About the Role
The Manager, Internal Audit IT is responsible for leading, planning, and executing IT controls testing and data analytics. This position contributes to the Internal Audit Division’s Audit Plan through various assurance engagements and partners with IT, Finance, and Business groups to identify risks and recommend operational control improvements.
Responsibilities
- Independently lead and complete end-to-end IT audits, including review and execution of detailed audit working papers for IT controls testing.
- Ensure audit work is of the highest quality and consistent with established standards, within prescribed time, budget, and scope parameters.
- Work with client management to develop action plans to address the root cause of issues.
- Ensure recommendations are practical and adopted to mitigate risk and exposure.
- Gather, clean, and analyze large datasets from various sources and prepare visualizations to support audit engagements.
- Identify evidence-based insights and trends and make relevant recommendations.
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of various data sources and supporting technologies across the organization, in addition to industry best practices for data management.
- Verify that internal controls are efficient and effective to mitigate business risks, assets are adequately protected, and financial and management information is accurate, reliable, and timely.
- Support the Director, IT Internal Audit in planning, scoping, and risk assessments during audit planning.
- Assist the Director, IT Internal Audit to resolve complex issues with management and reach agreement on appropriate solutions.
- Educate process owners on the importance of controls, effective control environments, and the role of Internal Audits.
- Ensure that audit reports are issued timely and align with the Internal Audit methodology and the Institute of Internal Audit Standards.
- Ensure the timely follow-up, monitoring, and accurate reporting of management remediation efforts of audit observations.
- Utilize technology to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the audit process.
- Maintain a sufficient and current understanding of the organization and its underlying risks.
- Support the audit team in achieving individual, divisional, and team goals.
- Assist the Director, IT Internal Audit in planning, developing, and implementing special projects.
- Work with stakeholders to build, design, digitalize, and automate IT and operational controls.
- Support the development and maintenance of internal dashboards using Power BI.
Requirements
- Proficient in all aspects of the internal audit cycle with a minimum of 8 years executing and leading relevant internal audit engagements on IT and non-IT areas.
- Proven ability to collaborate, partner, initiate, and maintain cross-departmental and intra-divisional relationships.
- Excellent effective time management and organizational skills to meet tight deadlines as well as the flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical, negotiating, and reasoning skills required.
- Self-starter, high level of initiative and professionalism.
Skills
- Expert knowledge on best practices for internal controls with a strong understanding of information system risks and ITGCs and end user computing (EUC) controls.
- Knowledge of SQL, Python, PowerBI, Tableau, or similar tools in performing data analytics, visualization, and reporting are considered an asset.
- Strong technical audit and financial skills with a comprehensive understanding of Internal Auditing Standards, GAAP, C-SOX, COSO.
- Excellent understanding of business processes.
- Knowledge of Capital and Private Markets, Investment, or related risk management, compliance, operations functions would be an asset.
- Experience with technical IT control testing, including IT infrastructure and cybersecurity would be an asset.
Location
- Toronto
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of 8 years executing and leading relevant internal audit engagements on IT and non-IT areas.
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree with emphasis in accounting, finance or a related business field is required.
- A CPA and a Certified Information Systems Audit Designation (CISA) is required.
Salary/Compensations
- $86,000 - $131,000 CAD
Benefits
- Competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees.
- Coverage supporting team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year).
- Parental leave top-up.
- Health spending account.
- Optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%.
- Yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars.
- Membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan.
About the Company
- Founded in 1960 by the Ontario Hospital Association, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is one of Canada’s strongest and most stable defined benefit pension plans.
- For over 65 years, HOOPP has delivered on its pension promise to Ontario’s healthcare workers, now serving more than 504,000 members and 870 employers across the province.
- With offices in Toronto and London, HOOPP manages a global, diversified multi-asset portfolio.
- One of Canada’s Maple 8 pension plans, HOOPP oversees $132 billion in assets and remains fully funded, supported by strong risk-adjusted returns, stable contribution rates for more than 20 years and independent governance.
- Our strength is powered by our people who bring HOOPP’s mission, vision and values to life and play a crucial role in helping us succeed.
- We are a purpose-driven organization committed to building an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace where different perspectives drive better outcomes.
- We look for talented, forward-thinking individuals who want their work to have real impact on the lives of others.
- We believe an equitable, diverse and inclusive (EDI) workplace is integral to cultivating a positive culture.
- We integrate fair and inclusive practices into our programs and processes, creating equal opportunity and establishing a consistent employee experience across our organization.
Equal Opportunity
- If you need accommodation at any point in our recruitment process, please advise your recruiter or email us at HRinbox@hoopp.com and we will be happy to consult with you so that arrangements can be made for reasonable accommodation.
