Oversees the day-to-day operations and guidance for the workgroup. Sets work priorities and monitors progress.
Distributes and balances workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization to include coordinating assignments and audit activities of others such as planning, reviewing and monitoring of work and project budgets for adherence with deadlines.
Estimates and reports on expected time of completion of work, maintains records of work accomplished and time expended and prepares reports to include the preparation of audit reports, preparation of outlines, specification of internal reviews, preparation of draft reports, reviews of the drafts with clients, preparation of the final reports incorporating auditees\' comments as appropriate and submission of the final reports for review.
Provides input on team member performance for evaluation purposes and salary actions.
Coordinates and maintains a system of quality control to ensure compliance with applicable auditing standards and external peer review.
Plans and conducts highly complex audits.
Examines the management operations, internal control systems and accounting records for adequacy.
Recommends and advises management regarding changes in business processes and accounting and management procedures.
Obtains and documents an understanding of business requirements related to risks and relevant control measures.
Assesses compliance by testing whether the stated controls are working as prescribed, consistently and continuously.
Determines the correct scope of audits related to business processes, the platforms and information systems supporting the business processes, the IT roles and responsibilities and associated business risks and strategic choices.
Reviews and assesses the effectiveness, efficiency, confidentiality, integrity, availability, compliance and reliability of information systems and the data therein.
Utilizes computer-assisted audit techniques to conduct audits and to assist other staff members with their audits.
Prepares and follows audit programs to ensure audit objectives are met and risk areas are covered.
Performs follow-up audits on recommendations from prior audit reports.
Prepares flowcharts of operations on an as-needed basis.
Ensures that working papers contain adequate evidence to support conclusions and adhere to standards.