Audit & Assurance | IT Specialist
When you work for us, you commit to a career at one of the largest and most prestigious professional services firms in the world. Looking for a rewarding career? Take a closer look at Deloitte & Touche ME. You'll understand that Deloitte is a Tier 1 Tax advisor in the GCC region since 2010 (according to the International Tax Review World Tax Rankings). It has received numerous awards in the last few years which include Best Employer in the Middle East, best consulting firm, and the Middle East Training & Development Excellence Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
A career in Audit at Deloitte & Touche Middle East is a key link in the financial reporting chain, putting you in the position of trusted advisor to businesses across the region. Your people skills will be required for the latter, while your analytical mind will be another integral requirement for success. You will need the flexibility to implement our international audit approach while bringing to the fore your understanding of the complexities and unique circumstances of our clients and the business landscape across our diverse region. All this while adhering to the highest standards of independence, professional objectivity and technical excellence.
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- Lead the way
- Serve with integrity
- Take care of each other
- Foster inclusion
- Collaborate for measurable impact
Your role as an Assistant Manager in IT Audit, will perform a variety of assurance and testing work for a portfolio of diversified clients in different industries. In addition, to support the current IT Audit Manager in charge in managing the team and delivery of clients’ engagement. Given the many opportunities to work with different engagement teams and managers, you learn to collaborate very fast. As you progress, we train and assign you to different aspects of the engagement. During your tenure as an Assistant Manager in IT Audit, you will demonstrate and develop your capabilities in the following areas:
- Working on IT audit and assurance projects, producing deliverables with regard to Information Technology audit, controls reviews, and data analytics.
- Identifying and incorporating opportunities to innovate the audit approach through use of tools and analytics.
- Assisting in selling audit and assurance services directly to clients.
- Training and supervising junior team members
- Providing periodic reporting to management.
- Contribute to engagement planning by perform business process understanding along with financial audit and assurance teams to identify scope for IT Audit procedures such as test of automated control, data analysis and other audit procedures to address financial audit risks.
- Prepare and communicate IT Audit Plan, budget and timelines to the IT Audit Manager.
- Supervise fieldwork and audit procedures such as IT risk assessment, test of automated / application controls, test of general IT Controls, interface controls and test of system-generated reports, risk mitigation procedures and reporting preparation.
- Communicate engagement issues and findings to senior management and client personnel
- Contribution to a strong client relationship through interactions with client personnel.
- Ensuring quality in delivering of client service
- Follow Deloitte policies and relevant professional standards in performance of procedures
- Manage a portfolio of multiple concurrent engagements within multiple industries, while delivering exceptional client service according to firm standards.
- Report directly to senior managers and partners the status of engagements.
- Interfacing with clients' management and personnel and managing client relationships and expectations.
- Supporting in cyber security assessments, information security assessments, business continuity reviews, and other hot topics for our clients.
Leadership capabilities:
- Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact.
- Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent
- Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track
- Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills
- Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science, Business Computer or Management Information Systems.
- CISA or other relevant certification is a plus
- Strong background in auditing techniques and/or computer control environments.
- Ability to plan and manage fieldwork along with ensuring deliverables meet work plan specifications and deadlines.
- Experience in Big 4 IT audit experience.
- Good knowledge of IT controls within common large scale ERP (Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics etc.)
- Experience in testing general IT controls of applications, operating systems, and databases; testing of system generated reports is a plus.