Associate - IT Auditor - Investment Bank

IT Auditor - Associate

Career opportunity from top leading investment bank at Mumbai.

About Team: Application Technology (IT Audit)

- The role will reside within the Internal Audit's Technology team in Mumbai.

- The team covers application technology, infrastructure and cyber security audits.

- Technology Auditors focus on the application and system infrastructure controls that manage business risks and are responsible for understanding, analyzing, and testing the technology controls, including those over data accuracy, completeness and processing, systems development, application security and entitlements, production management and technology governance.

Primary Responsibilities :

- Work with the technology audit team, within Internal Audit, to manage/execute risk based audits

- Assess inherent business risks and assist in performing risk assessments at the business process level

- Test controls over applications and system infrastructure, including those over data accuracy, completeness and processing, systems development, change management, data security and entitlements, production management and technology governance

- Identify control gaps and open risks, raise insightful questions to identify root causes and business impact and draw the appropriate conclusions

- Work in close collaboration with colleagues located in overseas offices to support application technology audits. The candidate is expected to have excellent communication skills and ability to work as part of virtual teams

- Participate/lead strategic initiatives and projects to enhance our audit approach and coverage. Morgan Stanley is seeking a strong IT Audit candidate to cover the applications and system infrastructure supporting the Technology audit coverage in MS.

Knowledge :

- Understand audit scope, prepare audit planning documentation, and plan and conduct walkthroughs

- Understand the financial system and reporting requirements as applicable to key business processes in scope and associated risks, and identify the key technology risks and controls that are impacted.

Skills and Qualities :

- Masters'/ Bachelors' Degree (Computer Science or IT related preferred)

- CISA, CISSP or CPA certification (preferred, though not required)

- Two to three years of relevant experience in auditing technology controls, system interfaces, and data processing and security infrastructure, preferably with a good exposure to auditing front/middle/back office systems in Investment Banking companies

- Familiarity with COBIT, SOX, NIST and FFIEC

- Strong understanding of IT general controls

- Proven ability to manage and collaborate within teams, especially in a global team structure

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Proven ability to learn quickly and think critically

- Proven ability to work independently on multiple assignments, while meeting deadlines