Los Angeles Technology Audit & Advisory Senior Consultant
Job Description
Are You Ready to Live Protiviti?
The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire and advance within a collaborative and diverse company culture.
We hire curious people for whom learning is an everyday activity.
We fuel your curiosity with challenging work, talented colleagues and creative learning resources.
At every level, we champion leaders who influence and achieve results.
We encourage you to “bring your whole self to work” – all of your motivations, passions, priorities and commitments – as these things bring us closer to exceptional.
That’s Living Protiviti.
We strive to recruit and hire the best talent, and it does not stop there.
Once you join us, we promise to help you bring your career to life through exceptional work experiences, a culture passionate about learning and development, and a dedication to what matters to you.
Are you inspired to make a difference?
Then you have come to the right place.
Where We Need You:
The US market is seeking a Technology Audit & Advisory Senior Consultant to join our growing Internal Audit practice.
What You Can Expect:
As a Senior Consultant, you will serve as a role model, mentor and trainer to Interns and Consultants as well as facilitate the successful completion of project work plans.
You’ll identify areas of risk and opportunities to improve efficiencies.
You’ll strengthen relationship and deepen your abilities to communicate, gain trust, and network with client personnel and professional associates.
At the direction of managers, you may accept responsibility for decision-making, ranging from staffing, establishing project scope and work plans, and preparation of deliverables to application of methodologies.
Senior Consultants in Technology Audit & Advisory work with clients to assess, identify risk, advise, and consult on a wide variety of technology related topics, including:
Major technology projects Cybersecurity Cloud Data Privacy Enterprise Applications Disaster Recovery Analytics Emerging Technologies Control programs
At Protiviti, Technology Audit & Advisory is about:
Helping clients better understand and manage risks associate with their use (or lack of use) of technology, to protect and drive enterprise value Innovation: new ways of thinking and new ways of doing Technology enablement: analytics, automation and other emerging tools and methods Staying current: developing and maintaining skills in existing and emerging areas of technology
What Will Help You Be Successful:
You enjoy identifying areas of business & technology risk, and opportunities to improve the efficiency, increase performance, and make better use of existing and new technologies.
You are driven to learn and interested in all things related to data & technology, including the latest trends and developments.
You are passionate about evaluating, synthesizing, organizing and interpreting data and information.
You create a positive work environment that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
You effectively build relationships with your clients and provide them with timely top-quality service.
You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
You seek new ways to create extraordinary development opportunities and ways for your team to make an impact on our clients and communities.
Do Your Talents Include the Following?
Advanced verbal and written communication skills, including documentation of findings and recommendations.
Experience in or understanding of: IT audit methodologies, concepts, tools and objectives, and/or IT risk and control programs.
Knowledge and interest in all things related to data & technology, including the latest trends and developments with a specific focus on areas of technology included: cybersecurity, cloud, data governance, privacy, analytics, enterprise applications (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics etc.), disaster recovery, systems development methodologies etc.
An interest and/or experience in areas including analytics and emerging technologies (automation, AI/ML etc.).
Establishing and cultivating critical business relationships and a professional network.
Understanding of commonly used internal control frameworks, including COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS, ITIL, etc.
Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions and methodologies for achieving compliance, in particular the technology implications and requirements.
Knowledge of audit methodologies and developing key internal audit deliverables including process flows, work programs, audit reports, and control summaries.
Ability to translate technology topics and audit issues into “business speak” to be understood by client personnel, including executives.
Supervisory experience of teams including mentoring / coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
Your Educational and Professional Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in relevant discipline (e.g.
Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or Business Related Field).
2+ years working in internal audit, consulting, assurance services, risk & control programs, or related field, either in professional services or industry.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.
Experience working with financial services organizations or banking institutions preferred (but not required).
Proficiency in PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Python, RPA Solutions preferred (but not required).
Professional Certification such as CIA, CRMA, CISA, CISM, CISSP, or similar strongly preferred.
Do You Love Exploring New Places?
We travel throughout the month frequently based upon client requests/commitments.
Travel may include suburban, regional, or out of state locations.