Department

Finance

Community

Remote Work or

Iqaluit

Housing

No staff housing available

Reference Number

513

Salary

$129,550 to $147,024 per year, 37.5 hours/week Non GN employees choosing Remote work will start at $129,550.

Northern Allowance

$16,328 per year if the hire chooses to work in Iqaluit

Type of Employment

Indeterminate

*(if the hire chooses remote it will be a 3-year Term)

Union Status

Excluded

Expiry Options

Has closing date

Closing Date

Friday, February 13, 2026 - 23:59 EST

Senior Auditor, Internal Audit Services

This employment opportunity is open to all applicants.

In accordance with the Government of Nunavut’s Remote Hiring Policy, this position is being advertised in the home community or is eligible for remote work.

Reporting directly to the Manager, Internal Audit Services (IAS), the Senior Auditor, Internal Audit Services, supports the departments and public agencies of the Government of Nunavut (GN) by providing independent audit and advisory services in a manner designed to add value and improve operations. IAS activity helps the GN accomplish its goals and objectives by conducting various engagements for the purpose of advising as to the effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of GN policies, practices, procedures, and controls and to make recommendations for improvements.

The Senior Auditor, Internal Audit Services:

• Develops an understanding of activities and controls to be audited by reviewing legislation, policies and procedures as well as management directives and guidelines.
• Documents systems and evaluates internal controls.
• Performs risk analyses and determines areas of audit emphasis.
• Determining resource requirements and developing time budgets for audit segments.
• Prepares, in consultation with the Manager, detailed audit programs that fulfill the audit objectives, and that serve as a guide to the performance of the audit.
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information obtained during the audit.
• Prepares working paper documentation of audit procedures followed, audit findings, and conclusions to audit programs in accordance with professional standards for working paper preparation.
• Prepares the draft audit report, which includes findings, implications and recommendations, for review and approval by the Manager.
• Identifies and coordinating the resources required to complete the project, including staff and contracted auditors.
• Monitors the performance of audits conducted by other Senior Auditors, Auditors, and Junior Auditors as well as by contractors to evaluate audit findings, verify conclusions and recommendations, and the content of audit reports to ensure compliance with audit objectives.
• Establishes processes for following up on audit reports to ensure that management has taken the corrective action agreed to in their Action Plans in the audit report.
• Reviews and approves the final audit report to be submitted through the Manager and the Chief Internal Auditor, Internal Audit Services.

Typically, the above knowledge, skills, and abilities, would be acquired through:

• An undergraduate Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or related field from a recognized institution
• Three (3) years of Canadian auditing experience at progressively senior levels with the responsibility for supervising the work of others is required, and an extensive experience in performing audits of computerized systems in a Canadian setting is preferred.
• The Senior Auditor is required to possess one of the following designations: a current Canadian Professional Accounting (CPA) designation, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designation or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designation.

This is a Position of Trust and a satisfactory Criminal Record Check is required.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages of Nunavut. Fluency in more than one of Nunavut’s official languages would be considered an asset. Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuktut and experience working in a northern cross-cultural environment are also considered assets.

Acceptable combinations of education and experience may be considered for this position. We encourage you to apply if you have equivalent years of education and/or experience equal to the education and experience requirements listed above.

An eligibility list may be created to fill future vacancies.

• The Government of Nunavut is committed to creating a representative workforce; therefore, priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit who self-identify as being enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
• Government of Nunavut employees serving a probationary period must obtain and provide written authorization from the deputy head of their employing department. The authorization from the deputy head must accompany your application for your application to be considered.
• Possession of a criminal record may not disqualify candidates from being considered. An assessment of the criminal record will be measured against the scope and duties of the position. This is only a requirement for positions that require a satisfactory criminal record or vulnerable sector check.
• Applicants may submit their resume in any of the Official Languages of Nunavut.
• Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• The onus is on candidates in receipt of foreign post-secondary education credentials to have their foreign credentials assessed through a recognized Canadian education institution. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of their application.