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Apply By: Friday, November 13, 2026 11:59 pm EST

Senior IT Auditor

Job ID:

250999

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Office of the Auditor General of Ontario

Division:

IT Audit

City:

Toronto

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

1 Permanent

Job code:

Auditor Gen-IC9 - Auditor Gen-IC9

Salary:

$86,379.00 - $127,288.00 Per year

The Office of the Auditor General of Ontario (OAGO) is recruiting a highly motivated qualified interested in making a difference for the benefit of the members of the Legislative Assembly and the people of Ontario. The OAGO is an independent office of the Legislative Assembly that conducts performance and financial statement audits of the provincial government, its ministries and agencies. We also audit organizations in the broader public sector that receive provincial funding.

The successful candidate will provide technical expertise to audit teams and support risk-based IT audit engagements for financial statement audits, performance audits and other assurance activities.

About the job

What can I expect to do in this role?

As a Senior IT Auditor, you will:

- Perform risk assessments to identify technology risks affecting financial reporting, business operations and government program delivery.
- Assess IT general controls, application controls, interfaces, data migrations and system implementation projects.
- Review SOC reports and related assurance documentation and assess the effect of third-party control deficiencies on audit risk and reliance.
- Conduct interviews, process walkthroughs and research; develop audit programs, execute procedures and prepare working papers and draft reports.
- Identify control deficiencies and develop practical, evidence-based findings and recommendations.
- Use data analytics and computer-assisted audit techniques to identify anomalies, trends and areas of risk.
- Research developments in auditing standards, cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
- Coordinate assigned audit activities and provide guidance to junior staff and co-op students, where applicable.

What you bring to the team

You will qualify for this position by demonstrating:

- A minimum of three years of related experience in cybersecurity and IT auditing, including IT projects, databases or computer systems.
- Relevant university degree and/or a professional qualification such as CIA, CISA or CISSP.
- Strong knowledge of auditing principles, risk-assessment methodologies, CAS, GAAS, IIA Standards and leading IT control frameworks.
- Experience auditing ERP and cloud environments, complex technology infrastructure, SOC reports and third-party service providers.
- Experience assessing technology-transformation initiatives, including implementations, migrations, cloud adoption, vendor solutions, data conversion and privacy impacts.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, project-management, interviewing, negotiation and communication skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively across organizational levels.
- Ability to travel as a core requirement of the position.

Asset qualifications:

- Experience with SAP,



Oracle, Workday or Microsoft Dynamics environments.
- Knowledge of IDEA, ACL or Alteryx.

What's in it for you?

- A modern organization with a flexible hybrid work model with in-office attendance at a minimum of 3 days per week.
- Work with an innovative and high-performing organization committed to creating a positive organizational culture.
- A defined benefit pension plan, comprehensive health plan, and life and disability insurance.
- Healthcare spending account.
- Maternity and parental leave top-up benefits.

How to apply

If you want to work in an environment that is positive, challenging and safe, where your contributions are valued, please submit a cover letter and resume as one document through the OAGO Careers portal by November 13, 2026.

Commitment to diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism:

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects Ontario's varied communities and promoting a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply, and encourage applications from people with disabilities, racialized individuals, including Indigenous and Black applicants, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

We offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process, consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. If you require a disability-related accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please contact the recruitment team [email protected], who will respond to you within 72 hours.

We also believe in the importance of providing services to Ontarians in both official languages and encourage interested bilingual candidates to apply, particularly for public-facing positions.

Notes

Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) Screening

- Prior to an offer of employment, the top applicant(s) will be required to undergo screening by the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC).

Qualified List Information

- A list of qualified candidates will be established for the Senior IT Auditor position and will remain in effect for twelve (12) months from the date it is created. Qualified candidates may be considered for future permanent and/or temporary vacancies in this position.

Additional information:

Apply by:

Friday, November 13, 2026 11:59 pm EST

Position details:

- 1 English Permanent, 20 Dundas St W, Toronto, Toronto Region

Compensation group:

Excluded

Work hours:

Schedule n/a

Category:

Information Technology

Posted on:

Friday, October 30, 2026

How to apply:

- You must submit your application using only one of the methods identified below.





- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.

- Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.

- Be sure to quote the Job ID number for this position.

- OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

Send application to:
Careers portal on the OAGO website

Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Information collection notice

We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25.

Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).

If you have any questions about how your information is collected, used, shared or saved, please contact us.

Strengthening Ontario, together

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🏢 Office of the Auditor General of Ontario
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