IT Audit Readiness Senior Analyst

Kearney & Company • Alexandria, VA

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

Kearney & Company is seeking an IT Audit Readiness Senior Analyst to join our team. This position will be responsible for supporting our clients as they modernize their IT systems to ensure compliance with federal IT audit and cyber security standards. They will also support overall client IT audit readiness over IT General and automated applications controls.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Minimum 3.5 years of experience performing external IT security assessments, audit liaison support for external IT security assessments, or ISSO support roles
• At least one year of federal government experience
• Professional communication skills and clear business writing
• Ability to work at Alexandria, VA head quarters at least two times per week
• Must have an active Interim Secret Clearance (or higher, such as Secret, Top Secret or TS/SCI) to be considered for this role (requires U.S. citizenship)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with OMB A-123, OIG FISCAM, OIG FISMA
• ERP or logistics application modernization
• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM experience highly preferred
• Oracle Fusion ERP or Oracle E-Business Suite experience preferred
• Professional certification highly preferred: CISA, Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications SCM Process Essentials
• Professional certification preferred: Security+, CDFM

Responsibilities

• Analyze auditor or assessor requests, identify appropriate documentation in coordination with control owners, and review response for appropriateness and compliance
• Organize, monitor, and follow up on audit requests to provide timely responses
• Communicate delays and risks with management
• Perform review of Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) to determine sufficiency to remediate findings
• Perform independent verification and validation (IV&V) of audit finding remediation and clearly document results for management review
• Organize, monitor, and follow up on delayed audit finding remediation
• Support the development of detailed, time-phased modernization plans with actionable steps, key milestones, and measurable performance indicators.
• Analyze opportunities to implement automation across the audit controls associated with business processes
• Support automating data pipelines and integration frameworks while maintaining data governance, accuracy, integrity, and auditability.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan and 529 Education Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity Insurances
• Legal Insurance and Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program, fitness and wellness benefits, and other firm benefits.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior