Manager, IT Attest SOC

Armanino•Saint Louis, CA

About The Position

The Manager, IT Attest SOC manages client engagements and deliverables across multiple clients, ensuring quality, timely completion, effective risk management, and sound engagement economics. The role leads engagement planning, including timing, risk and readiness assessments, staffing, resource needs, and work schedules. It reviews work papers and deliverables, develops control test plans and audit reports, and manages assignments and team development. The position applies technical expertise in IT standards and audit methods, develops an understanding of clients’ platforms, security, and software, and researches complex accounting and information security issues. The manager keeps the Partner informed of client updates, engagement status, budgets, and technical matters; assists with fee quotes, budgets, billing, and collections; and uses assurance methodologies and tools to improve efficiency and profitability. The manager serves as a primary client contact and trusted advisor, identifies relevant services, supports practice development, and contributes to firm and department process improvement. The role also includes preparing audit exit meeting presentations, instructing firm and department training, and providing performance feedback, career guidance, and mentoring to less experienced professionals.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Management Information Systems (MIS), Information Technology, or a related field.
CPA, CISA, CISSP, or another relevant professional certification.
At least 4 years of experience working in a public accounting firm, including involvement in SOC or relevant experience testing IT controls.
At least 1 year of experience managing projects and supervising teams in a managerial capacity.
Knowledge of Windows and/or UNIX-based operating systems, SQL and other databases, cloud environments, application change management methodologies, and security best practices.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.

Responsibilities

Manage engagement workflow and client deliverables across multiple clients and engagements to minimize risk, meet service objectives and deadlines, and optimize engagement economics.
Lead engagement planning, including timing, risk assessment, and readiness assessment.
Determine and approve staffing, resource needs, and engagement work schedules.
Review engagement work papers and deliverables for compliance with Firm and professional standards.
Develop test plans for key controls and draft audit reports.
Delegate assignments to supervisors based on skills, development needs, schedules, and engagement economics.
Build technical expertise in relevant IT standards and audit methods through continuing education and other training.
Develop a thorough understanding of clients’ platforms, security, and software.
Conduct or review research on complex or new accounting and information security issues, and prepare memorandums supporting solutions.
Keep the Partner informed about client updates, engagement and budget-to-actual status, and technical issues.
Develop expertise in at least one industry area.
Assist in developing fee quotes and budgets.
Prepare client billings and collect outstanding accounts.
Use assurance methodologies, processes, and tools to improve engagement efficiency and client profitability.
Serve as a primary client contact throughout the year, discussing business updates, needs, issues, and potential solutions, as well as engagement matters.
Understand partner and service-line capabilities and identify additional services that may benefit clients.
Oversee preparation of presentations for audit exit meetings.
Participate in early-stage practice development, including building professional networks or referral sources, assisting with proposals, writing articles, and supporting partners’ practice development activities.
Participate in developing and improving firm and department business processes.
Instruct Firm and Department training programs and meetings.
Develop less experienced Department professionals through formal performance feedback, career counseling, and mentoring.