Auditor - ACT Office of Internal Audit

Ironclad Defense Works•Norfolk, VA

22h•$95,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

Provide senior audit and compliance support to the ACT Office of Internal Audit at HQ SACT. You will conduct compliance, integrity, and audit reviews; assess travel-management controls and internal controls; analyze large financial and travel datasets; support risk-based audit planning; and help senior leadership address non-compliance, governance issues, and anti-fraud or anti-corruption concerns.

Requirements

University degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related discipline; or higher secondary education plus advanced vocational training leading to a relevant professional qualification/accreditation.
6+ years of experience performing compliance, integrity, and/or forensic auditing.
4+ years of experience in travel management and/or auditing travel management and associated internal controls in a large organization.
Experience retrieving, compiling, structuring, sampling, and analyzing large datasets of financial and travel information.
Experience with accounting software and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Recognized professional fraud examiner credential (CFE) and/or professional accounting qualification such as CPA or CMA.
Proven forensic accounting or forensic investigation experience.
Proven ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, orally and in writing, to senior management and mixed specialist/non-specialist audiences.
No conflicts of interest with any ACT staff.
English proficiency equivalent to STANAG 6001 SLP 3333.
Active NATO or National SECRET clearance (or higher).
Citizen of a NATO member nation (yes the U.S. is a NATO member nation)

Nice To Haves

Both CFE and CPA/CMA or comparable dual credentials.
Experience supporting internal audit functions in defense, government, or multinational environments.
Experience auditing travel, finance, or anti-fraud compliance programs.
Strong spreadsheet and audit-analysis skills, including audit-universe maintenance and risk-based review support.
Experience briefing senior leaders on compliance findings, control gaps, and corrective actions.

Responsibilities

Conduct compliance and integrity audits, inspections, reviews, and audit testing in accordance with international auditing standards and ACT audit policies and procedures.
Assess ACT compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies, including detailed review of travel activities such as plans, approvals, and claims.
Analyze, consolidate, and update the ACT audit universe across travel, finance, programmes of work, and human resources, including spreadsheet-based reconciliation and deep-dive review support.
Evaluate management responses to prior audit recommendations and assess internal-control effectiveness, compliance risk, and implementation of NATO and ACT financial policies.
Support senior leadership with analysis and recommendations related to travel non-compliance, anti-fraud, and anti-corruption measures.
Respond to potentially serious or irregular compliance issues and advise management on appropriate responses.
Support other activities in ACT’s annual Risk Based Audit Plan.
Analyze internal audit processes and update internal audit manuals to support agile auditing in rapidly changing environments.
Develop and conduct audit risk assessments of ACT resource-management activities.
Review the execution and effectiveness of ACT’s travel-management and risk-management processes and report on governance issues arising from those reviews.
Perform ad hoc analyses and studies as tasked by the Chief of Staff and ACT Head of Internal Audit.