Audit Associate, IT Audit

Institutional clients include pension funds, endowments and insurance companies. Regulatory oversight is constant, and the compliance department is one of the largest in the company.

The position:

Travel is about 20%, mostly to plants and regional offices. Thistleworth is a public company subject to SOX 404. A large share of the annual audit plan is SOX testing. This is a hybrid role. Most of the team is in the San Jose office Tuesday to Thursday.

In this role you will:

• Write clear findings with root cause and practical recommendations.
• Maintain workpapers in AuditBoard or TeamMate.
• Test IT general controls with the IT audit team (access, change management, backups)
• Plan audit fieldwork, including scope, sample sizes and timelines.
• Document process narratives, flowcharts and risk and control matrices.
• Review expense reports, purchasing card activity and vendor setups for fraud risk.
• Travel to plants and offices for on-site fieldwork.
• Present audit results to department leaders.

What you need:

• 1+ years of internal or external audit experience.
• Clear writer who can explain an issue in a few sentences.
• Able to travel up to 25%.
• Comfortable challenging managers respectfully.
• Experience testing financial and operational controls.
• Working knowledge of SOX 404 and the COSO framework.
• Strong Excel skills; data analytics tools a plus.

Preferred qualifications:

• Spanish for audits at Latin American sites.
• IT general controls testing experience.
• CPA, CIA or CISA.
• ACL, IDEA or Alteryx for data analytics.

Rate: $70,000 - $91,000/year

What you get:

• Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution.
• 401(k) with 4% match.
• Paid time off.
• Hybrid work.
• Free parking.
• Life insurance.
• Flexible spending account.

Thistleworth is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Thistleworth.