As a Senior IT Auditor you will be important in providing valuable and objective insights to improve the company's governance, risk management, and control activities. You will be responsible for leading, coordinating, and executing internal audits, as well as advising management on potential risks and suggesting improvements to internal controls. Working within a highly international and diverse audit team, you can assess the internal control framework across various processes.
As a Senior IT Auditor, you will often be involved in these types of audits:
- Information Technology audits on existing environments and new projects/technologies.
- Business Process audits focusing on SAP configuration controls, access rights, and obtaining process insights based on data analytics.
Your expertise and insights will be invaluable in helping AkzoNobel to continuously improve and maintain the highest standards of governance and control.
Tasks and responsibilities:
- Lead or participate in internal audit assignments globally according to the Internal Audit Methodology.
- During audit preparation:
1. Provide input for the audit scope and information gathering process, set up and conduct interviews with the audit client, and document the preparations.
2. For business process reviews, liaise between the Operational Auditors and the Data Scientist to ensure that fit-for-purpose data and process insights are available.
- During audit execution, review assigned process, identify risks, test key controls, assess the impact of control weaknesses, write audit observations, and present conclusions.
- During audit finalization, complete audit documentation, update observations and actions, provide inputs to the audit report, facilitate the resolution of management comments, and follow up on actions.
- Stay relevant and current on audit knowledge and expertise.
- Collaborate and share knowledge within the internal audit function.
- Assist internal audit management with functional activities and continuous improvement initiatives outside of audits as needed.