Internal Audit Senior Consultant

Core Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate testing activities for assigned audit areas.
• Execute complex audit procedures including control design and operating effectiveness testing.
• Review audit workpapers prepared by junior team members.
• Validate supporting documentation and ensure testing evidence is sufficient and appropriate.
• Identify control weaknesses, process risks, and operational improvement opportunities.
• Prepare structured findings and support the development of audit observations.
• Support walkthrough discussions and documentation of key processes.
• Monitor progress of testing activities against engagement timelines and delivery milestones.
• Communicate issues, risks, or delays promptly to engagement leadership.

Capability Expectations
Audit Methodology & Technical Capability

• Strong understanding of internal audit methodologies, risk assessment principles, and control testing techniques.
• Ability to independently execute complex audit procedures and interpret results.

Quality Assurance

• Ensures audit documentation meets professional and methodological standards.
• Reviews workpapers for completeness, clarity, and supporting evidence.

Analytical Insight

• Connects testing results to underlying control effectiveness and risk exposure.
• Supports articulation of audit observations and improvement opportunities.

Communication & Distributed Team Collaboration

• Demonstrates strong written and spoken English communication skills suitable for professional services environments.
• Produces clear and concise documentation that enables efficient review by onshore engagement teams.
• Facilitates effective collaboration between offshore and onshore engagement team members.

Remote Delivery Discipline

• Coordinates testing workstreams within a distributed engagement delivery model.
• Maintains structured communication and status reporting to support engagement delivery across locations.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Risk, or related discipline.
• 3–5 years’ experience in internal audit, external audit, or risk advisory.
• Professional certification such as CIA, CPA, ACCA, or CISA preferred or in progress.
• Familiarity with common audit frameworks (e.g., COSO internal control frameworks).
• Experience with data analysis tools advantageous.
• Strong written and verbal English communication capability suitable for collaboration with international teams.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within global delivery or distributed engagement teams.
• Availability to work scheduled hours providing meaningful overlap with Irish business hours to support engagement collaboration.

Typical Engagement Contribution
IA Senior Consultants typically support engagements through:

• Ownership of defined audit workstreams
• Review and refinement of testing documentation
• Development of preliminary findings and issue articulation
• Coordination of testing across multiple process areas
• Supporting engagement managers in monitoring audit delivery