Principal Auditor

Savannah River Mission Completion

Principal Auditor managing operational and financial audits for Savannah River Mission Completion. Ensuring compliance with auditing standards and improving operational efficiency.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeAiken • South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $85,000 - $145,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Plans, schedules, coordinates and directs operational, financial, information systems and performance audits to determine the extent of compliance with policies, procedures, DOE regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulations and the company’s Prime Contract.
Make recommendations to resolve non-compliance issues and monitors as appropriate to ensure corrective actions are implemented.
Assists the Audit Manager in assessing potential risks, developing audit plans, and other administrative requirements.
Influences audit priorities, schedules, and specific audit assignments.
Ensure that audit work papers are prepared and maintained and audits are conducted in accordance with the company, Institute of Internal Auditors, and Government Accounting Standards.
Peer reviews work performed by other staff auditors to ensure adequacy of audit scope and documentation, significance of audit findings and soundness of recommendations.
Develops and maintains contact with external organizations (government, private, and professional) to ensure compliance with changing auditing standards and government regulations and to identify new audit techniques and technology.
Contributes to the development and implementation of innovative, efficient and effective strategies for audit performance.
Provides detailed multi-platform electronic data related to audit detailed testing.
Designs, programs and executes detailed testing to provide 100% accuracy and dependability to the audit team and senior management.
Develop audit reports which identify compliance, and control weaknesses and render appropriate, cost-effective recommendations for improvement.
Follows up on the implementation of recommendations.
Participate in internal quality review assessments annually and external assessments in 5 year intervals.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Information Technology, Engineering, Management or other related disciplines
Experience with audit or related and/or commensurate professional experience in corporate and/or the DOE Complex.
Government Auditing Standards require 80 hours of training in governmental auditing every 2 years.
The successful candidate holds a US government security clearance, or has the ability to obtain a clearance if necessary.
Well versed on the applicability of Global Internal Audit Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, promulgated by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and Generally Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards.
Honed interview and observational skills; excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.
Working knowledge of electronic work papers, such as TeamMate, word processing and spreadsheet applications, data mining applications such as Access, SEEQ, ACL, and others.
The ability to comprehend relevant provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations, SRMC and SRS policies and procedures, and apply those to audit procedures.
Experience in documenting work performed, forming clear conclusions, and cross-referencing workpapers to reports.
Experience extracting and filtering data into Excel from internal data applications, such as CostPoint and WebReports.
A basic understanding of artificial intelligence.
An understanding of the handling requirements of classified and Official Use Only (OUO) information.
The desire to foster an atmosphere of teamwork and open dialogue among team members.
Licenses or Certificates CIA preferred; also CPA, CFE, CRMA, CISA are also desirable, or an interest in pursuing one or more.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401k Retirement Savings Plan – 5% immediate company contribution, additional matching for employee contributions
Health Insurance & Prescription Drug Program
Health Savings Account
Telehealth with BlueCare on Demand
Dental Coverage
Vision Coverage
Flexible Spending Accounts
Includes 160 hours annual paid time off (accrued monthly), plus 11 paid holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Life and Accident Coverage
Disability Coverage
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition Reimbursement

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Hard Skills & Tools

auditfinancial auditingperformance auditingrisk assessmentdata analysisdocumenting work performeddata extractiondata filteringprogrammingtesting

Soft Skills

communicationinterpersonal skillsteamworkobservational skillsanalytical thinkingproblem-solvinginfluencingrecommendation developmentattention to detailadaptability

Certifications

CIACPACFECRMACISA