AUG IT Assurance Consultant
Post of duty: HQ, Washington DC
The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.
The Office of the Executive Auditor (AUG) has a Mission to increase the likelihood of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group achieving its goals and objectives through the provision of independent and objective assurance and consulting services on governance, risk management, and control processes, in accordance with ethical and relevant professional standards, and improvements to the organizationโs accountability and transparency for results.
The AUG Strategy and Risk Based Annual Plans (RBAP) include a variety of demands that are incorporated in audit engagements as well as cross cutting departmental initiatives that increasingly involve the review of information technology (IT) digital processes.
This includes disciplines associated with IT assurance, including IT General Controls (ITGC) applications systems controls, cybersecurity, and data governance, as well as the use of advanced audit analytics on structured and unstructured information through a range of techniques, from standard query languages (SQL), MS Office, robot process automation (RPA) and process mining tools, to natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI).
About this position
AUG is looking for an audit consultant proficient in the disciplines associated with IT assurance, including ITGC and application controls assurance, cybersecurity, vulnerability assessments, cloud computing and data governance.
As AUG Consultant specialized in IT assurance, you will perform audit-related work in accordance with audit standards and AUG procedures, needed for the achievement of AUG vision and strategy while helping the completion of the RBAP by contributing to individual audit engagements covering governance and control environment, financial, human capital and information technology resources, as well as, IT governance, corporate, administration and risk management matters.
You will work with a strongly motivated, fast paced, innovative and high-quality team in AUG together with players in the rest of the IDB promoting the good governance and management of emerging and transformational solutions. The consultant will work closely with the AUG Management, Lead Auditors and corresponding audit teams to discuss and contribute to the identification of relevant risk and controls. Perform research, analysis, testing and produce documentation as part of audit work programs, and contribute to report drafting and supporting communications and presentations included in the RBAP engagements.
What youโll do
- Perform ITGC and application controls audit-related work in accordance with audit standards and AUG procedures, needed for the completion of specific engagement to be assigned in due time.
What you'll need
- Education: Bachelorโs degree in Systems Engineer, or Computer Science or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or professional certifications in other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
- Experience: At least 2 years (3 years preferred) experience assessing ITGCs and application controls, or reviewing cybersecurity, vulnerability assessments, cloud computing. Knowledge of SAP is preferred.
- Languages: Proficiency in English and one of the other Bank official languages (Spanish, French or Portuguese) is required.
Key skills:
- Learn continuously.
- Collaborate and share knowledge.
- Focus on clients.
- Communicate and influence.
- Innovate and try new things.
Requirements:
- Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries.
- Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.
Type of contract and duration:
- Type of contract: International Consultant Full-Time.
- Length of contract: 24 months.
- Work Location: On site.
What we offer
The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employeeโs life. These benefits include:
- A competitive compensation packages.
- Leaves and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender- neutral parental leave.
- Health Insurance: the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.
- Savings plan: โโโโโโโThe IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.
- We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.
- Hybrid and flexible work schedules.
- Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.
- Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.
- Other perks: Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, and others.
Our culture
At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at diversity@iadb.org to request reasonable accommodation to complete this application.
Our Human Resources Team reviews carefully every application.
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