Description

Northrop Grumman’s Internal Audit (IA) department is seeking a qualified individual to join our diverse audit staff. The Auditor will report to the Manager of Internal Audit.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

Performing operational, compliance, and other business process audits across all company operations.

Based on a risk-based approach, designing and developing test steps for an audit topic under review.

Conduct timely testing in accordance with department and Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) Standards.

Assisting and supporting the lead auditor to ensure the audit phases (planning, field work, reporting) are on schedule.

Identifying issues and articulating the risk/impact of the issues.  Assist the lead auditor in conveying the issues to IA management and auditees.  Assist in developing appropriate recommendations to address the root cause of an issue.

Assisting the lead auditor in presentations covering the audit phases and presenting those materials to Sector staff and management as well as IA leadership.

Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with auditees and management.

General understanding of the potential effects of newly established and/or potential business and regulatory requirement changes implemented by the company and/or any other regulatory entities on the company and our internal audit approach.

Effectively work on other types of audits across the company covering various functional topics and processes.

Documenting interviews and audit testing through the development of clear and concise workpapers including evidence to support conclusion of testing, that meet department and IIA standards, in a timely manner.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field with 3 years of relevant internal audit experience OR 1 year with a Master’s degree

Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time following hire.

Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

Audit expertise: ability to execute diverse audit projects within designated timelines, adhering to IIA professional standards and department policies.

Analytical skills: general knowledge of data gathering analytical tools (i.e. SAP, BW, MS Office (Excel, Access), ACL) to analyze and interpret a wide variety of information to identify trends as well as positive and negative correlations, form valid conclusions, and present data to best highlight relevant points.

Documentation and reporting: ability to produce detailed, clear, concise, and meaningful audit workpapers and issue sheets.  Proficient in documenting evidence to support testing and conclusions in audit software tool, such as Workiva.

Preferred Qualifications:

Work experience in the Aerospace and Defense Industry / Government Contracting.  Knowledge of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).

Secret or Top Secret Clearance (TS), TS SCI or TS SAP Access.

Professional development: possess or actively pursuing the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).