Company Overview and Culture
EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) is a global analytics and digital solutions company that partners with clients to improve business outcomes and unlock growth. Bringing together deep domain expertise with robust data, powerful analytics, cloud, and AI, we create agile, scalable solutions and execute complex operations for the world’s leading corporations in industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, media, and retail, among others. Focused on creating value from data for driving faster decision-making and transforming operating models, EXL was founded on the core values of innovation, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect. Headquartered in New York, our team is over 40,000 strong, with more than 50 offices spanning six continents. For information, visit
For the past 20 years, EXL has worked as a strategic partner and won awards in its approach to helping its clients solve business challenges such as digital transformation, improving customer experience, streamlining business operations, taking products to market faster, improving corporate finance, building models to become compliant more quickly with new regulations, turning volumes of data into business opportunities, creating new channels for growth and better adapting to change. The business operates within four business units: Insurance, Health, Analytics, and Emerging businesses.
This is a Hybrid role requiring to work 3 days / week onsite at New Brunswick, NJ
Job Title: IT Audit Lead
The Audit Lead position will be required to lead audit staff and manage the execution of IT and information system security audits along with leading operational assurance and advisory projects. Successful IT Audit Manager candidates must be able to lead the completion of technical IT audits that support financial or business operations including Sarbanes-Oxley 404 requirements. The IT Audit Manager must be able to effectively interact with IT and business leadership to drive risk mitigation and to stay abreast IT operational changes and emerging technologies. This position will be required to work with IT on key IT initiatives and priorities including Enterprise Risk Management.
Location:
- New Brunswick (New Jersey)
- 3 days onsite in client office at above location
- Managing a team of auditors performing both IT audit and other advisory and assurance projects
- Building a team of talented IT auditors through coaching and development activities
- Developing annual IT audit plan of high risk / importance projects based on independent research and knowledge, interactions with Company leadership and peer benchmarking
- Performing pre- and post-implementation audits of new system implementations, expanding ERP footprint, application re-writes, etc.
- Auditing key system functionality and systematic controls
- Working together with management to assist in identifying opportunities to enhance efficiencies and effectiveness of processes and strengthen controls
- Liaising with IT management to provide ongoing advisory support for system implementations and key IT initiatives (IT security, BCDR, etc.)
- Evaluating the design and execution of the IT general and application controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
- Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with management, external auditors, and other partners to further develop Company knowledge and auditing skills
- Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Management Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems, Computer Science or other IT related discipline. Master’s Degree preferred
- CISA, CISSP, CPA or CIA a plus
- Minimum of seven years of experience in IT audit, IT development, internal audit, public accounting, finance, and/or information systems
- Minimum of four years of experience in leading audit staff and managing execution of the audit plan
- Strong human relations, analytical, and oral and written communications skills
- Understanding of key IT processes such as Disaster Recovery, IT Security, Software Licensing, Third Party Hosted Services, etc.
- Knowledge of internal audit principles (IIA Standards, and COSO) and IT control frameworks (COBIT, NIST, SANS, and ISO)
- Familiarity with the following technical areas/platforms beneficial:
- Operating Systems: IBM Mainframe/RACF, Linux, AIX
- Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, Informix
- ERP: SAP, SAP HANA, JDE
- Experience in conducting risk assessments and facilitating enterprise risk management a plus
- Experience developing and leading a data analytics program a plus
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