Associate 2

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Controls Assurance practice, within Internal Audit services, will provide you with an opportunity to gain an understanding of an organisation’s objectives, regulatory and risk management environment, and the diverse needs of their critical stakeholders. We focus on helping organisations look deeper and see further considering areas like culture and behaviours to help improve and embed controls. In short, we seek to address the right risks and ultimately add value to their organisation.

Our team helps business leaders gain comfort that their systems, processes, and risk management procedures are operating effectively within a well controlled environment. We focus on helping clients make sure they have adequate controls in place to mitigate key risks, maintain key processes that enable management to make appropriate decisions, and ensure that an effective risk management framework is in place in case of a system breakdown.

Position Title: Associate

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LoS: Assurance - SPA

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Position Type: (Permanent full-time, Permanent part-time, Fixed term contract, Internal secondment)

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About Assurance services:

The Firm’s Assurance Services provides assurance on the financial performance and operations of a client’s business, helps businesses improve external financial reporting and adapt to new regulatory requirements as per state laws/international standards. The Assurance group can also help organizations report externally on non-financial information, strengthen its corporate governance procedures, and achieve social and economic goals related to corporate sustainability. Financial audits provide an independent opinion on a company's financial report and are a critical element in the capital markets system.

ABOUT TECHNOLOGY RISK ASSURANCE SERVICES:

The Technology Risk Assurance (TRAS) practice in the firm, provides both audit and non-audit services related to controls around the financial reporting process, including financial business process and IT management controls.

TRAS provides:

 Financial and operation applications/business process controls reviews

 Database security controls reviews

 IT general controls reviews

 Infrastructure security reviews

 Third party assurance and opinion services

 Sarbanes-Oxley readiness, process improvement and sustainability services

 Due diligence on systems and controls

 Pre- and post-implementation systems reviews

 Project assurance services

 Data services (e.g., CAATs, data quality reviews)

 Computer security reviews

Roles & Responsibilities (essential functions and responsibilities of the job):

The tasks, roles and responsibilities concerned with the job will include the following:

• Executing various audit engagements as a support to field in-charge and
• Applying The Firm’s methodology while executing various job roles
• Apply current knowledge of IT trends and systems to identify security and risk management issues, and other opportunities for improvement
• Assist in the planning and execution of business process control reviews, information systems audits, and other Assurance offerings across a variety of industries
• A good understanding of clients Business Risks, Audit Risks, IT Risks and the mitigating controls in addressing these risks
• Gain strong comprehension of client operations, processes, and business objectives and utilize that knowledge on engagements.
• Evaluate and test business processes and controls and identify areas of risks.
• Perform general computer and application controls reviews including ERPs like SAP, Oracle Application, JD Edwards, MFG Pro, etc.
• Comply with requirements of ICAI Auditing Standards like AAS 29
• Data Analysis using CAATs tool like Excel, ACL, SQL etc
  
  
   

Education and Experience:

Essential:

Good knowledge about Risks and Controls in Business processes and IT General Controls with minimum

experience between 1 – 3 years in the relevant area.

Excellent communication skills as the job profile would require the candidate to be in a client facing role.

Academic Qualifications:

Bachelor degree in Engineering (BE) / Bachelor degree in Technology (B.Tech) / Chartered Accountant (CA) / MBA’s.

Desirable Experience:

• CISA / DISA / CISSP / CISM

Candidate Specifications (insert the relevant personal skills here):

Essential Skills:

• Strong analytical ability

• A thorough understanding of business process, accounts, emerging IT Trends

 • Ability to manage the field work and ability to work with cross functional team

 • Strong communication & writing skills

• A good understanding of Internal Control Process

• A good understanding of Sarbanes Oxely requirements

 • A good understanding of COBIT, BS 7799 Responsibility Framework

Desirable Skills:

• Communicate with Impact & Empathy

 • Develop Self & Others through Coaching

• Build & Sustain Relationships

 • Be Passionate about Client Service

• Be Curious: Learn, Share & Innovate • Lead & Contribute to Team Success

• Demonstrate Courage & Integrity

• Acquire and Apply Commercial & Technical Expertise

 • Manage Projects & Economics

 • Be Open Minded, Practical & Agile

CV sifting criteria (definitive criteria which a CV must have. This helps us to screen out irrelevant CVs):

The skills we look for in future employees (This is standard text that is incorporated into every job description.  You do not need to add any content into this field.  This is for your information only):

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework.

This focuses on five core attributes; whole leadership, business acumen, technical capabilities, global acumen and relationships. We use this framework to recruit, develop and assess our people, at all grades and all areas of our business, because we expect all of our people to be leaders.

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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