Audit Consultant – Financial Services Industry

Sia Partners is a next-generation management consulting firm. We offer a unique blend of AI and design capabilities, augmenting traditional consulting to deliver superior value to our clients. Counting 3,000 consultants in 19 countries, we expect to achieve USD 420 million in turnover for the current fiscal year. With a global footprint and expertise in more than 30 sectors and services, we optimize client projects worldwide. Through our Consulting for Good approach, we strive for next-level impact by developing innovative CSR solutions for our clients, making sustainability a lever for profitable transformation.

Why Join The Sia Village?

Excellence | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Teamwork | Care & Support | Employee Wellbeing

These are the six core values that guide all our actions. As an expression of our values, our Sia Village concept describes our commitment to fostering a sense of community within and among our offices. We believe that knowledge sharing is the key, not only to innovation, but to the growth and development of our people.

Your experience at Sia Partners will be enriched by a(n):  

• Entrepreneurial journey
• Career advocacy program that supports achieving professional development goals through guidance, and real-time feedback
• Continuous learning & development opportunities
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs with an ever-growing list of global affinity initiatives

Consulting Skills

• Client delivery as part of an on-site or remote project team
• Demonstrate the capacity to plan assigned work and identify priorities/interesting parties of the project/assignment
• Present to team members and client contacts the main ideas, critical points and decisions required to be made, demonstrating a capacity to lead within teams
• Manage, organize and prioritize work activities & assignments to achieve deadlines while communicating effectively with clients, internal stakeholders and leadership
• Perform research and business analysis to solve for customer business challenges/issues to present unique, tailored solutions utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data
• Utilize intermediate methodological concepts to prepare client deliverables utilizing tools like PowerPoint, Excel, Access, MS Project and Visio
• Collaborate with internal and client project team members, and contribute to internal communications and readiness activity within the program team and with client groups
• Provide status reporting of progress, dependencies, issues, risks and overall program health         
• Participate in the work of one of the functions tracks of a project or in a PMO
• Maintain program sites as a repository for all project information

Business Expertise Skills

• Support practice, thought leadership, and people development activities firmwide
• Demonstrate a deep knowledge of the issues related to the business unit/line, including a knowledge of recent topics/industry trends
• Participates in the sharing of knowledge and experiences within the firm, acting as an active member with internal knowledge-share oriented activities and organizations
• Share experiences related to business issues and demonstrate a capacity for knowledge transfer amongst peers and junior staff

Business Development Skills

• Relay information relevant to new business activities and prospects to manager, team, and business unit/line leaders
• Participate in business development activities such as identifying and qualifying business opportunities, networking and relationship development, and preparing, coordinating, and developing pitches and proposals

• Bachelor’s degree required preferably in finance, accounting, or risk management 

• 2+ years of recent client facing management consulting experience 

• Certified Independent Auditor strongly preferred 

• Capable of executing internal audit readiness assessments 

• Understanding of risk management and RCSA 

• Broad product and business line exposure within financial services 

Compensation & Benefits 

• 77-99K Salary + Annual Discretionary Bonus
• Healthcare coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance policies
• Generous time off 
• Parental leave paid at 100% of base pay for all new parents regardless of gender 
• Building Healthy Families Program 
• 9 Company Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday 
• 401(k) Plan – 4% matching on day 1
• College save-up plan & college loan repayment plan
• Monthly cell phone stipend 
• Commuter Benefits 
• Gym Reimbursement through firm medical plan

Our Commitment To Diversity

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) are part of Sia Partners’ DNA. Thanks to our expertise in several sectors and our international growth, our teams include a variety of experiences and cultures. We’re confident that promoting DEIB creates an environment in which everyone can reach their full potential.

Our global network, DEIB@Sia Partners, brings together our people worldwide to facilitate local and global progress, focused on the following areas:

• Gender equality (global Gender Equality Index score of 93/100 for 2023)
• LGBTQ+
• Race & Ethnicity
• Working Parents
• Disabilities

Hybrid Workplace Guidelines

Sia Partners maintains its hybrid workplace arrangements and provides a flexible workplace environment that is driven by client and business/market needs. At this time, in-person requirements are issued by departments (Business Unit/Business Line) and vary by office location. Consultants are expected to have the ability to be flexible with work location depending on business needs and live within a reasonable distance to the office.

Work Authorization & Sponsorship 

At this time, Sia Partners does not intend to pursue employment with applicants who will require now or in the future visa sponsorship by our company for work authorization in the United States (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa, or any other non-immigrant status).

Sia Partners is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.