Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Now Hiring - Continuous Auditing specialists

Many of you know who have heard my partner and I speak at various IIA and MISTI events have heard that we have Google alerts set up on Continuous Auditing and Continuous Monitoring. Most Continuous Monitoring alerts have been related to Medical Devices - glucose monitoring, pacemakers, but it has been rare that we actually get article posts related to Continuous Auditing or what is becoming known as Continuous Controls Monitoring.

But maybe this is changing....

For the past two weeks, I have gotten "hits" on Google Alerts for Continuous Auditing and Continuous Controls Monitoring that relate to data analysis, data mining, and continuous auditing, specifically Job Postings. Yes, despite the challenging economy, there are several Audit Groups that are hiring continuous auditing specialists. Technical skills needed include data analysis, such as working with ACL or IDEA, as well as to more modern tools such as Approva, Oversight Systems or Apex Analytix.

Not surprising, interpersonal skills, including good communication skills and technical writing are also required. You can't write a good continuous auditing test if you don't have good data. And auditors need help from someone to acquire and understand the data.

Kudos to the hiring executives who understand that increasing the depth and especially the frequency of data analysis can increase the value that internal audit brings. Two of the three job postings I've seen are in the Hospitality sector, and the third is in Healthcare. Common threads perhaps are large volumes of disparate data, and opportunities to increase top line revenue through improving data quality.

For more information on these jobs or to compare notes on data analysis and continuous auditing, please reach out via contact information below.

Regards,

Joe Oringel
Visual Risk IQ
Charlotte NC, USA
joe.oringel@visualriskiq.com

1 comment:

toomuchcountry said...

Have noticed similar trend in recent months. Not sure how legit the positions are, but I have seen the postings in my Google alerts. I'll be speaking on the subject myself at MISTI Super strategies in April.