$55k - $105k/year Senior Technology Auditor At American Express

Your next career move starts here: Senior Technology Auditor! An immediate start is available for this Remote-based position. You'll leverage your skills in Technology auditing proficiency to succeed. This role is in the exciting Financial Transaction Processing sector. We offer a $55k - $105k per Year.

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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Technology Auditor who is passionate about our Chief Technology Office (CTO) and technology risk management portfolio. In this role, you will perform audits of technology processes, ITGCs, and technology risk management. This is an exceptional opportunity for you to showcase and further expand your audit skills, and knowledge!

About the Team

The CTO and technology risk management audit portfolio spans across information technology. Audit coverage includes auditing technology governance (e.g., application development, enterprise architecture) and first-line technology risk management. The audit team is heavily focused on utilizing a data driven auditing approach across the audit portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate as a key team member on audit projects to document processes under review, execute audit tests (including technology control tests) competently in accordance with policies and procedures
• Collaborate with audit teams to understand the data behind key processes, risk and controls to develop analytic control tests and analyze and interpret their results
• Proficient use of automated work papers, analytics and other department and company tools
• Perform root cause analysis on identified control gaps
• Validate that actions taken by management to address findings are appropriate and document the results
• Summarize and communicate results and recommendations to close identified control gaps
• Monitor a portfolio of audit analytics, assess analytic results, use the analytic data to tell the potential business story, and work with audit and business colleagues to validate that story
• Assist team leaders, senior managers, and managers in accomplishing audit objectives in a team environment
• Document or complete administrative planning, fieldwork tasks with a minimal level of input and supervision
• Maintain audit proficiency through ongoing professional development including data literacy skills
• Validate that actions taken by management to address findings are appropriate and document the results
• Assist team leaders in accomplishing audit objectives in a team environment

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant experience in IT Audit or in control testing
• Understanding of emerging technologies and its impact to control practices
• Demonstrated proficiency of technology auditing control disciplines
• Knowledge and experience in control theory and professional auditing practices
• Ability to identify problems and recommend solutions to complex control or technical issues
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver high quality, actionable feedback on variety of complex issues to management on control issues and potential solutions to close control gaps
• Effectively works independently within a team construct, while supporting teamwork and achievement of team objectives

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ Years experience in relevant fields such as IT Audit, cybersecurity, or risk management
• BA or BS in or equivalent in Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
• Professional Certification (CIA, CISA, CPA, or equivalent) expected to be obtained within 12 months of employment
• Experience testing /auditing IT General Controls (ITGCs), technology risk management, or CTO functions such as: enterprise architecture, technology resilience, employee digital workplace, API management, application development, and IT asset management
• Understanding of regulatory, accounting, and financial industry best practices relevant to the business, including technology and data implications
• Technical Cybersecurity certification (CISSP, CCSP, CEH, etc.)
• Understanding of cybersecurity risks and concepts
• Experience with technology control testing including automated processing, interface inputs, reports, application security, business continuity and third parties
• Aptitude for working with data, interpreting results, business intelligence and analytic best practices

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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