IT Internal Auditor
Carlsbad, CA 
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Posted 15 days ago
Job Description
About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.


What you'll do

As a IT Internal Auditor/Senior IT Internal Auditor, you will perform audit scheduling, walkthroughs, testing, remediation coordination and analysis, and monitoring of SOX compliance requirements. You will also assist with annual IT scoping and risk assessments. You will gain extensive experience in understanding how financial, operational, and information technology controls apply to our overall critical business functions. You have an understanding of both COSO and COBIT and can apply both frameworks within audits. You will coordinate with external auditors to understand the impact of new PCAOB requirements on internal and external auditor testing and reliance procedures. With your audit background, you will assist with identifying risk areas, developing audit plans, executing internal audits, and communicating findings and recommendations to the appropriate levels of management. With your strong IT knowledge, you will help with the development of new systems and tools to assess their overall security and develop methods for ensuring they are implemented with compliance in mind. You will also be able to assess complex IT and system processes to determine the best audit approach and testing strategy. Because you are a self-starter and a critical thinker, you will work with the audit team and business contacts to evaluate overall processes and manual controls and identify areas for improvement and efficiencies through automation.


The day-to-day

  • Perform audit scheduling, walkthroughs, testing, remediation coordination and analysis, and monitoring of SOX compliance requirements
  • Assist with annual IT scoping and risk assessments
  • Assess risk in terms of financial, operational, information technology controls, and create related audit plans and execute internal audits
  • Provide advisory feedback during the planning, development, implementation and/or conversion phases of ERP, reporting, and other financially-relevant systems
  • Share audit results and metrics, prepare written documentation/reports, and make recommendations as appropriate to varying levels of management across the organization
  • Maintain records of IT controls across the enterprise, and monitor and review changes to the design of controls, including the creation and maintenance of system topology diagrams, noting supported transactions and reports
  • Use an understanding of both COSO and COBIT to apply both frameworks within audits
  • Participate in providing internal training on the requirements of IT SOX compliance
  • Coordinate with IT management to monitor audit evidence availability and identify new or updated IT or system processes
  • Coordinate with external auditors to understand the impact of new PCAOB requirements on internal and external auditor testing and reliance procedures
  • Use strong IT knowledge to participate in systems development activities from compliance and audit readiness perspectives
  • Develops plans to correct inadequacies by corroboration with IT, business areas, and Finance
  • Works and interacts closely with other functions and business leaders throughout the company to provide creative value-added solutions to a variety of business issues
  • Work with business process owners to determine manual controls that can be made more efficient and/or accurate by automation
  • Assist in developing automated and continuous controls monitoring solutions across the enterprise

What you'll need

  • Experience as an IT auditor (or equivalent) with strong accounting/business process knowledge (or experience as a general auditor with strong and functional IT technical knowledge)
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar (or Bachelor's degree in accounting or business with a concentration/experience in computer science or similar).
  • 2+ years related audit experience
  • SOX IT audit experience
  • Experience auditing the implementation, conversion, and upgrade of financial systems
  • Ability to define, extract, and analyze data based on the fundamental understanding of process and control risk
  • This role may require auditing of US government contracts. US citizenship is required.
  • Ability to travel up to 10%

What will help you on the job

  • Publicly traded company or Big 4 public accounting firm experience
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • Audit experience with SAP and/or Oracle EBS, telecom back-office systems, and telecom billing systems
  • Hands-on functional and/or audit experience with SAP, Oracle ERP, JIRA, SharePoint, ServiceNow, SQL DB, RHEL, Linux/UNIX, Active Directory, Git, AWS (IAM/RDS), Python or similar tools including independent development of scripts or queries as necessary
  • Ability to review unfamiliar program code or query logic and develop an understanding of its functionality and its effectiveness in supporting the business needs
  • Ability to develop technical documents for non-technical audiences including ERDs, DFDs, Network Topology, or Business Process diagrams
  • Experience in auditing key financial reports, including identification and maintenance of record of a suite of reports; providing advisory feedback on management's baseline testing, change tracking, and governance of key reports; auditing management's baseline testing; and development of custom reports to be used in audits of key reports
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Solid ability to independently multitask, prioritize, and track developing projects

Salary range

$83,900.00 - $145,900.00 / annually



At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat's comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits.
EEO statement

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click .


Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.
If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please send an email to recruiting@viasat.com.

 

Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
2+ years
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