ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES/SKILLS
COMMUNICATION (WRITTEN AND VERBAL)
- Demonstrates the ability to effectively communicate with supervisors, co-workers, and auditee personnel, including communicating technical matters in a non-technical form.
- Demonstrate the ability to follow instructions and accept constructive feedback from supervisors.
- Conducts inquiries of auditee personnel to gain an understanding IT processes and controls and is able to clearly document that understanding.
- Exhibits self-confidence in interviews with clients.
_ _JOB KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Demonstrates appropriate attention to detail.
- Organizes audit documentation in a logical order that can be easily followed by supervisors and other members of the audit team.
- Organizes work flow to ensure meeting established time budgets and required deadlines, including the timely submission of completed audit documentation for supervisor review.
- Obtains relevant audit evidence and makes a preliminary evaluation of that evidence to reach logical conclusions.
- Obtains and documents an understanding of IT controls and procedures.
- Identifies, assesses, and documents risks that may prevent achievement of IT goals and objectives.
- Assesses IT control environments and IT procedures implemented by the auditee to maintain integrity of programs, processing, and data.
- Designs and performs tests of controls.
- Develops recommendations to strengthen the auditee’s IT internal control.
- Seeks supervisor guidance in applying judgment in a manner commensurate with experience.
- Maintains knowledge of governmental auditing standards and ISACA standards, commensurate with experience.
- Uses audit computer hardware and software proficiently.
- Uses a variety of data extraction, analysis, and reporting software, including a working knowledge of Structured Query Language and various CAATs.
- Researches applicable standards, criteria, and regulations.
- Acquires and maintains a basic working knowledge of governmental accounting to enable consideration of the IT risks that affect financial engagements and the potential impact of IT audit issues on financial audits.
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
- Accepts responsibility for actions.
- Adheres to LLA standards of conduct and protocols.
- Maintains a positive, constructive attitude and works well with others.
- Maintains confidentiality of client information.
- A first year staff, meets productivity level of 64%. Otherwise, meets productivity level of 75%.
- Remains flexible to changing work schedules and tasks, including working overtime when necessary and/or traveling out-of-town on assignments.
- Actively works to take and pass the CISA, CISSP, or CPA exam, as demonstrated by scheduling one or more exams or exam parts, if not already certified.