IT Audit Readiness Senior Analyst

Job Description

Kearney & Company is seeking an IT Audit Readiness Senior Analyst to join our team. This position will be responsible for supporting our clients as they modernize their IT systems to ensure compliance with federal IT audit and cyber security standards. They will also support overall client IT audit readiness over IT General and automated applications controls.

The senior will perform the following additional responsibilities:

• Analyze auditor or assessor requests, identify appropriate documentation in coordination with control owners, and review response for appropriateness and compliance
• Organize, monitor, and follow up on audit requests to provide timely responses
• Communicate delays and risks with management
• Perform review of Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) to determine sufficiency to remediate findings
• Perform independent verification and validation (IV&V) of audit finding remediation and clearly document results for management review
• Organize, monitor, and follow up on delayed audit finding remediation
• Support the development of detailed, time-phased modernization plans with actionable steps, key milestones, and measurable performance indicators.
• Analyze opportunities to implement automation across the audit controls associated with business processes
• Support automating data pipelines and integration frameworks while maintaining data governance, accuracy, integrity, and auditability.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Minimum 3.5 years of experience performing external IT security assessments, audit liaison support for external IT security assessments, or ISSO support roles
• At least one year of federal government experience
• Professional communication skills and clear business writing
• Ability to work at Alexandria, VA head quarters at least two times per week
• Must have an active Interim Secret Clearance (or higher, such as Secret, Top Secret or TS/SCI) to be considered for this role (requires U.S. citizenship)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with OMB A-123, OIG FISCAM, OIG FISMA
• ERP or logistics application modernization
• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM experience highly preferred
• Oracle Fusion ERP or Oracle E-Business Suite experience preferred
• Professional certification highly preferred: CISA, Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications SCM Process Essentials
• Professional certification preferred: Security+, CDFM

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Overview

Exclusively focused on the Government, Kearney & Company provides financial services, including auditing, consulting, and technology services. Our commitment to our employees and clients as well as to dedication and trust, critical values to our Firm, have led to Kearney's recognition as one of the leading accounting firms in the country. Based on our employees' feedback, we are also consistently rated a Best Place to Work. Employment at Kearney means a flexible, collaborative, and open-minded work environment. We hope it is your "first easy decision." Learn more at

The expected salary range for this position is between $69,000 and $105,000. This range is representative of base pay only and does not include straight time pay for hours worked over 40 per week, company contributions towards paid benefits, and/or bonuses. Actual compensation (meeting or exceeding the range) will be determined based on specific experience, education, work location, clearance level, and other factors permitted by law. This position is eligible for bonuses (when applicable).

We also offer a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan and 529 Education Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity Insurances
• Legal Insurance and Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program, fitness and wellness benefits, and other firm benefits.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time

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EEO Notice

Work location is subject to change based on client requirements.


Kearney & Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, genetic information, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth, any medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association to a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulation. Click here for more information on Kearney's EEO Policy.

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