Media Technology Senior Consultant, Third Party Attestation

Job Summary:

The Media Technology Consulting team is a fast-growing practice that helps companies in the technology, media and advertising industries strengthen internal processes, roles and responsibilities, and practices related to media measurement.  The MTC team advises companies on areas for improvement, as measured against industry standards for media measurement, by performing pre-audit and attestation services to evaluate companies’ progress and status in adhering to these standards. BDO’s work is relied upon and highly valued by industry standard setters and large media companies and brands.

A senior consultant is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day in-charge duties of planning, fieldwork and wrap-up for media technology engagements, including preparation of final report deliverables.

Members of the MTC team have the opportunity to work with many cutting-edge companies working with advanced technology such as smartphones, virtual reality, extended reality, gaming, big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. BDO’s attestation services may include hands-on live testing to determine whether user activity is properly flowing through these technologies and will involve working with product managers, engineers, programmers, and other specialists within the companies to understand and evaluate their processes and controls. This role also works closely with BDO subject matter experts in areas like information technology, media measurement, and data analytics.

This position may also periodically be involved in other business process services; for example, Service Organization Control (SOC) 1, SOC 2, WebTrust engagements, and other assurance or advisory engagements.

BDO believes in a collaborative, flexible, inclusive, curious, growth-oriented culture with accountability to each other and to our goal of serving our industry standard setters in evaluating companies’ adherence to rigorous media measurement standards.

Successful individuals in this role are curious, organized, collaborative within a multi-disciplinary network of professionals at the forefront of media and advertising technology measurement and are comfortable in a fast paced, high-energy environment.  

Job Duties:

Control Environment

• Applies knowledge and understanding of the collective effect of various factors on establishing or enhancing effectiveness, or mitigating the risks, of specific policies and procedures by:
  • Identifying and considering all applicable laws, rules, and regulations of the firm, or MRC guidelines and standards as part of engagement team
  • Making constructive suggestions to improve client internal controls and compliance procedures
  • Documenting and validating the operating effectiveness of the clients’ internal control system and compliance
  • Supervising and reviewing the work of staff
  • Documenting business and IT processes and controls and tests key controls for measurement services
  • Identifying and prioritizing key risks and assesses their impact and likeliness of occurrence
  • Communicating to the client areas to improve processes, strengthen controls, mitigate risks, and/or increase compliance
  • Developing and maintaining relationships with client personnel and management
  • Ensuring technology is appropriately integrated into the examination process

MRC Standards

• Applies knowledge and understanding of MRC guidelines and standards; application of the principles contained in the MRC guidelines and standards; and the ability to document and communicate an understanding and application of the MRC guidelines and standards on an engagement by:
  • Developing and applying an intermediate knowledge of auditing theory, a sense of audit skepticism, and the use of BDO audit methodology
  • Applying auditing theory to various client situations and environments
  • Documenting working papers and attestation reports in line with BDO policy, identifying deviations and notifying more senior team members of deviations
  • Applying knowledge to identify instances where testing may be reduced or expanded and notifying more senior team members of the occurrence 
  • Contributing ideas and opinions to the engagement team
• Applies knowledge and understanding of MRC guidelines and standards; applying these MRC guidelines and standards to client environment; and documenting and communica