IT Audit Senior Associate - Digital Risk Services

IT Audit Senior Associate
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Charlotte, NC:
Chattanooga, TN:
Raleigh, NC:
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** WHO WE ARE
** Elliott Davis pairs forward-thinking tax, assurance and consulting services with industry-leading workplace culture. Our nine offices — located in the fastest growing cities in the US — are built on a foundation of inclusivity, collaboration, and collective growth. We work daily to provide exceptional service to our people, customers, and our communities. Audit and assurance services are provided by Elliott Davis, LLC (doing business in NC and D.C. as Elliott Davis, PLLC), a licensed CPA firm.

The IT Audit Senior Associate is responsible for executing and leading key components of IT audit, technology risk, and assurance engagements. This role works with clients and engagement teams to understand technology environments, identify and assess technology risks, evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls, and communicate findings and recommendations.  The Senior Associate will have hands-on responsibility for engagement planning and execution, including walkthroughs, IT general controls (ITGCs), automated and application controls, key reports, SOC reports, and other technology-dependent controls.

The role also supports the development of Associates through coaching and review while maintaining effective communication with client stakeholders and engagement leadership.  
** Key Responsibilities
**** IT Audit, Risk & Controls
*** Participate in the planning and execution of IT audit, technology risk, and assurance engagements, including IT General Controls (ITGCs), internal IT audits, SOX 404 support, SOC 1 and SOC 2 engagements, and other technology risk assessments.
* Develop an understanding of clients' business processes, technology environments, systems, infrastructure, and relevant technology risks and controls.
* Facilitate process and control walkthroughs with client stakeholders to understand, evaluate, and document technology processes and control environments.
* Identify technology risks and the controls designed to mitigate those risks, considering their impact on business processes and the financial reporting control environment, as applicable.
* Design and execute procedures to evaluate the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of technology controls.
* Test ITGCs across enterprise applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments, including relevant logical access, change management, and IT operations controls.
* Evaluate automated controls, application controls, key reports, interfaces, and other IT-dependent controls supporting business processes and audit objectives.
* Review and assess SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports for third-party service providers, including relevant control objectives, complementary user entity controls, exceptions, and their impact on the client's control environment.
* Support technology advisory and risk engagements associated with system implementations, technology initiatives, and significant process or system changes.
* Analyze audit evidence, identify control deficiencies and process improvement opportunities, and assess the potential impact of identified issues.
* Develop practical recommendations to strengthen controls, mitigate risks, improve processes, and enhance operational efficiency.
* Assist in developing remediation action plans, monitoring remediation efforts, and validating the resolution of identified control deficiencies.  
** Engagement Execution & Documentation
*** Prepare clear, accurate, and well-supported audit…