THE OPPORTUNITY

• Do you have a strong approach to communicating complex IT Audit findings to non-technical stakeholders?
• Are you looking to deepen your IT knowledge in System and Organization Controls examinations, specifically SOC 1 and SOC 2?
• Do you enjoy conducting regulatory IT controls assessments?

ABOUT THE COMPANY

GBQ has been a top performing tax, accounting, and consulting firm for more than 70 years. They are driven by the outcomes of changing the lives with and for whom they work. GBQ believes in empowering the growth of employees, communities, and their clients’ businesses. This purpose is at the core of everything they do. GBQ has four locations throughout Ohio.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (JOB SUMMARY)

At GBQ, we empower growth; growth of our people, our communities and our clients’ businesses. The IT Assurance team is a strategic practice unit within GBQ that empowers growth of our client’s business by delivering specialized assurance and business advisory services in the area of information technology and business process controls. We serve clients throughout the Midwest with a majority of our clients located in Ohio or surrounding states.

The associate will primarily provide IT Assurance services to our clients, as well as other strategy and risk management services as a valuable member of our integrated team. Our ideal candidate is a highly motivated and attentive auditor with experience in a public accounting setting working with either or both of financial and information technology internal controls.

TASKS:

• Provide information technology auditing and advisory services to our clients, including a variety of the following:
  • System and Organization Controls (SOC) examination engagements:
    • SOC 1 – primarily financial business process controls and IT general controls,
    • SOC 2 – primarily organizational governance, IT security, IT operations and change management controls
  • IT auditing in support of our firm’s financial audit practice across many industries (IT General Controls)
  • Regulatory IT controls assessments for financial institutions

PROFITABILITY:

• Team player and deadline oriented.
• Complete accurate, neat, organized workpapers that are free of basic grammatical, spelling and calculation errors.
• Ability to multi-task and set workload priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Complete assignments within established budget for assigned areas.
• Achieve charge hour budget and minimum billable hours as set by Firm.
• Participate in “approved” non-client initiatives to improve Firm administration.
• Consistently utilize all firm and department software efficiently.

PRACTICE GROWTH:

• Represent Firm and build relationships by participating in outside activities.
• Contribute to the team’s practice development activities, including writing articles and participating in speaking and networking engagements.
• Develop and demonstrate strong leadership skills.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.

CLIENT FOCUS:

• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Critical thinking: analytical and creative problem solving skills.
• Ability to provide outstanding client service.
• Work in partnership with other team members and client personnel to help ensure efficient flow of information from client to audit team.
• Comprehend new, complex issues and perform basic research to solve complex problems.

BRAND CULTURE/DEVELOPMENT:

• Exemplify Brand Attributes of the Firm.
• Comply with all policies and procedures of the Firm
• Demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and address conflict with peers.
• Consistently seek feedback on performance from superiors and enhance and develop professional and technical skills.

IDEAL CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree required; major in business, accounting or information systems preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year of audit experience; internal controls or IT audit experience preferred, but not required.
• Minimum of 1 or more years of experience within a public accounting/consulting firm preferred.
• CPA, CISA, CISM, CISSP certification or comparable accreditation preferred, or plans to obtain in the future.

KEY PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Team-oriented professional.
• Can handle multiple deadlines with ease.
• Able to manage several projects at once.
• Thrive on connections to grow clientele.

THE PAYOFF

The IT Audit professional will be an integral professional who will help grow the business to reach new heights for GBQ.

DIVERSITY/INCLUSION STATEMENT

Gilman Partners is committed to strengthening leadership teams and elevating the talent in our communities – and that means all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, ability, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or national origin. You don’t have to meet every qualification in this job description to apply. If you’re drawn to the position and believe your experience makes you a good fit, we encourage you to reach out.