Senior Auditor

Location: New York

Savantage Solutions is seeking a highly analytical Senior Auditor to support a Government Agency's Audit Response, Remediation, and Sustainment (ARRS) and Risk Management and Internal Control (RMIC) programs. In this role, you will serve as the primary Senior Auditor, leading and coordinating the full lifecycle of audit response, remediation, and sustainment activities. This is not a traditional "heads-down" technical auditing role.

While you will provide extensive auditing expertise, success in this position requires proactive, hands-on leadership to manage multiple concurrent initiatives, drive collaboration, and build consensus among diverse stakeholders across the organization. The ideal candidate will effectively align business and operational teams to achieve audit readiness objectives, strengthen internal controls, and support sustained compliance with federal requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Audit Leadership, Response & Sustainment Cross-Functional Leadership:
Steer the program, actively guiding stakeholder groups, prioritizing high-impact initiatives, and navigating complex organizational dynamics to keep teams focused and on schedule. Audit and Financial Management SME:
Serve as a primary subject matter expert, providing specialized knowledge across end-to-end business processes (e.g., accounts payable, funds balance with treasury) to guide audit response and remediation efforts. Control Testing & Population Validation:
Design and execute internal control testing plans and procedures to assess design and operating effectiveness. This includes directly validating the completeness and accuracy of control populations and samples used for testing. Remediation & CAP Management:
Draft Notice of Findings and Recommendations (NFRs) for internal control and validation testing, and partner closely with process owners to drive the execution of robust Corrective Action Plans (CAPs). Sustainment Validation:
Conduct validation testing on completed CAPs designed to remediate Independent Public Auditor (IPA) findings or internal control testing exceptions, ensuring the long-term sustainment of compliant processes. Stakeholder Coordination & Compliance Support Stakeholder Alignment:
Monitor audit findings and actively collaborate with process owners across multiple departments to ensure timely, synchronized responses and resolutions. Risk Mitigation:
Conduct thorough assessments of potential risks within functional areas and recommend actionable improvements and risk mitigation strategies. Service Provider Agreements:
Draft audit-related Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs) and Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with service providers, integrating Complementary User Entity Controls (CUECs) roles and responsibilities. Process Governance:
Draft, update, and review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process narratives, and process flows relevant to specific business functions and audit processes. PBC Coordination:
Facilitate and streamline the collection and review of key documents from stakeholders required to address IPA, as requested by the Client (PBC). Data Analytics, Excel Modeling & Reporting Advanced Excel & Analytics:
Utilize expert-level Excel and data analytics capabilities to identify data anomalies, analyze trends, parse complex financial or audit data, and generate random samples. Performance Dashboards:
Design and present project dashboards, utilizing graphs and charts to visually represent audit results and response metrics over time. Executive Briefings:
Transform analytical findings into high-level presentations, decision briefs, and status updates/briefings to inform leadership decisions. Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities:
DoW Financial

Experience:

7+ years of Federal experience in Auditing, Financial Management, Risk Management, or a related field, specifically within the Department of War (DoW) environment. Must possess a strong understanding of DoW accounting procedures, fiscal law, and familiarity with the DoW Financial Management Regulation (FMR). Technical Mastery:
Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analytics, modeling, and dashboard creation.

Education:

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