IT External Audit

2 weeks ago

London EC, Central London, United Kingdom Forvis Mazars Full time

Job Purpose

As a leader in our national IT external audit practice, you will be a responsible leader of our people, quality, and IT capability. Client satisfaction and working closely with our key financial audit practice is of paramount importance to us and you will need excellent communication skills, risk mindset, disciplined in timely delivery, stakeholder management, with a commitment to audit quality and our people.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Responsible for leading and oversight over a portfolio of external IT audit engagements focussed on specific sectors: Insurance, Banking, other Financial Services and Corporates sectors nationally;
  • Experienced leader in an IT controls based audit approach: IT General Controls, application controls and IPE testing;
  • Experience of ERP applications such as SAP or Oracle, and standard packages such as Agresso, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage;
  • Knowledge of operating systems such as Unix, windows server, and Linux and databases such as SQL, Oracle, DB2;
  • Experience in delivering audit analytics within projects will be added advantage;
  • Delivering work to the highest technical standards including ensuring the work is conducted in line with Forvis Mazars Quality standards;
  • Build and develop strong working relationships with the client, ensuring any problems or requests are dealt with promptly;
  • Build and develop long term relationships with senior stakeholders within Forvis Mazars;
  • Act as a role model - help to develop and mentor members of the IT External Audit team;
  • To have a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them;
  • Understand the wider service line capabilities of Technology & Digital Services and the wider firm and how these may benefit clients;
  • To contribute and be responsible for the management of a team and for managing their performance, training and development requirements;

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

  • Significant experience of providing IT assurance to clients across relevant sectors;
  • Significant experience of ERP applications such as SAP or Oracle;
  • You will possess a relevant professional qualification such as CISA / QiCA / ACCA / MIIA / CIPFA;
  • Have a sound technical understanding of IT risks and hot topics;
  • Experience of managing a portfolio of clients and a team of staff, including Managers;
  • Experience of developing junior staff and mentoring team members;
  • Experience of building and managing relationships with senior stakeholders;
  • Ability to think creatively, generate innovative ideas, challenge the status quo and deliver work effectively;
  • Strong technical abilities in audit methodologies, combined with strong business acumen;
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills proven through extensive report/proposal writing experience;
  • Desire to help grow and develop the department;
  • Ability to develop new initiatives and methodologies;
  • Experience of identifying issues through sound technical analysis and application of commercial acumen in all situations;
  • Ability to express ideas with authority and conviction throughout verbal and written communication.
  • The wider Technology & Digital team also delivers services such as Cyber, Data Privacy, Forensics, Data & Automation and IT Outsourcing. Therefore, experience of any of these service lines would be an advantage.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Forvis Mazars inclusion and diversity are central to our values. We recognise that being an inclusive and diverse organisation makes us stronger as a business.

We seek to attract and recruit people who reflect the diverse nature of our clients and communities, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, faith or belief, social background, age and disability. Forvis Mazars selects candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience.

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