Internal Audit - Operational Project Lead

HP•Houston, TX

23h

About The Position

Internal Audit - Operational Project Lead Description - Job Summary This role is responsible for independently executing the entire audit process, from initiation to conclusion, with efficiency and autonomy. The role ensures project completion by prioritizing tasks, coordinating tasks, and delegating efficiently. The role contributes to audit planning; identifies opportunities for assurance, risk management, compliance and optimization enhancements; leads projects; delivers audit reports to senior management and stays updated on industry trends. The role also applies advanced subject matter knowledge, builds relationships, and provides mentoring to junior staff. Responsibilities Facilitates and performs the entire spectrum of audit activities from inception to culmination, executing autonomously and proficiently with minimal assistance and guidance. Ensures project completion by prioritizing tasks, effectively delegating, monitoring progress, and foreseeing conflicts or dependencies within a complex framework characterized by demanding schedules. Contributes to the formulation of audit plans, evaluates the optimal timing for audit planning, and ensures meticulous audit engagement and coordination. Identifies avenues for enhancing assurance, process optimization, and compliance, and evaluates and suggests best practices to mitigate risk. Seeks opportunities to increase efficiency in business and audit processes, leveraging data analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI). Coordinates and escalates unresolved matters to the audit team and management for prompt resolution, utilizing fact-based analysis with defined risk exposure. Leads certain projects, scrutinizes audit data, and delivers formally documented audit results reports and recommendations to senior management. Reviews documentation, work papers, findings, and recommendations for concerned audits, offering constructive feedback on projects, and also conducts post-audit assessments. Stays up to date in industry insights, emerging audit methodologies, policies, and standards, utilized systems and applications, benchmarks, evolving risks and trends, and the organization’s Internal Audit (IA) landscape. Applies advanced subject matter knowledge, leads, and contributes to complex projects, and exercises independent judgment in resolving business issues and establishing policies. Develops and builds productive internal/external working relationships and may provide mentoring and guidance to lower-level employees.

Requirements

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically has 7-10 years of work experience, preferably in audit policies, operating principles, or a related field.
Experience with risk management for large, complex, and dynamic organizations, including internal audit and/or "Big 4"-type advisory projects supporting internal audit functions.
Experience with print, personal systems/computes, services business, supply chain, software, artificial intelligence application preferred.
Accounting
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and application
Audit Engagements
Audit Planning
Auditing
Auditor's Report
Automation
Business Processes
Data Analysis
Economics
External Auditing
Finance
Financial Services
Financial Statements
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Internal Auditing
Internal Controls
Project Management
Public Accounting
Risk Analysis
Risk Management
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Compliance
Supply Chain
Effective Communication
Results Orientation
Learning Agility
Digital Fluency
Customer Centricity

Nice To Haves

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
Certified Public/Chartered Accountant (CPA/CA)
Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA)
Experience with print, personal systems/computes, services business, supply chain, software, artificial intelligence application preferred.

Responsibilities

Facilitates and performs the entire spectrum of audit activities from inception to culmination, executing autonomously and proficiently with minimal assistance and guidance.
Ensures project completion by prioritizing tasks, effectively delegating, monitoring progress, and foreseeing conflicts or dependencies within a complex framework characterized by demanding schedules.
Contributes to the formulation of audit plans, evaluates the optimal timing for audit planning, and ensures meticulous audit engagement and coordination.
Identifies avenues for enhancing assurance, process optimization, and compliance, and evaluates and suggests best practices to mitigate risk.
Seeks opportunities to increase efficiency in business and audit processes, leveraging data analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Coordinates and escalates unresolved matters to the audit team and management for prompt resolution, utilizing fact-based analysis with defined risk exposure.
Leads certain projects, scrutinizes audit data, and delivers formally documented audit results reports and recommendations to senior management.
Reviews documentation, work papers, findings, and recommendations for concerned audits, offering constructive feedback on projects, and also conducts post-audit assessments.
Stays up to date in industry insights, emerging audit methodologies, policies, and standards, utilized systems and applications, benchmarks, evolving risks and trends, and the organization’s Internal Audit (IA) landscape.
Applies advanced subject matter knowledge, leads, and contributes to complex projects, and exercises independent judgment in resolving business issues and establishing policies.
Develops and builds productive internal/external working relationships and may provide mentoring and guidance to lower-level employees.