Senior Associate, IT Internal Audit
Ares Management Corporation
Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
Over the last 20 years, Ares' success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry. Job Description DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Skills & Experiences As the third line of defense, Internal Audit's mission is to independently assess the firm's overall control environment, including the firm's governance processes and controls, and risk management and compliance frameworks. - Communicates and reports on the effectiveness of the firm's governance, risk management and controls that mitigate current and evolving risk.
- Raise awareness of control risk.
- Monitors management's implementation of control measures.
- Ensure application security controls and processes are implemented to support business processes and financial information.
- Manages performance of IT audit engagements, reviews workpapers and audit reports;
- Lead the design and development of IT risk assessments, data analytics analysis, annual audit plans, IT audit programs, IT testing approaches, IT work papers, IT internal audit reports, IT compliance and other deliverables based on the specific engagement requirements
- Schedule and plan IT audits; initiates project planning, assess risk, develops audit direction and ensuring high value recommendations are provided to relevant process owners.
- Identify weaknesses in an application, database, operating system, network, infrastructure or IT processes
- Maintain adequate and up to date technical knowledge in such areas as IT general controls, accounting, business process controls, information technology, Cybersecurity, and other areas as required.
- Assist with coordination of Sarbanes Oxley Design Assessment process for the in-scope IT applications/processes.
- Consults and advises on various operation issues relate to information technology
- Identify opportunities for increasing operational efficiencies and strengthening business process controls.
- Coordinate with Business Process Controls team in performing compliance activities to ensure alignment with company methodology.
- 6 to 10 years of IT Audit experience in the Financial Services Industry with an emphasis in the Investment Management industry
- Solid knowledge of IT – Infrastructure, Applications, IT Governance, IT SOX, etc.
- Experience with data analytics and comfortable with manipulating large data sets.
- Ability to carry out audit execution and work on multiple audit assignments/ while meeting deadlines
- Knowledge of auditing principles, auditing standards, IIA standards
- Enthusiastic/ self-motivated/ strong interest in learning/ effective under pressure and willing to take personal responsibility/accountability.
- CISA/ CISSP certification is a plus
Reporting Relationships Head of Internal Audit
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