IT Systems Audit SME (SAP WMS)

Position Summary

The IT Systems Audit SME serves as the senior technical authority for audit readiness, internal controls, compliance assessment, risk management, and operational accountability within the Warehouse Management System (WMS) environment. This role evaluates end-to-end business processes, system-enabled controls, inventory and financial accountability, and transaction traceability to identify control deficiencies, operational risks, and compliance gaps. The Audit SME leads audit preparation and control-validation activities, supports corrective-action development and remediation, and ensures WMS operational, inventory, and financial processes maintain compliance with applicable DoD, DLA, and federal audit and internal-control requirements. Operating at an advanced level of autonomy, this individual works across functional, technical, logistics, financial, and operational organizations to strengthen control effectiveness, improve auditability, and establish sustainable processes for continuous audit readiness.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Leads WMS audit-readiness assessments focused on operational compliance, inventory accountability, financial accountability, transaction traceability, and internal-control effectiveness.
• Evaluates end-to-end WMS/SAP business processes and associated controls, including receiving, putaway, inventory management, physical inventory/cycle counting, inventory adjustments, picking, packing, shipping, goods movements, returns, and associated accountability and financial interfaces.
• Traces transactions from physical warehouse events and source documentation through WMS/SAP system records, interfaces, and downstream accountability and financial records to validate completeness, accuracy, timeliness, authorization, and auditability.
• Assesses control design and operating effectiveness, identifies control deficiencies and process gaps, evaluates compensating controls, and recommends sustainable corrective actions.
• Evaluates system-enabled controls associated with user access, segregation of duties, master data, transaction processing, interfaces, exception handling, system changes, and audit evidence retention applicable to the WMS environment.
• Develops and maintains audit-control documentation, process and control maps, risk assessments, control matrices, testing documentation, and audit-support packages.
• Supports audit testing through population identification, transaction sampling, evidence collection, evidence sufficiency assessment, walkthroughs, control testing, and documentation of results.
• Develops Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) addressing audit findings and control deficiencies; monitors remediation activities, validates corrective actions, and supports closure through resolution.
• Performs root-cause analysis of audit findings, operational deficiencies, inventory discrepancies, transaction failures, and process non-compliance to identify systemic causes and appropriate corrective measures.
• Evaluates the audit and internal-control impact of WMS Incidents (INCs), Change Requests (CRs), system enhancements, interfaces, and business-process changes, and recommends appropriate risk-mitigation measures.
• Develops audit-risk dashboards, trend analyses, compliance metrics, and executive-level briefings to provide Government leadership visibility into audit posture, control deficiencies, remediation status, and emerging risks.
• Collaborates with WMS functional, technical, logistics, financial, cybersecurity, and operational stakeholders to strengthen internal controls and improve audit sustainability and operational effectiveness.
• Supports Government interactions with internal and external auditors, including audit engagements, Requests for Evidence (RFEs), walkthroughs, transaction testing, control validation, findings analysis, and remediation activities.
• Recommends business-process and system-control improvements that enhance auditability, inventory accountability, financial integrity, operational performance, and compliance.
• Adheres to all certified processes as part of our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality and information security, which includes actively participating in quality assurance activities and ensuring the protection of sensitive information in accordance with our security policies.
• Performs other related tasks as assigned by direct supervisor.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Cybersecurity, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience supporting IT audit, financial audit readiness, internal controls, compliance, enterprise risk management, or related audit-assurance activities.
• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting DoD/federal ERP, logistics, supply-chain, warehouse-management, inventory-accountability, or comparable enterprise business systems, including demonstrated experience assessing system-enabled business-process controls.
• Demonstrated experience performing internal-control assessments, control design and operating-effectiveness testing, transaction testing, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action development.
• Demonstrated experience developing audit documentation, process/control maps, risk assessments, Corrective Action Plans, testing documentation, and compliance reporting.
• Experience analyzing business processes, transactional data, inventory controls, system interfaces, exception conditions, and system-generated audit evidence.
• Working knowledge of applicable federal and DoD audit and internal-control frameworks, such as OMB Circular A-123, GAO Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Green Book), FISCAM, FIAR/DoD financial-management requirements, and related agency audit-readiness requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex audit, operational, and system-control issues to senior Government leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent written, analytical, and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an active government clearance (requires U.S. citizenship).

Nice to Have:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).
• Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) or Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM).
• CPA, CRISC, or other relevant audit/risk certification.
• SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and/or SAP EWM experience.
• Experience auditing or assessing ERP-enabled inventory, logistics, warehouse-management, or supply-chain processes.
• Experience supporting DLA audit readiness, FIAR, Statement of Assurance, OMB A-123, or DoD financial-statement audit activities.
• Experience supporting DLA Distribution, warehouse operations, or comparable DoD logistics environments.
• Experience working with SAP transaction/document flows and tracing operational transactions through financial/accountability systems.

Compensation: In accordance with pay transparency law, the expected salary range for this position is $130,00-155,000 annually. The actual compensation offered will be determined based on factors such as the candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. This posted range reflects our good faith estimate of the compensation we reasonably expect to offer for this role at the time of posting.

Application Deadline: We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/1/2026.