Senior Auditor - Operations

DTE is one of the nation's largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer's homes and Michigan's progress for more than a century. And as Michigan's largest source of renewable energy, we're creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We're also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.

But we're more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities. When you join us, you'll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone's health, safety, and wellbeing. Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.

Testing Required: Not Applicable

Apply by: Until fill
Location: Detroit - Downtown Headquarter - Walker Cisler Building

Bidding Restriction: 1 Year

Hybrid Role: Must be able to come on-site periodically and reside a commutable distance from the assigned work location.

Emergency Response: Yes - Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE's emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

Applies advanced internal auditing standards, procedures, and techniques to evaluate and provide assurance regarding the adequacy of controls related to the accomplishment of business objectives and compliance with laws and regulations. Frequently leads audit teams, provides consulting to business clients and may take action on certain matters without referring to superiors for advice and guidance. May also perform other types of audits, including financial controls audits.

Key Accountabilities

• Plans, develops, conducts and frequently leads financial and operational audits of new and/or complex Company systems, operations, processes, functions and activities.
• Audits may also include special investigations requiring the application of specialized auditing principles and practices.
• As an AIC, has supervisory responsibility for planning and directing audits, reviewing teams' work-papers and draft audit reports and managing client relationships.
• Accumulates pertinent data, organizes material, uses sampling techniques and software analysis tools, prepares audit programs for fieldwork testing, and makes detailed analysis of existing conditions.
• Writes and presents comprehensive audit reports, and develops presentations that clearly describe objectives, scope, conclusions, and findings and provides value added recommendations describing scope, objectives, conclusions, findings and recommendations to both internal and external stakeholders. Conducts draft review meetings.
• Partners with clients to assess their business risks on new and/or complex subjects. Uses this knowledge to provide input to audit management in developing the Annual Audit Plan, and to perform risk assessment for a given audit.
• Researches and prepares position statements on proposed and existing professional audit standards, management concerns, and regulatory decisions.
• Recommends new auditing techniques to analyze the adequacy of controls and the effectiveness of operational procedures and processes.
• Must be able to work effectively with personnel at all levels internally and externally such as outside accountants, MPSC, FERC, IRS, management consulting firms, etc.
• Provides mentoring, training, and direction to employees.
• Protects confidential client information.
• Participate on varied task forces, teams, or committees as an Auditing representative and lead projects within Internal Auditing.
• Performs all duties in accordance with DTE's safety rules, operating regulations and practices, reports unsafe conditions and practices, and promotes a clean, safe workplace.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration, or Engineering from an accredited college or university
• Or Bachelor's Degree in another discipline is acceptable with additional relevant professional experience.
• Must have professional experience normally acquired in five years in auditing.

Other Qualifications

Preferred

• Master's Degree
• CIA, CPA, or CA certification
• Blackbelt certification
• Strong experience in operational auditing

Other Requirements

• CIA, CPA, or CA certification required within two years.
• Must possess a valid driver's license, meet company driving standards and provide own transportation within the service area.
• Must have availability to travel outside the service area.

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities, and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

PRIVACY NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA JOB APPLICANTS

At DTE Energy, we are committed to providing an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and a sense of belonging. We seek individuals with a heart for service, a passion to help our communities prosper, and ideas to help shape the future of energy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, citizenship, height, weight, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.