Senior Internal Auditor (46024)

Senior Internal Auditor

The Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) mission is simply stated : ERS offers competitive benefits to enhance the lives of its members. The Internal Audit team focuses on assurance, alignment, and insight to serve our members.

Seeking a Senior Internal Auditor to join the ERS Internal Audit team, a valued partner committed to providing insights that align with the agency's strategic goals and objectives. This role involves performing advanced internal audits to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of internal controls. Utilizing a risk-based approach, the Senior Internal Auditor will establish audit objectives and procedures while regularly presenting findings to ERS leadership, including the Board and Executive Office, at quarterly Audit Committee meetings. Success in this position requires strong knowledge of Auditing Standards, excellent verbal communication skills for clearly presenting findings, and proficient written communication skills for summarizing results in audit reports. Additionally, the Senior Internal Auditor will guide and mentor staff auditors, offering clear direction and support to help them develop their skills and achieve effective audit outcomes.

Key Responsibilities :

• Leads advanced internal audits to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of internal controls, ensuring alignment with agency goals and objectives. Conducts thorough assessments of program areas, gaining deep insight into their operations and ensuring they support the agency's mission.
• Performs work in accordance with internal and government auditing standards including documenting all audit work in audit management software.
• Applies a risk-based approach to determine audit objectives, procedures, and observations.
• Prepares and / or assists with audit reports, including the preparation of outlines, preparation of draft reports, review of drafts with process owners, preparation of final reports incorporating management comments as appropriate, and submission of final reports for review.
• Applies project management tools to plan and track audit milestones and budget hours, ensuring timely delivery of projects.
• Acts on and communicates suggestions to improve the Internal Audit function without direct assistance.
• Demonstrates problem resolution and decision making skills utilizing critical thinking and analysis. Uses critical thinking to solve problems and offer recommendations without needing close supervision.
• Determines the appropriate use of data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Access, ACL) to improve audit coverage and effectiveness of audit engagements. Leverages data analysis tools (Excel, Access, and Tableau) to provide deeper insights and enhance audit results.
• Attends work regularly in accordance with agency leave and attendance policies.
• Complies with all applicable agency policies and procedures, including safety and standards of conduct.

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Required Minimum Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Please note : All applications should contain complete job history entries, which includes job title, dates of employment, name of employer, supervisor's name and phone number, and a description of duties performed. If this information is not submitted, your application may be rejected because it is incomplete. Resumes do not take the place of this required information.

This is not a remote only position. This position may require access to privileged, confidential, or sensitive data. ERS will conduct either a TXDPS or FBI criminal history check on all new hires.