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Associate, Federal IT Advisory at KPMG

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Part Time

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Company: KPMG

  Auditing

Location: US-VA-McLean

  Finance (General)

Posted on: July 27, 2010

  Other

Experience Required: Less than 1 year

Education Required: Master's Degree

Travel Required: None

Approx. Annual Salary: Unspecified     

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KPMG’s Advisory Services Practice is a recognized leader in providing services crucial to the federal government’s continuous and secure operations. Our professionals assist agencies in managing financial, informational, and operational risks, as well as providing performance improvement recommendations to improve agencies’ efficiency. We are currently seeking a federal advisory IT Audit Associate/Senior Associate to join us in our Tyson's Corner, VA office.

Our IT Audit professionals help organizations enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of critical in-house governance, internal audit and regulatory compliance functions. By focusing on regulatory and compliance, help clients proactively comply with regulatory requirements as well as effectively secure and monitor systems and data to help improve the compliance functions. We help mitigate regulatory and compliance risks that could lead to losses from non-compliance, litigation, or regulatory sanctions and fines.

Responsibilities for both positions:
»  Plan and execute the day-to-day activities of IT audit engagements for a variety of Federal government clients including system development, package implementation and/or platform reviews
»  Evaluate the design and effectiveness of technology controls throughout the business cycle
»  Identify and communicate IT audit findings to senior management and clients
»  Help identify performance improvement opportunities for assigned clients
»  Work at client site five to six months of the year

Additional Responsibilities for Senior Associate:
»  Lead one to two Associates for a six month period to execute a FISMA audit plan and associated technical review of Windows and Solaris servers
»  Review Associates’ workpapers and provide coaching as needed
»  Supervise and provide performance management for IT audit staff working on assigned engagements

Qualifications for both positions:
»  Two years of experience in IT or Information security
»  Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Accounting, or a related discipline from an accredited college/university
»  CISA preferred
»  Strong leadership and communication skills, technical knowledge, and the ability to write at a "publication" quality level in order to communicate findings and recommendations to the client’s senior management team
»  Ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance within a reasonable amount of time

Additional Qualifications for Senior Associate:
»  Demonstrated understanding of the Federal security standards from NIST (SP 800-53)
»  Three years relevant work experience in any of the following areas: internal or external IT audit, risk assessment, business process reengineering, ERP packages such as SAP, Oracle Financials, Hyperion, Cognos
»  Experience managing small to moderate sized IT-related projects and IT security evaluations including leading projects such as Certification and Accreditation (NIST C&A or DIACAP)

KPMG offers and supports flexible work arrangements as well as part-time schedules. We also offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

Interested? We strongly encourage you to apply online at www.kpmgcareers.com and search for requisition 22024.

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