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Technology Assurance Associate jobs are open across public accounting, financial services, and professional services firms, from entry-level to senior associate, with specializations in IT audit, SOC reporting, and cybersecurity assurance. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Job Summary:
The Assurance Manager, Technology Risk Assurance is responsible for leading teams in planning and performing IT risk and control work for a wide range of complex environments. In this role, the Assurance Manager, Technology Risk Assurance will be charged with designing the scope of procedures and ensuring the appropriate execution of those procedures by the team, including the review, documentation, testing, and evaluation of information technology processes, often on multiple engagements.
Job Duties:
Business Acumen:
- Applies knowledge of business functions, processes, and strategies to provide services, solutions, and advice that considers and improves the organization as evidenced by:
- Understanding core business operations/structure of various businesses
- Demonstrating knowledge of business issues, trends, and industry economics
- Demonstrating ease with client communications
Risk and Controls Focus:
- Applies knowledge and understanding of the collective effect of various factors on establishing or enhancing effectiveness, or mitigating the risks, of specific policies and procedures by:
- Identifying and considering applicable policies, laws, rules, and regulations of the firm, regulators, or other authoritative bodies
- Liaising with other professionals (such as core assurance) and the client to establish scope and strategy of work to be performed, and continuing team communications to work through complex issues and conclusions
- Ensuring proper documentation of the clients’ business and IT processes and controls and testing key controls in a variety of industries
- Reviewing workpapers and conclusions during audit field work
- Providing on-the-job-training to the engagement team during field work
- Communicating to the client areas to improve processes, strengthen controls, mitigate risks, and/or increase efficiency
- Developing and maintaining relationships with client personnel and management
- Identifying and making constructive suggestions to improve client internal controls and accounting procedures
Professional Competence:
- Applies knowledge and understanding of professional standards; application of the principles contained in professional standards; and the ability to document and communicate an understanding and application of professional standards on an engagement by:
- Applying knowledge of auditing theory, a sense of professional skepticism, and the use of BDO audit manuals
- Applying auditing standards and methodology to various client situations
- Identifying complex issues, including deviations, and working through complex situations collaboratively with the team and client
- Applying knowledge to identify instances where testing may be reduced or expanded and providing counsel to the members of the audit team.
- Preparing, reviewing, and communicating results of procedures to the client, ensuring timeliness and completeness
Methodology:
- Applies knowledge and application of BDO standards to guide effective and efficient delivery of quality services and products by:
- Conducting general and detailed reviews to help ensure audits are completed in accordance with applicable methodology and standards
- Recommending appropriate outcomes to critical issues
- Planning the audit process and overseeing the execution of procedures with quality and efficiency, despite pressures of deadlines
- Executing proper BDO methodology throughout the entirety of the engagement, from engagement acceptance through archive
Other:
- Applies knowledge and understanding of governing principles; applying these principles to client transactions; and documenting and communicating an understanding and application of these principles by:
- Planning and executing IT audits, including obtaining an understanding of the control environment, designing test plans, evaluating deficiencies, and assessing the overall financial reporting control environment
- Reading and reviewing clients’ information and control documentation, ensuring accuracy and completeness, and ensuring that all supporting information is documented in the workpapers and through appropriate testing
- Applying BDO methodology, industry standards and guidance, and new pronouncements to client situations
- Coaching less experienced team members in new areas
- Other duties as required
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Sets the tone for teamwork by supporting others in their work and delivers on commitments made to team members and clients
- Establishes deadlines and executes procedures and oversight to meet set deadlines
- Supervises associates and senior associates on all projects
- Reviews work prepared by the team and provides review comments
- Acts as a Career Advisor to associates or senior associates
- Schedules and manages workload of associates and senior associates
- Ownership and tracking of status, schedule, and budget for reporting to the team and the client
- Provides verbal and written performance feedback to associates and senior associates Teaches/coaches senior associates and associates to provide on-the-job learning
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree, required: focus in Business Administration, Accounting, Computer Science, or Information systems, preferred
- Master’s degree in Information Systems, preferred
Experience:
- Five (5) or more years of IT audit and/or related risk and controls experience, required
- Experience performing general and application control reviews, required
- Experience with performing review of and testing around third-party attestation (SOC) reports, preferred
- Experience working within a public accounting and internal auditing environment, preferred
License/Certifications:
- CPA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, CISSP and/or CFE certification, required
Software:
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, required
- Exposure to various industry ERP applications, highly preferred
Language:
- N/A
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and basic research skills
- Solid organizational skills especially ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details
- Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
- Proven ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to effectively manage a team of professionals and delegating work assignments as needed
- Able to build and maintain strong relationships with client personnel
- Ability to encourage team environment on engagements and contribute to the professional development of assigned personnel
- Executive presence and ability to act as primary contact on assigned engagements
- Ability to successfully interact with professionals at all levels
- Advanced knowledge of internal controls Ability to travel up to 30%
Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
California Range: $110,000 - $140,000
Illinois Range: $100,000 - $120,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $116,000 - $140,000
Washington Range: $120,000 - $160,000
At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you.
Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. Our values guide how we bring that purpose to life each day. Together, they shape how we work with one another, serve our clients, and create meaningful impact.
BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world. No matter your role, you’ll be part of a team helping clients navigate complexity and move forward with clarity.
As technology continues to shape how we work, BDO values the ability to apply generative and agentic AI solutions to develop work products, improve workflows and identify potential risks. Across our firm, we emphasize professional judgment in validating AI-generated outputs for accuracy, quality, and compliance.
We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. As a qualified retirement plan, the ESOP is a meaningful addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. It also reinforces an ownership mindset that strengthens our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we’re building together.
Learn more about our benefits: BDO Total Rewards encompass more than traditional benefits. Click here to find out more !
*Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets
Click here to find out more !
Job Summary:
The Assurance Manager, Technology Risk Assurance is responsible for leading teams in planning and performing IT risk and control work for a wide range of complex environments. In this role, the Assurance Manager, Technology Risk Assurance will be charged with designing the scope of procedures and ensuring the appropriate execution of those procedures by the team, including the review, documentation, testing, and evaluation of information technology processes, often on multiple engagements.
Job Duties:
Business Acumen:
- Applies knowledge of business functions, processes, and strategies to provide services, solutions, and advice that considers and improves the organization as evidenced by:
- Understanding core business operations/structure of various businesses
- Demonstrating knowledge of business issues, trends, and industry economics
- Demonstrating ease with client communications
Risk and Controls Focus:
- Applies knowledge and understanding of the collective effect of various factors on establishing or enhancing effectiveness, or mitigating the risks, of specific policies and procedures by:
- Identifying and considering applicable policies, laws, rules, and regulations of the firm, regulators, or other authoritative bodies
- Liaising with other professionals (such as core assurance) and the client to establish scope and strategy of work to be performed, and continuing team communications to work through complex issues and conclusions
- Ensuring proper documentation of the clients’ business and IT processes and controls and testing key controls in a variety of industries
- Reviewing workpapers and conclusions during audit field work
- Providing on-the-job-training to the engagement team during field work
- Communicating to the client areas to improve processes, strengthen controls, mitigate risks, and/or increase efficiency
- Developing and maintaining relationships with client personnel and management
- Identifying and making constructive suggestions to improve client internal controls and accounting procedures
Professional Competence:
- Applies knowledge and understanding of professional standards; application of the principles contained in professional standards; and the ability to document and communicate an understanding and application of professional standards on an engagement by:
- Applying knowledge of auditing theory, a sense of professional skepticism, and the use of BDO audit manuals
- Applying auditing standards and methodology to various client situations
- Identifying complex issues, including deviations, and working through complex situations collaboratively with the team and client
- Applying knowledge to identify instances where testing may be reduced or expanded and providing counsel to the members of the audit team.
- Preparing, reviewing, and communicating results of procedures to the client, ensuring timeliness and completeness
Methodology:
- Applies knowledge and application of BDO standards to guide effective and efficient delivery of quality services and products by:
- Conducting general and detailed reviews to help ensure audits are completed in accordance with applicable methodology and standards
- Recommending appropriate outcomes to critical issues
- Planning the audit process and overseeing the execution of procedures with quality and efficiency, despite pressures of deadlines
- Executing proper BDO methodology throughout the entirety of the engagement, from engagement acceptance through archive
Other:
- Applies knowledge and understanding of governing principles; applying these principles to client transactions; and documenting and communicating an understanding and application of these principles by:
- Planning and executing IT audits, including obtaining an understanding of the control environment, designing test plans, evaluating deficiencies, and assessing the overall financial reporting control environment
- Reading and reviewing clients’ information and control documentation, ensuring accuracy and completeness, and ensuring that all supporting information is documented in the workpapers and through appropriate testing
- Applying BDO methodology, industry standards and guidance, and new pronouncements to client situations
- Coaching less experienced team members in new areas
- Other duties as required
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Sets the tone for teamwork by supporting others in their work and delivers on commitments made to team members and clients
- Establishes deadlines and executes procedures and oversight to meet set deadlines
- Supervises associates and senior associates on all projects
- Reviews work prepared by the team and provides review comments
- Acts as a Career Advisor to associates or senior associates
- Schedules and manages workload of associates and senior associates
- Ownership and tracking of status, schedule, and budget for reporting to the team and the client
- Provides verbal and written performance feedback to associates and senior associates Teaches/coaches senior associates and associates to provide on-the-job learning
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree, required: focus in Business Administration, Accounting, Computer Science, or Information systems, preferred
- Master’s degree in Information Systems, preferred
Experience:
- Five (5) or more years of IT audit and/or related risk and controls experience, required
- Experience performing general and application control reviews, required
- Experience with performing review of and testing around third-party attestation (SOC) reports, preferred
- Experience working within a public accounting and internal auditing environment, preferred
License/Certifications:
- CPA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, CISSP and/or CFE certification, required
Software:
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, required
- Exposure to various industry ERP applications, highly preferred
Language:
- N/A
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and basic research skills
- Solid organizational skills especially ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details
- Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
- Proven ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to effectively manage a team of professionals and delegating work assignments as needed
- Able to build and maintain strong relationships with client personnel
- Ability to encourage team environment on engagements and contribute to the professional development of assigned personnel
- Executive presence and ability to act as primary contact on assigned engagements
- Ability to successfully interact with professionals at all levels
- Advanced knowledge of internal controls Ability to travel up to 30%
Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
California Range: $110,000 - $140,000
Illinois Range: $100,000 - $120,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $116,000 - $140,000
Washington Range: $120,000 - $160,000
At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you.
Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. Our values guide how we bring that purpose to life each day. Together, they shape how we work with one another, serve our clients, and create meaningful impact.
BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world. No matter your role, you’ll be part of a team helping clients navigate complexity and move forward with clarity.
As technology continues to shape how we work, BDO values the ability to apply generative and agentic AI solutions to develop work products, improve workflows and identify potential risks. Across our firm, we emphasize professional judgment in validating AI-generated outputs for accuracy, quality, and compliance.
We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. As a qualified retirement plan, the ESOP is a meaningful addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. It also reinforces an ownership mindset that strengthens our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we’re building together.
Learn more about our benefits: BDO Total Rewards encompass more than traditional benefits. Click here to find out more !
*Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets
Click here to find out more !
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Who's Hiring
- Deloitte32
- MANTECH3
- EY2
- BDO2
- Baker Tilly Canada2
Top Industries Hiring
- Accounting & Auditing
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in technology assurance associate jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, information systems, or a related field
- Understanding of SOC 1 and SOC 2 audit frameworks and reporting standards
- Experience or coursework in IT general controls and application controls testing
- Familiarity with risk assessment methodologies and control documentation
- CISA, CPA, or CompTIA Security+ certification preferred or in progress
- Proficiency with audit management and workpaper tools such as an ATS or GRC platform
Tips for Your Technology Assurance Associate Job Search
Tailor your resume to audit frameworks
Technology assurance roles expect familiarity with COBIT, COSO, or SOC 2 trust service criteria. Name the specific frameworks you've applied, not just the audits you supported. Reviewers scan for these terms before reading your bullet points.
Highlight certifications early in applications
Credentials like CPA, CISA, or CompTIA Security+ move your application past initial filters in many firms. List in-progress certifications too, since many employers hire associates who sit for the exam within their first year.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists technology assurance associate openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter for industry-specific audit exposure
Financial services, healthcare, and government technology assurance roles each require different regulatory literacy. Target openings where the job description names the regulations you know, such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or FFIEC, to strengthen your fit from the start.
Prepare a walkthrough of one real engagement
Interviewers for technology assurance roles consistently ask you to walk through an audit or assessment you led or supported. Practice describing your scope, testing approach, and findings in under three minutes without using internal jargon.
Negotiate start dates around busy season
Many public accounting firms run technology assurance engagements on a cycle tied to client fiscal year-ends. If you receive an offer, asking about team schedules signals awareness of that rhythm and can open flexibility on start date or onboarding timing.
Technology Assurance Associate Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most technology assurance associates?
The most active employers for technology assurance associates right now are Deloitte, MANTECH, and EY, and the most openings are in California, Ohio, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially concentrated at national accounting firms and large financial institutions with internal audit functions.
How many technology assurance associate jobs are remote?
About 100% of technology assurance associate openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with remote work most common in roles focused on IT risk advisory and SOC reporting rather than on-site client fieldwork. Positions tied to physical infrastructure reviews or government engagements are more likely to require in-person presence.
How do you become a technology assurance associate?
Start with a bachelor's degree in accounting, information systems, management information systems, or cybersecurity. Build foundational knowledge of internal controls, IT audit concepts, and at least one reporting framework such as SOC 2. Pursue an entry-level certification like CompTIA Security+ or begin the CPA or CISA exam pathway. Apply to associate or staff-level roles at public accounting firms or internal audit departments, where most structured training happens on the job.
Can I get a technology assurance associate job with little experience?
Yes, many firms hire directly from undergraduate programs into technology assurance associate roles. Relevant internships in audit, IT, or compliance strengthen your application significantly. If you lack professional experience, coursework in auditing, database systems, or information security, combined with a certification in progress, can substitute for direct work history in a large share of entry-level postings.
What does the technology assurance associate interview process look like?
Most firms run two to three rounds. The first is typically a recruiter or HR screen focused on your background and interest in audit. The second involves a manager or senior associate asking behavioral and technical questions about controls testing, risk identification, and audit documentation. Some firms add a case study or written exercise where you assess a sample control environment and document findings.
Where can I find and apply to technology assurance associate jobs?
You can find and apply to technology assurance associate jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level, industry focus, and location preference, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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