Engagement Principal (Technology Audit Director)

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

Engagement Principal– Comcast Global Audit Team
Responsible for performing quarterly audit engagements year-round to help identify and manage risks to the business.

Primary Responsibilities:
Play a leading role with the engagement team throughout each phase (i.e., planning, execution, and reporting). With our standard engagement cadence, the individual in this role will gain broad exposure to our businesses and processes. Team members work collaboratively and independently to conduct audits across operational, financial, regulatory, and/or technology areas across the Company. Provides leadership and direction for multiple functional areas. Manages professionals at manager, supervisor and professional levels. Ensures appropriate resources to achieve financial and business objectives. Influences, shapes, and integrates strategy for functional area(s).

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

What You Deliver

• Assumes accountability for audit plan execution by managing staff during engagements of varying complexity and scope.  
• Defines project scope and timeframe for approval by internal audit leadership and proactively leads audit planning efforts.  
• Leads the design, development and maintenance of a comprehensive engagement plan.
• Provides leadership and direction for the engagement team to ensures that fieldwork is properly conducted and completed in accordance with the audit plan, staff is supervised, work is reviewed, and follow-up work is performed, as necessary; findings are communicated to internal audit and business management.
• Performs thorough inquiry and data analysis to understand complex business operations, and manages the planning efforts for the engagement timeframe and scope.
• Analyzes and assess the entity level impact of engagement observations and identifies themes across multiple engagements/entities.
• Ensures the team applies appropriate audit procedures to the areas reviewed to ensure that controls are tested and all significant risks are addressed.
• Ensures that controls are tested, risks vetted, and leads staff in the evaluation of internal control design and identification of risks.
• Ensures clear meaningful audit comments and recommendations for action by management, as well as concise and insightful engagement reports and issue summaries.  
• Ensures audit reports and other audit documentation are developed timely and with high quality.
• Evaluates audit findings, recommends solutions for correcting control weaknesses, and prioritizes areas for management focus.
• Keeps internal audit and business management informed of audit findings, engagement status and important issues as they arise.  
• Offers management oversight, training, review, and guidance to the staff.  
• Measures and evaluates the effectiveness of financial and operational internal control systems and related risk impact on auditee.
• Provides ongoing feedback on work completion and performance to team members and direct reports.  
• Contributes to the operation and management of the department in areas such as recruiting, staffing, scheduling, budgeting, organization performance metrics, presentations to management, and training. 
• Identifies opportunities for improvement to audit methodology, tools, and training.
• Supports department objectives and performs other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary. 
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

How You Deliver 

• Conducts audit activities with both internal and external customers in mind when identifying control issues and business risks.
• Demonstrates the ability to quickly relate complex business processes, applications, data, and organizations to identify and resolve business issues.  
• Stays current on changing rules and regulations (both in the industry and profession) as well as relevant business risks