IT Audit Director

Roles: 23 IT Cybersecurity Audit Director
Start Date: ASAP (Fulltime)
Contract Duration: 612 months
Location: Remote

The IT Audit Director leads the planning execution and oversight of the consolidated annual audit plan including riskbased assurance and advisory engagements driving quality of audit work for designated Information Technology and Cybersecurity related topics. Functional responsibilities include:

1 Audit Planning and Scoping: Leading the planning and scoping of IT audits ensuring thorough coverage of critical and high risks to associated auditable entities. and emerging risks. Ensure that riskbased audit approach is taken.
2 Audit Execution Oversight: Directing audit teams in conducting detailed assessments of IT systems controls and processes to identify control gaps vulnerabilities and areas for improvement.
3 Audit Meeting Attendance: Participate in management facing meetings throughout the preplanning planning fieldwork and reporting phases of the audit. Provide oversite of the throughout the audit.
4 Audit Execution Quality Assurance: Review workpapers to ensure that workpapers meet USAA Audit Operations Manual (AOM) quality standards. Provide review notes and drive quality of audit work.
5 Budget and Resource Management: Managing audit budgets allocating resources effectively and optimizing resource utilization across audit engagements. Escalate when budgets or resources are insufficient to meet deadlines.
6 Provide Uptodate Industry and Technology Perspective: Add technology / cybersecurity insights and advise throughout each audit engagement. Challenge understanding to drive for meaningful audit results.

The Following Audit and Strategic Execution are related to the IT Audit Director Role.

Audit Execution:

Provides oversight to multiple audit engagements engagement planning fieldwork and reporting.
Accountable for timely delivery and quality execution of audit plan/reports issue validation driving continuous monitoring activities and ensuring appropriate risks are covered for assigned areas of responsibility.
Accountable for quality and providing technical engagement oversight and approval of engagement risk assessment and audit scope.
Provides effective challenge and approval of audit engagement scoping planning fieldwork and reporting.
Provides insight in reviewing audit issues and identified root cause.
Ensure effective communication of audit opinions via efficient audit report writing.

Strategic Execution:

Maintains knowledge of financial services regulations and effectively responds and interacts with regulators.
Recognizes and communicates impact of related issues MRIAs MRAs and Enterprise issues on audit engagements and risk profile.
Proactively identifies potential process concerns and followsup to resolve issues with Audit Leadership
Responsible for reviewing results of the annual risk assessment and providing input into the creation of the risk profile.
Updates universe risk assessment information with current and applicable research industry feedback and audit results
Reviews audit universe for completeness for area of responsibility
Responsible for providing oversight of issue severity and impact to business processes and the control environment.
Escalates broad and systemic themes to Audit and business leaders.
Effectively challenges business management to adopt appropriate policies and procedures and effective controls designed to mitigate risks.