Assurance Associate, Technology Risk Assurance - Summer 2026 (San Diego)

Job Description:

Job Summary:
As an Assurance Associate, Technology Risk Assurance, you will begin to utilize your educational background as well as your organizational skills as you serve the firm's dynamic client base. You will assist in problem solving and fact-finding, working side-by-side with more experienced team members who can provide you with direction, coaching and learning opportunities. You will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of the IT environment during fieldwork by interviewing various client personnel and performing an IT general controls risk assessment in various areas including, but not limited to new hire and terminated user controls testing, user access controls testing, and program change controls testing. Further, you will have an opportunity to work within engagement teams to develop recommendations that will help clients improve their controls environments and help develop audit strategies to respond to controls findings you discover.
Job Duties:
* Assists in performing audit engagements, including risk assessments of various companies' IT environments, consisting of - but not limited to - access administration, program change management, operations, and logical access security
* Provides input to management leaders on suggestions to improve client internal controls and procedures
* Maintains relationships with and speaks to key client personnel to obtain an understanding of IT and business operations, processes, and functions
* Assists the core financial audit team in identifying controls issues, analyzing the potential impacts of those issues on the respective audits, and developing compensating controls and substantive audit strategies to be carried out among the team
* Document work completed by preparing workpapers
* Assist engagement teams in applying tools and data analytics to enhance effectiveness and efficiency in audits
* Other duties as required
Supervisory Responsibilities:
* Opportunities are available to train and mentor interns and incoming associates after your first year as an Associate
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:
* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Information Systems, or Information Technology, required
Experience:
* Prior internship or work study experience of information systems and operational auditing experience, preferred
License/Certifications:
* Actively pursuing (or committed to) completion of one of more of the following certification exams: CISA, CISSP, CPA, CITP, CIA, or other relevant certification, required
Software:
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, preferred
* Exposure to various industry ERP applications, highly preferred
Language:
* N/A
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Strong analytical and basic research skills
* Solid organizational skills especially ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details
* Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
* Proven ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
* Basic knowledge of internal controls
* Ability to travel as necessary

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

California Range: $85,000 - $90,000
Colorado Range: $73,000 - $77,000
Illinois Range: $78,000 - $82,000
Maryland Range: $83,000 - $87,000
Massachusetts Range: $83,000 - $87,000
Minnesota Range: $70,000 - $74,000
New Jersey Range: $78,000 - $82,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $83,000 - $87,000
Ohio Range: $71,000 - $75,000
Washington Range: $78,000 - $80,000
Washington DC Range: $83,000 - $87,000