Job Responsibilities
Sarbanes-Oxley design, design effectiveness, and operational
effectiveness review; New system implementations, IT governance,
Security forensics, Homeland security planning
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Job Requirements
10+ years IT, 5+ years accounting/finance, previous IT and
financial auditing experience, CPA preferred, CISSP, CISA, PMP
and other certifications necessary, security training and
experience required. Previous experience in dealing with CEOs,
CFOs, and CIOs directly.
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Uppers
High-level exposure, Great pay, Contribution to society by virtue of preventing
major fraud and/or terrorist activities
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Downers
Long hours, detailed work, unreasonable expectations sometimes,
finding fraudulent activity by people you expect to be
trustworthy
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Lifestyle
10-12 hour days common, travel to client locations both local and distant
common, sometimes months away from home when working on specific assignments,
dress code generally business casual, but requires top-notch dress when meeting
with top executives or board members, socialization depends on size of
assignment, diversity pretty good since dealing with major corporations/government
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Compensation
Most assignments are from 4 to 6 months, longest assignment
recently was 18 months. Pay generally on an hourly basis--varies
from $85 to $125/hour depending upon location and the rate your
company is billing you out at--means that you can clear $150,000
to $275,000 annually depending on economy/demand
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Advice to Jobseekers
Probably will be a growth field in the future--but takes a lot
of education and experience to qualify. My other piece of
advice is that this is not for someone who is looking to settle
down in one place with a family--it's better for either someone
who likes the single life--or whose kids are grown up and now in
college or othewise out of the house.
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