Internal Audit Specialist

**4 Month contract with potential extension**.**
- **Attractive daily rate up to $801/day + Super + Super**:

- **Immediate Start | Strathfield**

Easy Authoring is seeking Internal Audit Specialist who is responsible for managing and delivering a program of IT audits and ensures regulatory and policy compliance

**Purpose of the role**:
Audit Specialist is responsible for managing and delivering a program of IT audits across and ensures regulatory and policy compliance and contributes to the operational effectiveness of business systems. This position drives consistent and integrated internal audit and assurance practices, as well as promoting a pro-active and positive assurance culture, in consultation with the Chief Audit Executive.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Perform, complete and coordinate assigned audits and monitoring activities in accordance with the approved internal audit plan to ensure compliance and quality assurance in all business processes, records, and practices.
- o identification and assessment of IT risks and controls to help mitigate those risks.
- o Acquisition/ implementation of IT systems
- o Execution of IT audits against leading practice IT frameworks and standards (e.g. CObIT, ITIL, ISO 27001)
- Conduct audits in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.
- Assist the Chief Audit Executive and Manager Internal Audit in the completion of the annual Internal Audit Plan and the overarching objective of embedding assurance and controls within business and IT processes, including the strategic and business planning processes, and promote the Internal Audit Unit’s frameworks.
- Monitor the compliance of audited areas and prepare reports covering findings and recommendations to record and measure compliance, and to facilitate informed decision making.
- Engage with and educate stakeholders and managers on risks, appropriate policies, legislation and overall process improvements, to ensure compliance and linkage to corporate strategies.
- Draft responses to enquiries from external regulatory bodies and staff on compliance issues to support dissemination of appropriate information to authorised parties
- Work with the Line Manager to develop and review meaningful performance management and development plans

**Key Requirements**:

- Managing uncertainty during significant transformation periods where changes in structures, processes, IT systems and regulations and policies governing operations become clouded or irrelevant.
- Managing the balance between stakeholder engagement and objectives with the need to review and monitor compliance and implement a rigorous audit program
- Working in an organization with disparate practices and functions, wide geographic reach, and differential understanding of risk and risk mitigation strategies.

**Essential Requirement**:

- Degree qualification in relevant discipline (information systems, computer science, risk management, business, or audit) or significant equivalent industry experience with a demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development. Preferable to be CISA, CISSP or CISM qualified.
- Detailed familiarity with system development life cycle (SDLC) projects, change management and other general IT controls.
- A structured approach to projects and documentation, and a demonstrated understanding of risk-based auditing methodologies.
- Ability to address and meet focus capabilities as stated in the Position Description.

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**Kiran Kumar **contact

**About Easy Authoring**:
Established in 2006, Easy Authoring helps job seekers find the right opportunity to match their skill set and aide career progression. We are the authorized suppliers to NSW, ACT, QLD and Federal government as well as multiple corporate organisations to provide contingent labour for various business functions including: ICT, Project Management, Change Management, Learning design along with a broad range of other business focused positions.