IT Auditor
Requirements:

• 5+ years as BA/IT auditor on technical projects ideally in financial services or banking industry
• Experience w/ ICFR/SOC 1 
• Bachelors degree required

Summary:
The Internal Controls Analyst will support the automation of key ICFR and SOC 1 controls and audit requests to enhance the control environment and perform controls more efficiently. They will obtain an understanding of current manual controls and options for automation through interviews, document analysis, workflow analysis and use cases.
The Analyst will be responsible for developing a process for managing and prioritizing automation requests as they will serve as the liaison between the Controls team, the business, and IT.
Could partner with the Automation Center of Excellence to ensure that ICFR and SOC 1 considerations are properly considered as controls and processes are automated.
The Internal Controls Analyst will also support on exception reporting and issue resolution using their research skills and knowledge of key ICFR and SOC 1 controls.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential functions include, but are not limited to:
1. Validates requirements and assures that outcomes are aligned with the CoBank Platform’s business goals and business requirements.
2. Defines and develops business process workflow diagrams and data flow diagrams to identify, supplement and clarify business opportunities and the underlying business requirements.
3. Meets with stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify, define, and document business and functional requirements.
4. Understands the importance of non-functional requirements which can include system quality attributes, such as usability, security, reliability, performance, availability, and scalability.
5. Communicates regularly with key stakeholders, subject matter experts and the project team to ensure alignment, understand progress against deliverables, and identify issues and solutions as needed.
6. Assists in designing and developing new solution test plans and test scripts. 7. Researches and resolves data discrepancies.

Basic Qualifications:
1. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting Business, Information Technology or other relevant discipline
2. 5+ years in a business analyst or technology related role
3. ICFR/SOC 1 and audit experience preferred

Other Qualifications:
1. Strong interpersonal and consultative skills – seeks understanding, excellent listener
2. Natural ability to liaise between business groups and third parties/vendors
3. Analytical problem-solving capabilities – decision maker, assertive, seeks to understand the win-win, orientation towards problem solving and root cause analysis
4. Expert requirements elicitation skills – seeks root cause and a thorough evaluation of the problem
5. Orientation towards solutions and the identification and creation of business value opportunities
6. Proven experience with the Microsoft toolset including Visio and Project along with other tools relevant to assessment/analysis
7. Self-starter/learner - ability to adapt to fluid situations and manage through complexity
8. Optimizes work processes through an ongoing growth in understanding of business requirements, processes, and software
9. Detail-oriented and able to deliver at an elevated level of accuracy