internal audit methodology and quality standards
  • Maintain evidence in accordance with retention and confidentiality requirements
  • Drafting instructions and guidelines
• Communication & Reporting Support
  • Assist in drafting audit observations and findings
  • Validate factual accuracy of issues with audit clients
  • Support management and auditors in preparing engagement results
• Controls, Risk, and Governance Development and Refinement Tasks
  • Assist with the development and/or refinement of internal controls objectives and activities
  • Risk management criteria
  • Audit and GRC concepts
  • Regulatory and operational environments compliance
  • Adhere to the IIA Code of Ethics (Integrity, Objectivity, Confidentiality, Competency)

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Technical Knowledge

Basic understanding of:

• Internal control concepts (e.g., COSO, IIA, ISACA, NIST, etc.)
• Audit techniques and sampling
• Business processes
• Risk assessment principles

Skills

• Analytical thinking
• Attention to detail
• Clear written documentation
• Professional communication
• Time management
• Proficiency with Office productivity and collaboration tools (MS Office 365, SharePoint, Outlook, Collaboration Tools/Solutions)
• Office Computer Skills:
  • Understanding how to navigate the internet, use word processing software, and manage spreadsheets, etc., i.e., MS Office 365 and collaboration tools
  • Familiarity with tools for remote work, such as video conferencing and team collaboration software

Behavioral Competencies

• Willingness to learn
• Professional skepticism
• Ethical judgment
• Collaboration and adaptability
• Patience and Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Educational Desired Requirements/Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree from a nationally or regionally accredited college or university in:
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Business
  • Information Systems
• In lieu of formal education, a professional certification is desired—at least one certification:
  • ISACA Certificate or Certification, e.g., CISA, CISM, CRISC, etc.
  • IIA Certification, e.g., IAP or CIA
  • PMI Certificate or Certification, e.g., PMP, PMI-ACP, etc.
  • Accounting Certificate or Certification
• 0–2 years of relevant experience

Since 1995, iTech Solutions Inc., has been providing IT Consulting and Direct Hire Services to the Insurance, Financial, Communications, Manufacturing and Government sectors with local offices in Connecticut, Minnesota, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, and New Jersey / Pennsylvania area.

Our recruiting strategy is simple, if you want to find qualified IT professionals then use IT professionals to find them. So at iTech Solutions, our personnel are all career IT professionals with a wide range of IT experience. We can honestly say our staff understands the technologies, the complexities of finding and selecting the appropriate personnel and the pressures of running successful IT projects.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas, at hiring or in the future, including but not limited to H-1B visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.

iTech Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.