Senior internal auditor vs audit specialist

Differences between senior internal auditor and audit specialist duties and responsibilities

Senior internal auditor example responsibilities.

• Schedule, plan, conduct fieldwork and report writing of audits using a COSO base audit methodology managing staff on audits.
• Manage and coordinate annual external business evaluation in conjunction with CPA consultants.
• Conduct audit reviews, document business processes, and evaluate internal controls base on Sarbanes-Oxley good governance standards and policies.
• Execute or review Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls testing for various business processes and evaluate business systems to determine their efficiency and effectiveness
• Enhance work paper standards according to IIA framework.
• Confirm that internal controls are properly map to financial statement assertions to ensure that all COSO assertions are met.
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Audit specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage vendor billing disputes for southwestern region from initiation to documentation of resolution while ensuring compliance with SOX guidelines.
• Work with department analyst to create measurement tools and methods for communicating results and managing QA analysis in compiling/reporting results.
• Review and verify the submitted documentation for completeness to verify the company is in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
• Coordinate delivery of mortgage back securities with internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor and maintain automated report generation and distribution via Cognos NoticeCast.
• Prepare monthly incentive payment and quarterly incentive bonus data for payroll department.
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