Senior Internal Auditor

Portland General Electric Company • Portland, OR

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

PGE is seeking an experienced Senior Internal Auditor to join its Internal Audit Services team. The role applies financial and business knowledge, critical judgment, and risk acumen to conduct risk-driven assurance and advisory engagements that provide organizational visibility and value. The work spans emerging risks, growth areas, operational practices, compliance requirements, SOX and financial disciplines, and technology. The position is part of an integrated team with technology, safety, and financial/operations specialists, and calls for strong verbal and written communication and a focus on value-added results.

The Senior Internal Auditor leads engagement planning and fieldwork, reviews and analyzes data, conducts complex research, documents work, coordinates and reviews others’ work, and takes ownership of engagement quality and timelines. The role drafts audit and consultation reports with recommendations for reducing risk or improving processes, communicates conclusions and updates to clients, designs control test plans, tests controls, and works with management to track and resolve remediation. It also includes project management, administrative work, and process-improvement initiatives.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in finance, computer science, liberal arts, or a related field, or equivalent experience, and typically five or more years of relevant experience. Professional certifications are preferred and may be required within one year of hire. The work is in a hybrid office environment, with three days in the office. Regular, reliable, predictable full-time attendance is expected; computer use is required regularly for the entire work shift. Assisting with storms or other company emergencies is part of all positions at PGE.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, computer science, liberal arts, or another related field, or equivalent experience.
• Typically five or more years of experience in business, internal auditing, public accounting, or related functions.
• Experience conducting audit engagements from planning through fieldwork and reporting, with a basic understanding and application of project-management techniques.
• Ability to interact with technical and non-technical functions and negotiate and resolve differences concerning simple to complex risks.
• Willingness to research and understand complex or difficult emerging regulatory topics and incorporate them into audit processes.
• Proficient use of Microsoft applications.
• Intermediate or advanced knowledge of financial, operational, or other subspecialty auditing and consulting practices.
• Intermediate or advanced knowledge of internal control over financial reporting frameworks and testing methods.
• Intermediate knowledge of programs and systems used in department activities, data-analytic tools and techniques, risk-management principles, and PGE policies, procedures, and plans.
• Intermediate organization and prioritization, written and oral communication, business acumen, and project-management skills; advanced interpersonal skills.
• Ability to meet response times, deadlines, and time-sensitive tasks; follow accuracy standards; and follow through on decision-making tasks.
• Ability to collaborate effectively, communicate and problem-solve under stress, respond and adapt to frequent change, and apply constructive feedback and lessons learned to future work.
• Ability to meet regular, reliable, predictable full-time attendance standards.
• Ability to use a computer regularly for the entire work shift.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) financial controls, including SOX audit planning, walkthroughs, testing, and control validations.
• Knowledge of the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Global Internal Audit Standards for planning, performing, and reporting assurance and advisory engagements.
• Professional licenses or certifications such as CPA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, or CISA; these may be required within one year of obtaining the position.
• Knowledge of data-analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and fieldwork for assurance and advisory engagements.
• Review and analyze data, conduct complex research, and efficiently document work in support of reporting.
• Coordinate and review the work of others, and manage personal work to meet engagement quality standards and timelines.
• Draft clear, concise audit and consultation reports, including recommendations for risk reduction and process improvement.
• Provide clients with regular updates on risk mitigation activities and reporting, and communicate conclusions, including difficult or complex outcomes when necessary.
• Design effective and efficient control test plans and perform control testing so management can assess key controls’ operating effectiveness.
• Monitor project progress to ensure work is completed within agreed timelines.
• Engage with management to track and resolve remediation and other solutions for risks identified in completed audit engagements.
• Perform individual and department administrative tasks and implement process-improvement initiatives.
• Research emerging regulatory topics and incorporate relevant understanding into audit processes.

Benefits

• PGE describes a total rewards package intended to reward employee contributions and support well-being and professional development.
• Performance-based incentive bonus, with total compensation commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.

What This Job Offers

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