Risk Advisory - Associate Director (IT Risk)

In today’s dynamic environment, business leaders face constantly shifting risks. Riveron helps organizations implement leading governance, risk and compliance practices by combining deep expertise with pragmatic partnership, using a hands-on approach to understand the specific needs of the organization and create tailored solutions to address key compliance risks.

Our Risk Advisory services include SOX readiness, managed internal controls testing and monitoring, co-sourced/outsourced internal audit, segregation of duties and access risk review, policy and procedure development, enterprise risk management, and IT and cybersecurity risk assessment.

The Associate Director position for Riveron’s IT Risk Advisory group will be the day-to-day lead for consulting engagements working collaboratively with senior team members who provide guidance, coaching, and direction. Associate Directors are expected to conduct the majority of day-to-day project management activities on all of their engagements, including project plan development, reviewing staff work for quality, status updates to clients and internal management, and mentoring of staff and senior consultants.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor's and/or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, or another relevant field

• Relevant certification preferred, such as CISA, CISSP, CISM, CGEIT, or CIPP; CPA or is also valued but not required

• Minimum 8 years working as IT auditor or IT risk advisor for a public accounting firm, or other operational roles with a focus on information technology compliance. Experience should include performing internal or external IT audits

• Demonstrated knowledge of IT risk management, general and application controls, cybersecurity principles, and regulatory frameworks such as SOX, NIST, or ISO

• You have a passion for developing and maintaining client relationships

• You get the job done and have fun doing it

• You communicate skillfully with a variety of audiences and can create compelling stories from data

• You thrive in an ever-changing, dynamic work environment

• You readily identify problems and instinctively look for solutions

• You enjoy participating in internal and external company initiatives such as community service, training, recruiting, and firm events

• You have the ability and desire to travel as required based on client location

What You’ll Do:

• Gain an understanding of the assigned clients’ business objectives, IT environment, and applicable regulatory and risk management landscape

• Lead projects in the areas of IT General Controls (ITGC) assessments, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) IT compliance, ERP/application control reviews, and cybersecurity risk assessments