Senior Consultant- Technology Risk- Assurance

Senior Consultant- Technology Risk- Assurance

Location: Toronto

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Salary: Competitive

Date: Apr 26, 2026

Job description

Requisition ID: 1680398

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The Opportunity

EY is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our Technology Risk team. This professional will manage engagement teams, as well as directly assist clients in employing information systems, resources, and controls to maximize efficiencies and minimize risk. The successful candidate will also work with client personnel to analyze, evaluate, and enhance information systems facilitating the business internal control process, and will assist clients and other IT professionals in performing information technology (IT) control and security engagements.

Your Key Responsibilities

Financial Audit IT Integration – Execution of IT related audit procedures (including IT related procedures beyond ITGCs) in support of financial statement audits and reporting on internal controls over financial reporting (integrated and non-integrated audits)

Internal Controls Attestations – Focus on providing an opinion on managements assertion over business processes and controls including IT General Controls.

Service organization reporting – Focus on the issuance of third-party reports in the form of 3416 reports, SOC 1 & SOC 2 reports, etc.

Provide high quality professional day-to-day management of internal/external audit engagements/projects and understand EYs practices and service offerings and identify potential opportunities to improve such service offerings

Lead and support the on-site coordination role for audit clients including planning, briefing team on the clients IT environment and industry IT trends, coaching and mentoring staff, communicating with the clients and completing audit engagements

Maintain relationships with client management to manage expectations of service, including work products, timing, and the value to be delivered.

Support preparation of IT external audit reports on the adequacy and effectiveness of control structure, along with practical recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency of a control or process.

Able to discuss and resolve IT audit issues and recommendations with client management.

Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex information systems and apply it to client situations.

Skills And Attributes For Success

Highly professional with ability to work in challenging, diverse and evolving client environments

Flexible with the ability to learn quickly and leverage skills in new situations

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

The ability to build strong client relationships

Strong team working skills are essential

Strong presentation and facilitation skills

A passion to contribute to the growth of the practice

Strong experience interacting with clients at all levels including Staff, Leadership and Partners

Strong written, communication, and presentation skills.

Ability to coach and mentor junior staff on engagements.

A minimum of 2 - 4 years of experience in IT audits and/or risk assessments and/or technology evaluations;

Bachelors Degree (or higher) in Business Administration, Commerce, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other relevant program required.

Possessing relevant accounting / audit designation(s) or working towards one (e.g. CPA, CISA, CIA, CISSP, CISM) is required.