New York Technology Audit & Advisory Senior Consultant

Protiviti • New York City, NY

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Protiviti is seeking a Technology Audit & Advisory Senior Consultant to join its team in New York City. The role focuses on helping clients manage risks associated with technology, protect and enhance enterprise value, and improve the efficiency of technology processes. The team applies analytics, AI, automation, and other tools to audit work and supports clients across a broad range of technology risk and advisory topics.

The Senior Consultant mentors, trains, and coaches interns and consultants while facilitating project work plans. The role identifies risks and opportunities to improve efficiency, builds trusted relationships with client personnel and professional associates, and communicates technology and audit issues to clients. Under managers’ direction, the Senior Consultant may take responsibility for project decisions involving scope, work plans, staffing, deliverables, and methodologies.

Protiviti uses a hybrid workplace model combining in-person work at local offices and client sites with remote work. The balance depends on the client, project, team, and other business factors. Local or out-of-state travel may be required based on project and client needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a business-related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in internal audit, consulting, assurance services, risk and control programs, or a related field, in professional services or industry.
• Experience with or understanding of IT audit methodologies and audit deliverables, including process flows, work programs, audit reports, and control summaries.
• Understanding of commonly used internal control frameworks, such as COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS, or ITIL.
• Understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley provisions and compliance methodologies, particularly technology implications and requirements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to evaluate, summarize, organize, and interpret data.
• Ability to establish business relationships and a professional network.
• Ability to translate and communicate technology topics and audit issues to client personnel, including executives.
• Supervisory experience involving mentoring, work oversight and review, team coordination, and motivating team members.
• Experience documenting findings and summarizing recommendations.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to or interest in trends in cybersecurity, cloud, data governance, privacy, analytics, enterprise applications, disaster recovery, and systems development methodologies.
• Experience or interest in analytics and technology enablement, including automation and AI/ML.
• Experience with enterprise applications such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, Salesforce, or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Proficiency in Visio or Access.
• Proficiency in PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Python, or RPA solutions.
• Professional certification such as CIA, CRMA, CISA, CISM, CISSP, or similar.
• Interest in using AI to improve personal productivity and internal audit and SOX activities, including planning, fieldwork, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Mentor, train, and coach interns and consultants.
• Facilitate the successful completion of project work plans.
• Identify areas of risk and opportunities to increase efficiency and improve performance.
• Build relationships and communicate effectively with client personnel and professional associates.
• At managers’ direction, make decisions regarding project scope, work plans, staffing, deliverables, and methodologies.
• Help clients assess technology-related risks and advise on risk management, controls, and technology processes.
• Use analytics, AI, automation, and other tools to support technology audit work.
• Document findings and summarize recommendations.
• Coordinate across teams and oversee and review work as part of supervisory responsibilities.
• Communicate technology topics and audit issues to client personnel, including executives.

Benefits

• Annual bonus plan with eligible employees offered additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities; target opportunity is 10%.
• Medical insurance coverage.
• Dental insurance coverage.
• Vision insurance coverage.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Adoption assistance.
• Fertility assistance.
• Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of employee contributions.
• Choice Time Off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time; new hires receive up to 20 days per calendar year, with the amount varying by years of service.
• Up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

What This Job Offers

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