Toronto Technology Audit & Advisory (Financial Services) Senior Consultant
$72,000–$108,000 year
On-siteToronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOn-siteFull Time$72,000–$108,000 yearSenior LevelLarge
Full TimeSenior LevelLarge
Job Summary
Conduct technology audits and advisory engagements for financial services clients, assessing cybersecurity, cloud assurance, project risk, and IT general controls. Identify areas of risk and efficiency opportunities while strengthening relationships with client personnel and professional associates. Mentor interns and consultants, facilitate project work plans, and prepare deliverables including process flows, audit reports, and control summaries. Apply methodologies such as COBIT, ISO 27001, and Sarbanes-Oxley to evaluate technology-related topics like AI, data governance, and enterprise applications. Translate complex technology issues to executives and leverage analytics tools to enhance audit productivity.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or business-related field)
- 2+ years working in internal audit, consulting, assurance services, risk and control programs, or related field, either in professional services or within the financial services industry
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access
- Proficiency in PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Python, and/or RPA Solutions a plus
- Professional certification such as CIA, CRMA, CISA, CISM, CISSP, or similar preferred
- Experience with or understanding of: IT audit methodologies and developing necessary audit deliverables, including process flows, work programs, audit reports, and control summaries
- Commonly used internal control frameworks, including COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS, ITIL, etc.
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions and methodologies for achieving compliance, in particular the technology implications and requirements
- Financial services industry regulations
- Exposure to and/or interest in: The latest trends and developments in data and technology, including high-growth topics of cybersecurity, cloud, data governance, privacy, analytics, enterprise applications (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics etc.), disaster recovery, systems development methodologies etc.
- Analytics and technology enablement (automation, AI/ML etc.)
- Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data
- Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network
- Ability to translate and communicate technology topics and audit issues to client personnel, including executives
- Supervisory experience of teams including mentoring, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate
- Experience performing documentation of findings and summarizing recommendations
- You are versed in leveraging AI to enhance personal productivity as well as internal audit and SOX activities, including planning, fieldwork and reporting
- You enjoy identifying areas of business and technology risk, and opportunities to improve efficiency, increase performance, and help clients better utilize all technologies
- You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to data and technology, including the latest trends and developments
- You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing clients with exceptional experiences
- You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership
- You contribute to a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members
- You create development opportunities for others and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities
- You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across the financial services industry
- All applicants applying for Canadian job openings need authorization to work in Canada for Protiviti without sponsorship now or in the future
- As part of Protiviti's employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check
Desired Qualifications
- Proficiency in PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Python, and/or RPA Solutions a plus
- Professional certification such as CIA, CRMA, CISA, CISM, CISSP, or similar preferred
- Exposure to and/or interest in: The latest trends and developments in data and technology, including high-growth topics of cybersecurity, cloud, data governance, privacy, analytics, enterprise applications (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics etc.), disaster recovery, systems development methodologies etc.
- Analytics and technology enablement (automation, AI/ML etc.)
- You are versed in leveraging AI to enhance personal productivity as well as internal audit and SOX activities, including planning, fieldwork and reporting
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