Associate, Information Risk Management

KPMG LLP provides audit, tax and advisory services to a broad range of clients. KPMG's commitment to quality is demonstrated in our disciplined delivery approach and use of cross-functional teams. Advisory Services professionals strive to help clients improve business performance, comply with regulatory requirements, and achieve sustainable value over time. Our approach incorporates the balancing of risk and control considerations with the more traditional performance and cost factors. Advisory professionals are also able to provide clients with relevant industry and functional skills where they need them most. We are currently seeking an Associate to join us in our Birmingham office.

Information Risk Management (IRM) Services professionals assess, design, and combine leading information management and operational processes, approaches, technologies, and controls to help enable sustained business value and risk management in support of the business. Information Technology (IT) organizations and their leaders often need a business focus that helps enable them to better organize and prioritize their IT investments based on factors including business value created, return on investments, and management of risk.


Responsibilities:
- Deliver Information Risk Management (IRM) services including risk assessments, audit planning, systems auditing, system development reviews, implementation, operation and/or platform
- Evaluate and design system-based and manual controls around Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle and other) applications business processes
- Review information security controls to help provide effective, efficient, and secure access to information within these applications
- Assist in the scoping of prospective engagements and developing proposals

Qualifications:
- Strong working knowledge of Visio, Microsoft Project, and other Project Management tools
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to gain the confidence and respect of senior level executives
- A strong client services orientation and be accustomed to taking an active role in executing engagements
- Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to travel an average of 50 percent of the time
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in a related field
- Three years of advisory services experience delivering Information Technology (IT) Audit System Integration projects including risk assessments, platform reviews and ERP package controls
- Project or team lead experience


KPMG offers and supports flexible work arrangements as well as part-time schedules. We also offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

Interested? Please send your resume referencing Code 06971123. We strongly encourage you to apply online at www.kpmgcareers.com referencing the Job Code indicated above; resumes received through our Web site are available for consideration as early as the next business day. Alternatively, you may send a scannable resume to: KPMG Centre, Attn: Resume Processing, 717 North Harwood Street, Suite 3100, Dallas, TX 75201-6585. Include the Job Code indicated above in all cases.

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