Global Audit & Advisory Consultant (Specialist III)

The Global Audit & Advisory Consultant (Specialist III) at TransUnion leads financial, operational, and compliance audit engagements. This role involves managing the full audit project lifecycle, from planning and execution to reporting and follow-up, including validating and closing management action plans. The consultant develops risk mitigation strategies, ensures compliance with policies, and works closely with the GAA Manager and team associates. The position requires engaging employees at all levels to maintain an efficient control environment, emphasizing integrity, curiosity, initiative, and strong communication skills within a stable and respectful work culture.

Must Have

• Lead audit planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up on all audit engagements
• Validate and close management action plans
• Develop risk mitigation strategies
• Promote compliance with policies, standard operating procedures, and best practices
• Manage the complete audit project life cycle
• Perform risk-based and data-driven audit planning
• Lead meetings with internal stakeholders to understand and document key processes and controls
• Lead and execute effectiveness testing
• Identify and communicate potential audit results and issues
• Assist in developing management action plans
• Prepare written draft audit reports
• Monitor open audit issues and validate completed management action plans
• Conduct post-audit follow-ups to evaluate the adequacy of remediation efforts
• 6+ years of experience in public accounting, internal audit, consulting, or finance
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Data Analytics, or related field
• Strong understanding of financial, operational, and compliance risks and controls
• Ability to lead the audit project from end to end independently
• Ability to host and lead meetings to discuss audit issues with process owners
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage multiple assessments simultaneously, with keen attention to detail
• Demonstrated abilities in analysis and problem solving

Good to Have

• CIA or CPA certification (or actively working towards it) or equivalent

Perks & Benefits

• Welcoming and energetic environment that encourages collaboration and innovation
• Opportunity to hone current skills and build new capabilities
• Work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology
• Stable, respectful environment

What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we have a welcoming and energetic environment that encourages collaboration and innovation we’re consistently exploring new technologies and tools to be agile. This environment gives our people the opportunity to hone current skills and build new capabilities, while discovering their genius. Come be a part of our team – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.

As part of our 2020 transformation journey, we became Global Audit & Advisory (GAA), formerly Internal Audit. The Global Audit & Advisory Manager is responsible for managing multiple, concurrent financial, operational and compliance audit engagements throughout the organization that includes the following: Develop audit plans, review internal controls, identify control weakness and communicate control weaknesses to Management while providing recommendations or best practices to help mitigate weaknesses. The Global Audit & Advisory Consultant (Specialist III) position is responsible for leading the audit planning, audit execution, reporting, and follow-up on all audit engagements and management action plan validation and closure. In addition, this position works with the Manager in developing risk mitigation strategies and promotes compliance with policies, standard operating procedures, and best practices.

This position will report directly to the Global Audit & Advisory (GAA) Manager in the US and will work closely with other GAA Team Associates on key projects and initiatives. The successful candidate will need to work across the organization and be comfortable in engaging employees at all levels to ensure an efficient and effective control environment. Our team highly values integrity, curiosity, personal initiative and strong communication skills and offers associates a variety of opportunities to grow within a stable, respectful environment.

What You'll Bring:

• Assist in the development of the annual audit plan of the corporation and its subsidiaries for the purpose of evaluating the design and operating effectiveness over established policies and procedures.
• Manage the complete audit project life cycle, including audit planning, fieldwork, wrap-up as well as manage the audit team members based on project requirements.
• Perform risk-based and data-driven audit planning to identify audit scope and objectives, assess key internal controls and develop the necessary audit testing plan and procedures as well as allocate time resources.
• Lead meetings with internal stakeholders to understand and document the key process and controls in the form of process flowcharts and narratives.
• Lead and execute the effectiveness testing and document the testing results in a way that clearly supports the conclusions.
• Identify and communicate potential audit results and issues with the issue owners and assist in developing the management action plans.
• Prepare written draft audit reports detailing the adequacy of design and effectiveness of the controls evaluated.
• Monitor open audit issues and validate the completed management action plans as well as conduct post-audit follow-ups to evaluate the adequacy of remediation efforts.
• Develop strong working relationships with various teams across the organization and work cohesively with both domestic and international GAA teammates.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Impact You'll Make:

• 6+ years of experience in public accounting, internal audit, consulting or finance
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Data Analytics, or related field
• Strong understanding of financial, operational and compliance risks and controls
• CIA or CPA certification (or actively working towards it) or equivalent is highly preferred.
• Ability to lead the audit project from end to end independently
• Ability to host and lead meetings to discuss audit issues with process owners, ensuring their understanding of associated risks, root causes, and the actions needed to remediate
• Ability to work in a team environment, as well as individually. Willing to "coach others” and “be coached”
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage multiple assessments simultaneously, with keen attention to detail
• Demonstrated abilities in analysis and problem solving; contribute ideas for process improvements and solutions to moderately complex problems

This is a remote position which may require occasional in-person attendance at work-related events at the discretion of management.

About Us

TransUnion is a global information and insights company with over 12,000 associates operating in more than 30 countries. We make trust possible by ensuring each person is reliably represented in the marketplace.

We do this with a Tru™ picture of each person: an actionable view of consumers, stewarded with care.

Through our acquisitions and technology investments we have developed innovative solutions that extend beyond our strong foundation in core credit into areas such as marketing, fraud, risk and advanced analytics.

As a result, consumers and businesses can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good® — and it leads to economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for millions of people around the world.