Internal Auditor

Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation's future. Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research. The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE.

BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University.

Internal Audit has an opportunity for an Auditor (Staff Auditor) performing financial, operational, compliance, and technology-related audits. The successful candidate independently performs assigned routine and complex audit activities to evaluate organizational risks, internal controls, and financial and operational processes. Internal Audit provides independent, objective assurance and consulting services designed to add value and improve operations. This role supports Brookhaven National Laboratory’s mission of discovery science and transformative technology that powers and secures the nation’s future by providing independent assurance and risk insights across enterprise-wide programs, systems, and operations.

The Auditor plans, organizes, and schedules assigned audit work, gathers and evaluates evidence, develops recommendations for process and control improvements, and prepares clear audit documentation and reports. The Auditor works independently within established audit objectives, procedures, and applicable professional standards, and consults with audit management on significant issues.

• Performs professional audit work individually or as part of a team, identifies organizational risks, and conducts assigned engagements in accordance with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Global Internal Audit Standards, applicable departmental policies and procedures, and other professional or regulatory requirements relevant to the engagement.
• Conducts assigned routine and complex, risk-based financial, operational, compliance, and technology-related audits; analyzes processes and assesses the design and operating effectiveness of relevant controls.
• Independently plans, organizes, and executes assigned audit engagements, including identifying key risks and controls, establishing audit objectives, developing audit procedures, determining appropriate testing methods, and completing work within established schedules.
• Applies relevant internal control frameworks, including COSO, and coordinates significant scope and methodology decisions with audit management.
• Reviews operational, business, and automated-system processes; gathers, analyzes, and verifies information from policies, procedures, reports, financial records, system data, and interviews; prepares accurate and complete work papers documenting audit procedures, testing, and evidence.
• Maintains the confidentiality, integrity, and appropriate safeguarding of audit records, sensitive information, and supporting documentation in accordance with Laboratory and departmental requirements.
• Independently performs audit testing, evaluates the sufficiency and reliability of evidence, assesses control design and operating effectiveness, identifies exceptions, analyzes potential underlying causes, and develops evidence-based conclusions and practical recommendations.
• Uses data analysis techniques where appropriate.
• Prepares clear, objective, and evidence-based findings, draft audit reports, and other communications documenting engagement objectives, relevant criteria, conditions identified,…