Description
Overview Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted. The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues. SPAs NATO Allied Command Transformation Group within JOID provides capability development, portfolio management, program management, quality management, cost estimation analysis, standardization, reporting, software solutions and information management, and capability management support. We also provide an improved capability requirements capture process, including the generation, documentation and tracing of user requirements, with appropriate technical scrutiny, over the entire lifecycle of the requirements from capability definition through capability realization and capability usage. We have a near-term need for an Internal Audit Specialist to provide onsite support out of Allied Command Transformation, NATO in Norfolk, VA. Responsibilities The candidate will conduct compliance and integrity audits, inspections, reviews, and audit tests in accordance with international auditing standards, and ACT audit policies and procedures. Review protocols and advise ACT leadership on regulations and policies. Assess and evaluate ACT's compliance with applicable laws and regulations, which involves conducting detailed reviews of travel activities (travel plans, travel approvals, travel claims, etc.). Analyze, consolidate, and update the ACT audit universe (requires significant spreadsheet analysis) to reflect the actual activities undertaken in Travel, Finance, programs of work, and Human Resources. Reconciliation and joining of branch information and plans will be necessary to provide organizational overview, branch review, and deep dive audits and inspections. Determine the effectiveness of management response to previous audit recommendations, internal control risk, and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies. Support senior leadership in daily decision-making relating to emerging travel non-compliance and ACT's implementation of NATO's and ACT's anti-fraud and corruption strategies and directives. Respond to potentially serious or irregular compliance issues and violations, and consult with management on appropriate responses. Provide support to other audit activities approved in ACT's annual Risk Based Audit Plan covering all aspects of the ACT audit universe. Analyze internal audit processes and update ACT internal audit manuals to adapt to agile auditing of areas that rapidly change within the yearly planning cycle. Develop and conduct audit risk assessment of ACT resource management activities to continue risk-based auditing and identify risk areas. Update internal audit methodology to reflect the right risk assessments and audit universe. Review the execution, implementation, status, and effectiveness of ACT's travel management and risk management process; report on the status and effectiveness of risk registers and advise on all governance issues arising from these reviews, while undertaking ad-hoc analyses and studies as tasked by the Chief of Staff and ACT Head of Internal Audit. Qualifications Required: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related discipline and 4+ years of related experience; or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5+ years post-related and 4+ years function-related experience. 6+ years of experience performing compliance, integrity, and/or forensic auditing. 4+ years of experience in travel management (and associated Internal Controls) and/or auditing travel management (planning, requisitions, claim liquidation, etc.) in a large organization. Experience in retrieving, compiling, structuring, statistical and non-statistical sampling, and analyzing large data sets of financial and travel information. Experience with Accounting software and Microsoft Office--particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word applications. Hold a recognized professional fraud examiner (CFE) and/or professional accounting (CPA, CMA, etc.) qualification. Proven forensic accounting or forensic investigation experience. Proven ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, both orally and in writing, to senior management (specialist and non-specialist audiences). Without conflicts of interest with any ACT staff. Active NATO Secret or National clearance from a NATO Member Nation, and an active passport with no restrictions. Able to work fully onsite based on client needs.
Qualifications
Required: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related discipline and 4+ years of related experience; or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5+ years post-related and 4+ years function-related experience. 6+ years of experience performing compliance, integrity, and/or forensic auditing. 4+ years of experience in travel management (and associated Internal Controls) and/or auditing travel management (planning, requisitions, claim liquidation, etc.) in a large organization. Experience in retrieving, compiling, structuring, statistical and non-statistical sampling, and analyzing large data sets of financial and travel information. Experience with Accounting software and Microsoft Office--particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word applications. Hold a recognized professional fraud examiner (CFE) and/or professional accounting (CPA, CMA, etc.) qualification. Proven forensic accounting or forensic investigation experience. Proven ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, both orally and in writing, to senior management (specialist and non-specialist audiences). Without conflicts of interest with any ACT staff. Active NATO Secret or National clearance from a NATO Member Nation, and an active passport with no restrictions. Able to work fully onsite based on client needs.
Responsibilities
The candidate will conduct compliance and integrity audits, inspections, reviews, and audit tests in accordance with international auditing standards, and ACT audit policies and procedures. Review protocols and advise ACT leadership on regulations and policies. Assess and evaluate ACT's compliance with applicable laws and regulations, which involves conducting detailed reviews of travel activities (travel plans, travel approvals, travel claims, etc.). Analyze, consolidate, and update the ACT audit universe (requires significant spreadsheet analysis) to reflect the actual activities undertaken in Travel, Finance, programs of work, and Human Resources. Reconciliation and joining of branch information and plans will be necessary to provide organizational overview, branch review, and deep dive audits and inspections. Determine the effectiveness of management response to previous audit recommendations, internal control risk, and compliance with applicable NATO and ACT financial policies. Support senior leadership in daily decision-making relating to emerging travel non-compliance and ACT's implementation of NATO's and ACT's anti-fraud and corruption strategies and directives. Respond to potentially serious or irregular compliance issues and violations, and consult with management on appropriate responses. Provide support to other audit activities approved in ACT's annual Risk Based Audit Plan covering all aspects of the ACT audit universe. Analyze internal audit processes and update ACT internal audit manuals to adapt to agile auditing of areas that rapidly change within the yearly planning cycle. Develop and conduct audit risk assessment of ACT resource management activities to continue risk-based auditing and identify risk areas. Update internal audit methodology to reflect the right risk assessments and audit universe. Review the execution, implementation, status, and effectiveness of ACT's travel management and risk management process; report on the status and effectiveness of risk registers and advise on all governance issues arising from these reviews, while undertaking ad-hoc analyses and studies as tasked by the Chief of Staff and ACT Head of Internal Audit.
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