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Summary

IS Auditor II| Audit – Evaluates business and technical processing environments.

What your day would be like:

You are responsible for:

Identify areas of potential weakness in controls and processes in specific business and technical areas.
Conducts audits and reviews to provide an independent verification and evaluation of the Company’s information systems operations.
Executes and documents control evaluation procedures for IT audit projects including evaluation of system and network infrastructures, physical and logical security, systems acquisition and development, system architecture, change management, system availability and may include code review.
Interact with senior auditors and supervisor to clearly communicate issues and/or concerns.
Maintains a positive attitude and even temperament to promote teamwork and cooperation.
Complies with GAAS, IIA and ISACA standards and Company procedures to ensure objectivity, independence and professionalism of audits. Under direction of senior auditor, gathers background information to help in the planning of an audit in the Information Systems area.
Maintains basic understanding of IT processes, infrastructure and control to formulate risk assessments, including some knowledge of controls for a few key areas of information technology
Develops criteria for the extraction of data for testing using software programs (example Power BI).
Maintains up-to-date knowledge of new and changing regulations that may impact work and can master technically complex systems.

Minimum Requirements

IS Auditor II | Audit

BS degree in Accounting, Business or Computer Science or any combination of four years relevant work experience and completed years of relevant college coursework.
PLUS a minimum of three (3) years information systems audit experience in the areas of application development, operating systems, data center and network operations, support activities and/or information security.
MBA, CPA, CIA or CISA certification preferred.

Major Accountabilities

1) Under close supervision, conducts audits and reviews to provide an independent verification and evaluation of the Company’s information systems operations.
2) Executes and documents control evaluation procedures for IT audit projects including evaluation of system and network infrastructures, physical and logical security, systems acquisition and development, system architecture, change management, system availability and may include code review.
3) Interact with senior auditors and supervisor to clearly communicate issues and/or concerns.
4) Maintains a positive attitude and even temperament to promote teamwork and cooperation.
5) Complies with GAAS, IIA and ISACA standards and Company procedures to ensure objectivity, independence and professionalism of audits. Under direction of senior auditor, gathers background information to help in the planning of an audit in the Information Systems area.
6) Maintains basic understanding of IT processes, infrastructure and control to formulate risk assessments, including some knowledge of controls for a few key areas of information technology
7) Develops criteria for the extraction of data for testing using software programs (example could be Audit Command Language (ACL) software).
8) Maintains up-to-date knowledge of new and changing regulations that may impact work and can master technically complex systems.

Export Compliance / EEO Statement

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy’s Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, ‘U.S. Export Control Laws’). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. ‘Green Card Holder’), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (‘Pinnacle West’) maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Arizona Public Service is a smoke free workplace.

Flex Role:
This position is not required to be performed at a specific APS facility as long as adequate technology and a solid ergonomic set up are present. Pending agreement with leadership, employees hired into this role will be able to choose where they prefer to perform their work, but the ultimate decision is the company’s. Employees will have two options to choose from:

APS office based: The employee prefers to work most of the time from an APS facility.
Home based: The employee prefers to work most of the time from his/her home.

*Employees in Flex roles are required to reside in Arizona (or NM for Four Corners-based employees). Role types are subject to change based on business need.