About the Role
Our national Audit Professional Practice Department (APPD) is looking for a detail-oriented Information Systems (IS) Auditor to join our Tech Risk Assurance (TRA) team. This role will undertake a full range of IS audit tasks including audit planning, testing, reviewing and reporting, supervision and development of staff, and management of monitoring engagement work-in-progress. The role will also work in the provision of services to clients in the areas of other assurance engagements.
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver a diverse portfolio of technology risk and assurance engagements, IT General Controls (ITGC), and broader IT audit assignments.
- Plan, manage and execute audits of IT general controls, application controls and automated business processes.
- Contribute to the continuous enhancement of the IS Audit practice through the development of training programs, methodologies, tools and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships by overseeing engagement planning, scoping, budgeting, resource management and delivery, while identifying opportunities to provide additional value and advisory support.
- Lead, mentor and develop high-performing teams by providing coaching, technical guidance and career development support to seniors, consultants and associates.
- Proactively identify, assess and address engagement risks, ensuring issues are escalated and managed effectively throughout the audit lifecycle.
- Deliver practical, commercially focused recommendations that help clients strengthen their control environments, manage risk and improve operational efficiency.
- Support business development initiatives by contributing to proposals, client presentations and market-facing activities that enhance the firm's technology risk and assurance capabilities.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in IT risk, information security and technology assurance, gained within a professional services, consulting, internal audit or public practice environment.
- Strong knowledge of audit standards, regulatory requirements and industry frameworks, including SOC 2, GS 007, IIA Standards, ISACA guidance, Open Banking, COBIT, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, NIST and other recognised risk and control frameworks.
- A genuine commitment to delivering exceptional client service, building trusted relationships and consistently achieving high-quality outcomes.
- Demonstrated understanding of enterprise technology environments, including the design, implementation and operation of key IT systems, infrastructure and business applications across complex organisations.
- Proven ability to lead engagements independently, manage competing priorities and take ownership of deliverables from planning through to completion.
- Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple engagements while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
- Commercially minded with the ability to identify opportunities to enhance client outcomes and contribute to practice growth.
Skills
- Information Systems (IS) audit
- Technology risk and assurance
- IT General Controls (ITGC)
- Audit planning
- Testing
- Reviewing
- Reporting
- Client relationship management
- Team leadership
- Mentoring
- Coaching
- Technical guidance
- Risk assessment
- Project management
- Organisational skills
- Communication of complex technology risks, control deficiencies and improvement opportunities
Location
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Professional certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, CISSP are highly desirable. Candidates actively pursuing these qualifications will also be viewed favourably.
Benefits
- Health and wellbeing benefits
- Social benefits
- Financial benefits
- Professional development benefits
- Fitness challenges
- Exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program
- Travel perks
- Retail discounts
- Employee referral rewards
- Study and professional development support
- Enhanced family support
- Cultural and religious leave
- Options to purchase additional leave
- Community initiatives via our BCaring program
- On the job training
- Formal development programs
About the Company
- BDO is a global professional services firm connected to local markets.
- Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.
- We inspire others, to go further.
- We create together, to reach higher.
- We build trust, to lead purposefully.
- We shape what matters, and that’s where you come in.
- Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.
- Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.
- Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.
- We are always looking ahead, thinking bigger, reaching further and always staying personal and human in everything we do.
- We’re by your side, backing you to explore ideas and new ways of working to shape the future you want to see.
Equal Opportunity
- We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
- BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruitment@bdo.com.au
