Internal Audit Support Summer Student

Who We Are

For more than 130 years The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world-wide Christian church each year we help more than 2 million people providing necessities such as food clothing and addition we support people experiencing unemployment addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission vision and values of hope service dignity and stewardship. As a faith- and values-based organization we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life - there is a place for everyone to belong here.

Mission Statement

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.

Job Description:

Position Purpose

The summer student internal audit support provides short-term support to the internal audit department in areas related to documentation review administrative preparation for audits and departmental projects. A key focus of this role is assisting with the review of funding contracts and preparing summaries that highlight key compliance obligations deadlines and potential risk areas for management.

Key Accountabilities

• Assist internal audit teams with documentation collection organization and preparation to support audit planning and fieldwork.
• Review policies procedures and internal reports to identify relevant information for audits under direction from senior staff.
• Prepare summaries checklists and basic analyses to help streamline audit activities and documentation.
• Support the review of funding agreements program contracts and contribution agreements to understand compliance and reporting requirements.
• Summarize key contract elements such as timelines financial conditions and risk-sensitive clauses for audit reference.
• Flag questions inconsistencies or potential risks for follow-up by auditors or management.
• Contribute to the preparation and organization of audit findings working papers and supporting materials.
• Collaborate with team members and internal stakeholders participating in meetings and day-to-day audit operations.
• Demonstrate professionalism by maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive information with care.
• Learn internal audit and funding compliance practices while contributing ideas to improve templates processes and administrative workflows.

Education and Experience Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a college or university program in Business Accounting Legal Studies or a related field
• Experience reading contracts policy documents or financial materials is an asset.
• Strong reading comprehension with the ability to extract and summarize key points from detailed documents.
• Clear concise written communication skills particularly for summarizing complex information.
• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks with varying deadlines.
• Strong organizational skills and comfort working with Word Excel and PDF documents.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality discretion and professionalism.
• High energy motivated reliable and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.

To be eligible the candidate must:

Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the beginningof the employment period and must be a Canadian citizen permanent resident or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (please see CSJ website for further details).

Compensation:

Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions internal equity and candidate experience skills and qualifications relevant to the role.

The Salvation Army will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please email if you have a need for any accommodation and we will be pleased to discuss this with you.