External Audit Consultant
Core
Support financial IT audits, technology compliance, and information security initiatives within a Federal Government environment.
Role type
Senior IC External Audit Consultant
Builds
Audit documentation, Risk Control Matrices, compliance reports, and remediation strategies for financial systems.
Domain
Federal Government / Financial IT / Regulatory Compliance
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
IT auditing, internal control assessment, SOX compliance, FISMA, Risk Control Matrices (RCM), Test of Design (TOD), Test of Operating Effectiveness (TOE), financial systems evaluation, cloud internal controls (SOC 1/SOC 2), GRC tools, vulnerability assessment, regulatory framework knowledge.
Preferred skills
CISSP, CISA, Workday, Coupa.
Technologies
GRC tools, Workday, Coupa, Cloud platforms.
Responsibilities
Evaluate and update technology compliance programs; advise management on regulatory compliance and internal controls; prepare for annual financial statement audits and SOX reviews; support FISMA assessments; evaluate financial applications and cloud service controls; lead financial IT audits and identify control gaps; develop and validate Risk Control Matrices; cross-reference SOX matrices against security standards; design and test internal controls; identify vulnerabilities and recommend remediation; implement GRC tools for automation; create audit and compliance reports; provide weekly status reports to the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
