Senior Auditor

About the role

Under the oversight of the Audit Committee and direction of the Chief Audit Executive (CAE), the Senior Auditor performs operational audits, other assurances, advisory, and special projects as needed. The Senior Auditor will lead audit engagements from planning through reporting, including coordinating audit activities, assigning work when appropriate, reviewing workpapers, and ensuring audit objectives are achieved. This is a hybrid role reporting to the Harrisburg, PA office.

Responsibilities

• Audit Planning – applies techniques required to determine the overall objective and scope of the audit; uses metrics such as prior audit results, ERM/MAR consideration, Business Objectives, Guidelines, Regulations, IT Audit Integration, External Audit Coordination, Walkthroughs, Risk assessments; uses data analytics (where possible) for broader coverage and risk assessment; ensures quality measures are performed such as planning and open meetings, engagement notices, CAE approvals.
• Audit Fieldwork – performs tests of controls, substantive testing, data mining, and analytics as planned; conducts audits of greater complexity and within sensitive areas of the Company; plans, organizes, and controls work so that audits meet planned objectives and are completed within time and budget per the work plan; adjusts audit scope and testing procedures as appropriate and properly documents all audit scope reductions and expansions; prepares well-organized work papers to support detailed audit testing, audit findings, and audit conclusions in accordance with professional standards; communicates audit results and critical issues to the CAE and management; as well as the progress of the audit to ensure that audits proceed timely, and according to audit objectives.
• Audit Completion – concludes and summarizes the results of the audit