What are the responsibilities and job description for the IS Assurance Associate position at BDO?
BDO’s Core Purpose is Helping People Thrive Every Day. Our Core Values reflect how we manage our work, our relationships and ourselves. As an employee of the firm, you will live true to our Core Values of people first, being exceptional every day in every way, embracing change, feeling empowered through knowledge and choosing accountability. Our Core Values are the standards by which we conduct ourselves day in and day out, both internally and externally.
As an Information System Assurance (IS) Associate in our Assurance practice, you will begin to utilize your educational background as well as your organizational skills as you serve the firm's dynamic client base. You will assist in problem solving and fact-finding, working side-by-side with more experienced team members who can provide you with direction, coaching and learning opportunities. You will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of the IT environment during fieldwork by performing an IT general controls risk assessment in various areas including new hire and terminated user controls testing, user access controls testing, and program change controls testing.
As an Information System Assurance (IS) Associate in our Assurance practice, you will begin to utilize your educational background as well as your organizational skills as you serve the firm's dynamic client base. You will assist in problem solving and fact-finding, working side-by-side with more experienced team members who can provide you with direction, coaching and learning opportunities. You will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of the IT environment during fieldwork by performing an IT general controls risk assessment in various areas including new hire and terminated user controls testing, user access controls testing, and program change controls testing.
Qualifications
Education:
Experience:
License/Certifications:
Software:
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting, MIS / Information Technology or other relevant field required
Experience:
- Prior internship or work study experience of information systems and operational auditing experience beneficial
License/Certifications:
- Actively pursuing completion of CPA licensing
- Considering sitting for the CISA exam in the future
Software:
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
- Exposure to industry software such as PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, SAP, Lawson, Oracle Financials, Great Plains, Solomon IV and MAS/90-500 highly desired
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and basic research skills
- Solid organizational skills especially ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details
- Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
- Proven ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Basic knowledge of internal controls
- Ability to travel up to 50%
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