Internal Audit (Evergreen)

Northrop Grumman’s Internal Audit department is seeking a qualified individual to join our diverse audit staff. This role will report to the Manager of Internal Audit. This role can be filled at a Principal (03) or a Sr. Principal (04) level depending on years of experience and education.
 

This position will allow for some telework, but it is NOT full virtual. Candidates need to be local to our of our offices in El Segundo, CA or Falls Church, VA.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting various audit types including compliance, operational, and financial audits.
• Scope of reviews may cover various functional areas including, global supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, material management, transportation, and mission assurance.
• Assisting with the development and execution of audits using a risk-based audit approach, including assessment of controls.
• Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with auditees and affected management.
• Ensuring proper recording of transactions and compliance with applicable company policies/procedures, related contracts/agreements, and applicable laws.
• Determine effectiveness of internal controls by concluding on work performed.
• Incorporate data analytics to identify issues, automate work, improve efficiency and effectiveness and identify risk areas.
• Experience in performing multiple projects concurrently and leading a highly engaged team.
• Preparing presentations covering the various phases of the audit process and presenting results to Sector staff, Sector management and IA management.
• Assisting in the evaluation of the potential effects on the company and our internal audit approach of all newly established and/or potential business and regulatory requirements changes implemented by the Company and/or any other financial regulatory entities.
• Strong leadership and communication skills (both oral and written) and ability to interact with and present to executive level management.
• Aerospace and Defense Industry / Government Contracting experience.   
   

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:
 

This role can be filled at a Principal (03) or a Sr. Principal (04) level depending on years of experience and education:

• Principal (03) level: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, or related field with 6 years of relevant work experience; OR a Master's degree with 4 year of relevant work experience.
• Sr. Principal (04) level: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, or related field
   

Additional basic qualifications for both Principal (03) and Sr. Principal (04) Levels:

• Lead auditor experience with the ability to articulate audit procedures for testing various topics.
• Experience with documenting audit work papers in conformance with IIA standards.
• Ability to communicate and present findings to higher level management.
• Working knowledge of data gathering analytical tools (SAP, BW, MS Office) to pull data from ERP systems and analyze and interpret a wide variety of data/information to identify trends, positive and negative correlations, form valid conclusions and present data to best highlight relevant points.
• Must have U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Ability to travel up 30% of the time for 1-2 weeks at a time.
• Local to our of our offices in El Segundo, CA or Falls Church, VA or Baltimore, MD.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:

• Experience with Workiva Audit Tool.
• Active US Government Clearance, Secret, Top Secret, TS SCI, or TS SAP Access.
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Project Management Professional (PMP), or other similar certification.
• Experience working with DCAA and DCMA (including reporting and successful remediation of CARS and ICARS).

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.