Risk Assurance

Industry folks who have been at multiple industry companies - how different have your experiences been?

Exit opportunities for risk management? Would one successfully be able to get into biz dev, and without taking too much of a fall in seniority?

Piggybacking off another q - what are the most essential qualities for success at big 4? At any level.

About to enter a management role…am excited, but nervous - any tips/learnings from other managers here?

How much does IT/Cyber audit make at big 4? I am a rising senior associate at a top 25 accounting firm mainly working on SOC audit and iso/SOC readiness assessments.

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I have more than 3 years of experience in IT audit (Soc1/2, AUP, ITGC, ITAC, controls testing) at KPMG. I was las… more

Does anyone know of any firm or industry business hiring Technology Risk Management Seniors?

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Can anyone point me to a good white paper/ training that discusses risk management as a revenue driver? Audience is ppmd/c-suite. P

What is my worth in MCOL? 3YOE at B4 doing financial and IT internal audits, with a focus on cybersecurity IA. I am a CIA, CISA, and CISM.

I'm a 2nd year IA Manager at KPMG. Was offered an IA Manager role in industry for a 30% total comp increase. Would I be stupid not to take it? My partner and PML will surely say Director is right around the c… more

Has anyone switched over to strategy from risk?

Busy season is here and I feel like my boss easily scapegoats me when things aren’t going smoothly. But I can spot the holes and want to let her know it’s not REGULARLY me…just worried about my reputa… more

For those in IT Audit, when you perform user access review - do you not review Read-only bc it’s low risk?

Managers/Directors - how do you manage your calendar/demands? I have a backlog of about 50 things to do but find myself stuck in meetings 30-32 hours a week. Puts insane pressure on my nights/weekends… more

Does ISACA have free CPE courses? How do I access them? Website is a little confusing.

How bad is busy season looking for everyone?

How do you juggle multiple projects? Our firm’s getting busy and they keep throwing more stuff at me, but I just don’t feel like I have the time OR the staff to work through stuff effectively. Really … more

I work in cyber risk and get called an auditor often. This app has made me despise the word audit lol. Anyone else?

What’s one thing you could change about Risk in your org?

What kind of pay jump should I generally expect between sr associate and manager? TIA.

Trying to decide if I can get into RA for life sciences/healthcare or a tech-related company, not sure which way to go so any advice/insight would be welcome

If you could go back in time would you still pick Risk as a career?

What are things that would cause a new associate <1 year to be placed on a pip or just outright fired?

Our team is massively understaffed and we’re being told there’s going to be a major recruitment drive in the new year that a lot of us will need to be involved in. How do you convince people to join t… more

How do you know you're the right fit for a role? Got hired 3 months ago and still feel like I’m not performing at the level I’m expected to…

The new hire experience in this field has been abysmal.

1.) Every project seems to be staffed by a skeleton crew. No one has time to mentor your or teach you anything. So then you work on stuff, it sits in the ma… more

Anyone on here work in Internal Audit at PwC? Specifically health industries?

What’s the salary range for an experienced senior in the IT audit field for Texas?

Curious, how many of us in the bowl are fully remote vs hybrid vs all 5 days in the office. Which do you prefer and why?

What is peak salary for Information Assurance or Risk Management/RCC? If you have reached your peak salary can please provide your years of experience, certs & degree you have.

I hope you all had … more

Which of the big 4 has the best culture you think? Am starting to look for new roles and culture is more important for me at this point

Seniors - how much are you making? COL?

Would you recommend B4 IA to a sr associate? I started in audit and currently in accounting advisory, and while the work has been interesting, I’ve largely been staffed on deals, so WLB has been very … more

Curious to hear from people who have worked for 2 or more of the big 4. How did your experiences at each compare?

People at EY is the hardest year in your career thus far? I’ve heard with all the new guidance, staffing issues etc. this has been the hardest year in many peoples careers. How true is this?

What’s been your most challenging audit experience so far?

Got an offer, but it’s WAY lower than what I was expecting. Any tips on how to approach the discussion to get more? They knew my TC expectations so am kinda surprised by their offer