Senior IT Internal Auditor

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork, and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee focused as it is on its customers, and which is consistently awarded for both. We’re all about people and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position.  Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Discover’s Internal Audit Department (IAD) is committed to providing insightful perspectives, leveraging specialized talent, and delivering a refreshing experience to all of our stakeholders.  These commitments are met through technically skilled professionals who are collaborative, hard-working, and highly motivated to consistently deliver high-quality work in a challenging and fast-paced environment. IAD is viewed as an integral part of Discover’s risk management framework and is valued by management as a trusted partner. 

Complete audit testing in a dynamic environment to provide insights to business partners and identify information technology, information security, and data management risks and control gaps. 

Focus Areas include: 

·         Cloud Services 

·         Cybersecurity 

·         Data Governance 

·         Continuous Development/Continuous Improvement 

·         Systems management/Maintenance

What You’ll Do

• Uses operational and technical skills to support the department objectives. Assigned to a schedule of reviews where they will follow the audit methodology, interview clients, create process flows and narratives, review business processes, identify and assess controls, test key controls, develop findings and communicate with clients to develop and follow up on action plans.

• Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It

• With minimal oversight from the Lead and Supervisor:

• Completes assigned audits/audit tasks using department tools and pursuant to department guidelines, within established timetables with high quality results. Discusses findings and solutions with client and audit lead.

• Develops detailed risk assessments and identifies and assesses controls against best practices.

• Continues to develop skill sets by meeting required training and obtaining advanced degrees and/or certification pursuant to department guidelines.

Qualifications You’ll Need

The Basics

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, engineering, business administration or management, accounting, finance, business, information technology, analytics or related field

• 2+ years of experience in applied sciences, engineering, operations, accounting, finance, business, computer science, data science, or related fiel