Houston Technology Audit & Advisory (Energy & Utilities) Senior Manager

You Belong Here 

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture.  We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.   
 
At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm. 
  

Where We Need You:  

Protiviti is looking for a Technology Audit & Advisory Senior Manager to join our growing team.  

What You Can Expect:  

As a Senior Manager, you’ll partner with our clients to manage risk associated with their use of technology. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods.  You’ll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery.  You’ll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans. 

At Protiviti, Technology Audit & Advisory focuses on:  

• Helping clients better manage risks associated with their use of technology, protecting and enhancing enterprise value.  

• Innovation: identifying solutions to client problems related to technology, helping them to rethink how technology processes are managed by incorporating AI and automation.  

• Technology enablement: Incorporating analytics, AI, automation and other new tools and methods in the execution of audit work for our clients, enabling a deeper, broader, more efficient, and more insightful analysis of our clients’ technology risks. 

• Staying current: We support a broad set of potential certifications and related trainings for our team, equipping our technology audit organization to stay at the forefront of emerging risks and trends. 

 
Consultants in Technology Audit & Advisory work with clients to assess, identify risk, advise, and consult on different technology-related topics, including:  

• Cybersecurity  

• Cloud Assurance 

• Project Risk Advisory 

• Technology Risk Management and Assessment 

• IT General Controls (ITGC)  

• AI and Data Governance 

• Data Privacy 

• Technology Regulations  

• Enterprise Applications 

• Technology Resilience  

• IT Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance 

• Emerging Technologies  

• 2nd Line Controls Governance 

• Technology Enablement 

What Will Help You Be Successful:  

• You enjoy identifying areas of business and technology risk, and opportunities to improve efficiency, increase performance, and help clients better utilize all technologies.  

• You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to data and technology, including the latest trends and developments.  

• You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences. 

• You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries, including the energy and utilities industry. 

• You contribute to business development efforts by supporting proposal development, gathering client and industry insights, and identifying opportunities to expand the value delivered through existing engagements. 

• You are skilled at taking ambiguous or evolving requests and translating them into a clear path forward, including defining priorities, structuring the work, and guiding the team toward execution. 

• You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.  

• You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.  

• You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities. 

• You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities. 

• You are versed in leveraging AI to enhance personal productivity as well as internal audit and SOX activities, including planning, fieldwork and reporting. 

• You understand collaborating across time zones, working effectively with diverse, geographically distributed teams to deliver seamless client service. 

Do Your Talents Include the Following?   

Demonstrated experience with:  

• Leading teams in implementing IT audit methodologies and developing necessary audit deliverables, including process flows, work programs, audit reports, and control summaries.    

• Commonly used internal control frameworks, including COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS, ITIL, etc.  

• Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions and methodologies for achieving compliance, in particular the technology implications and requirements.  

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A passion for: 

• The latest trends and developments in data and technology, including high-growth topics of cybersecurity, cloud, data governance, privacy, analytics, enterprise applications (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics etc.), disaster recovery, systems development methodologies etc. 

• Analytics and technology enablement (automation, AI/ML etc.).  

• Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data. 

• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.  

• Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.  

• Knowledge and understanding of the energy and utilities industry. 

• Providing strategic oversight to engagement teams by anticipating delivery risks, resolving complex issues, and ensuring project outcomes align with client objectives and Protiviti quality expectations. 

• Ability to translate and communicate technology topics and audit issues to client personnel, including executives.  

• Handling project management and administrative responsibilities, such as budgeting, invoicing, and project resourcing.

• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.   

• Experience working across different teaming models, including offshore resources, is a plus. 

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (e.g., Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or business-related field.) 

• 7+ years working in technology audit, consulting, assurance services, risk and control programs, or related field, either in professional services or industry.  

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications. 

• Proficiency in PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, Python, RPA Solutions, and other Analytics tools strongly preferred. 

• Professional Certification such as CIA, CRMA, CISA, CISM, CISSP, or similar strongly preferred. 

Our Hybrid Workplace 

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements varies by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.