Lead Technology Auditor

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Job Function:

Finance

Job Sub Function:

Internal Audit

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Global Audit & Assurance (GAA) organization is seeking a Lead Technology Auditor! The preferred location for this position is New Brunswick, NJ.

Global Audit & Assurance’s primary mission is to provide independent, objective assurance and advisory services to assist management in maintaining compliance with government and industry regulations, mitigating risk, and achieving operational excellence. To this end, the Technology Audit function conducts Risk Based Reviews of information resources across the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies to evaluate internal controls' adequacy and develop recommendations for improvement. Information resources include business-critical applications such as SAP, JD Edwards, and Business Planning and Control Systems, as well as the related technology infrastructure, data, facilities, organizations, privacy, cybersecurity, and business processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of auditors during audit engagements providing guidance, delegation, and feedback
• Provide leadership and coaching to a subordinate staff of Technology audit professionals and Global Audit & Assurance team members 
• Influence without authority, both internal to GAA, and external partners (e.g., IT, Business/Process Owners)
• Effectively lead Third Party co-source relationships for audit engagements
• Auditing of sophisticated IT environments serving as the Team Coordinator on audit engagements
• Performing the following audit activity with limited supervision from IT Audit Managers
• Capturing and analyzing info rmation to identify key risks and corresponding controls
• Systematically testing and evaluating controls to verify efficiency and effectiveness of operation, reliability of data, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Recommending control improvements
• Communicating findings and recommendations to management
• Documenting audit work using automated audit management tools
• Performs root cause analysis and articulates control deficiencies and remediation techniques both internally and with senior management
• Tracking, Monitoring, and following up on the status of corrective actions until closure
• Lead and perform ongoing risk assessments of capabilities throughout the enterprise, including but not limited to IT control design and processes
• Independently assess the design and operating efficiency of internal controls over financial reporting
• Coordinates & performs ongoing control testing consistent with the J&J SOX 404 program guidelines
• Coordinate and manage interactions with multi-functional and cross-geographical teams both internally and externally, as necessary
• As part of the audit process, the Lead IT Auditor identifies internal control best practices and promotes their adoption across the enterprise
• In addition, Lead IT Auditors to provide training to other department and affiliate organizations members and may lead Internal Audit improvement projects using appropriate methodologies.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) is required.
• A minimum of 4 years of information technology, audit, or assurance and advisory experience is required, preferably with a Big 4 or leading risk advisory/ public accounting firm. Must have knowledge of Master Data, system configuration, and process controls.
• Experience with the design, development, and implementation of internal controls for large ERP systems preferred.
• Analytical skills; specifically, the abil