Information Systems and Risk Assurance Staff

About Us

Baker Newman Noyes (BNN) is a top 100 tax, assurance, and advisory firm in the U.S. and holds a Best of Accounting™ recognition for superior client service. BNN was founded to create opportunities for our employees, clients, and communities. We provide expert accounting and advisory services across several industries. With offices in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, BNN has a reputation for teamwork, collaboration, and client excellence throughout New England and beyond. BNN’s culture champions career advancement, mentorship, community involvement, and exceptionally responsive client service.

About the Position

If you're looking to build a rewarding career at the intersection of business, technology, risk, and assurance, Baker Newman Noyes offers an opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact. As an Information Systems and Risk Assurance (ISRA) Staff professional, you will work alongside experienced team members and directly with clients across a variety of industries to understand their technology environments, evaluate risks and controls, and support assurance engagements. Your experience will include SOC examinations, IT general controls and SOX reviews, cybersecurity and technology risk assessments, and other attestation and advisory services, providing broad exposure to evolving technologies, business processes, and risk and compliance matters.

Competencies and Position Requirements

• Collects and analyzes client information, documentation, and evidence to understand business processes, technology environments, risks, and controls, and summarizes findings in a clear and organized manner for review by engagement leadership.
• Develops knowledge of relevant industry practices, technologies, regulatory requirements, and professional standards and applies that knowledge appropriately to client engagements.
• Participates in client interviews and walkthroughs, documents processes and controls, and prepares clear, accurate, and well-supported workpapers in accordance with engagement methodology.
• Performs testing of controls and other engagement procedures, evaluates results against established criteria, identifies potential exceptions or areas of risk, and clearly documents conclusions.
• Assists engagement team members in analyzing client processes, systems, controls, and identified issues and contributes to the development of practical recommendations and client deliverables.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen controls, mitigate risk, improve processes, or enhance the effectiveness of the client's technology and control environment and communicates observations to engagement team members.
• Takes ownership of assigned engagement responsibilities, including planning and organizing work, communicating status and issues, meeting established deadlines, and delivering work that meets expectations for quality and presentation. Collaborates effectively with BNN team members, clients, and third parties and demonstrates professionalism, responsiveness, curiosity, and a willingness to seek guidance and incorporate feedback.
• Works independently on assigned responsibilities while seeking guidance when appropriate and timely communicating questions, issues, potential exceptions, and changes in engagement status.
• Demonstrates integrity, professional skepticism, sound judgment, and appropriate care in handling confidential and sensitive client information.
• Demonstrates effective analytical, problem-solving, planning, organizational, written communication, and verbal communication skills

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, management information systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant education or experience may also be considered.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop effective working relationships with clients, colleagues, and other stakeholders. Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams)
• Demonstrated interest in and aptitude for technology, information security, cybersecurity, business processes, and risk and control concepts.

Professional Development and Certifications

• BNN supports continuous professional development through hands-on client experience, formal training, coaching and mentoring, and opportunities to pursue relevant professional certifications. Depending on career interests, applicable certifications may include CPA, CISA, or other technology, cybersecurity, risk, and assurance credentials.

Work Environment

• Travel required up to 10%
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on client and engagement needs
• Hybrid work environment that includes a combination of in-office, remote, and client-site work based on engagement and team needs.
• Collaborative, team-oriented environment with regular interaction, coaching, and feedback from colleagues at all levels.

BNN strongly believes in maintaining a healthy balance between work and personal life. We support this through a variety of benefits, including:

• 20 paid days off, 5 sick days, 11 paid holidays
• 6-week paid parental leave
• Health, Dental, Pet, Vision, Disability and Life Insurances
• 401(k) Plan with company match
• Profit Sharing Plan
• Business-casual office environment

Baker Newman Noyes is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law