IT Audit - Senior Consultant

Job Description

This is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience and exposure to build a career within the Technology & Digital Team at Mazars.As a Senior Consultant within the national Technology & Digital Team and reporting directly to the Technology & Digital Manager or Senior Manager in London, you will be responsible for delivering IT risk based assurance work to a range of corporate, financialservices, and public sector clients. Client satisfaction is of paramount importance to us and you will need excellent communication and written skills, and an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.Role & Responsibilities

• Responsibility for executing day to day IT Assurance work and reviews on behalf of a number of clients in London and working with National practice including contributing to closing meetings with client management, and acting as a key point of contact forboth the Technology & Digital Manager, audit team and client, ensuring all are kept fully informed of any issues arising and the progress of the work;
• Working on a broad range of clients and sectors are included in the client portfolios in the including Financial Services, Large & Listed Corporates as well as Public Sector. You would be expected to contribute relevant skills and experience to the nationalpractice as the need arises.
• To deliver work to the highest technical standards including ensuring the work is conducted in line with Mazars Quality standards;
• Ensuring all work is undertaken to budget and meets client KPIs;
• To build and develop long term relationships with senior stakeholders across our client organisations as well as within Mazars itself;
• Build and develop strong working relationships with the client, ensuring any problems or requests are dealt with promptly;
• Maintain control and stability under pressure whilst recognising the deadline or urgency to be dealt with;
• Respond to the needs of the client and staff;
• Clearly understand the wider service line capabilities of Technology & Digital Team and the wider firm and how these may benefit your clients;
• Ensure that the services provided are genuinely appropriate for the client; and
• Identify and transform opportunities and prospects into new work.

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

• Experience in performing ITGC review for across a range of applications. Application such as SAP, Oracle, Agresso, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage will be desirable;
• Experience of conducting IT assurance within specific sectors or across sectors;
• Experience of delivering to a portfolio of clients;
• Experience of building and managing relationships;
• You will be working towards or be willing to study towards relevant professional qualification such as CISA;
• You will be graduate or post-graduate in technology or business studies including systems, or have adequate experience to compensate for the same;
• Have a sound technical understanding of IT risks and hot topics;
• Ability to think creatively, generate innovative ideas, challenge the status quo and deliver work effectively;
• Strong technical abilities in audit methodologies, combined with strong business acumen;
• Experience of identifying issues through sound technical analysis and application of commercial acumen in all situations;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills proven through report writing experience;
• Ability to express ideas with authority and conviction throughout verbal and written communication.
• Knowledge of operating systems such as Unix, Windows Server, and Linux and databases such as SQL, Oracle, DB2;
• Experience in implementation assistance, reviews, and project management office for ERP such as SAP, MS Dynamics will be a differentiator;
• Desire to help the department develop and grow;
• Desire to help develop new initiatives and methodologies;
• The Technology & Digital Team also delivers services such as Cyber, Data Privacy, Forensics, Data Analytics and IT Advisory. Therefore, experience of any of these service lines would be an advantage or an interest in developing your skills in these services.

Diversity & Inclusion at MazarsAt Mazars diversity and inclusion are central to our values. We recognise that being a diverse and inclusive organisation makes us stronger as a business.We seek to attract and recruit people who reflect the diverse nature of our clients and communities, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, faith or belief, social background, age and disability. Mazars selects candidatesbased on skills, qualifications and experience.We are open to having conversations about flexible working. Our client-facing professionals can often be required to travel regularly or may be based at client sites, but our approach to agile working can help achieve a lifestyle balance without compromisingon client service.We welcome applications from those returning to employment after a break from their careers.