Senior IT Internal Auditor

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Job Description

About the Position:

As a Senior IT Internal Auditor, you will be a key member of our international audit team, responsible for evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of IT controls, policies, and procedures. You will conduct impactful audits, identify risks, and provide insightful recommendations to enhance our IT infrastructure. You will be a trusted partner to management for strengthening internal controls and improving business processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct risk-based IT audits, document and report audit results in accordance with professional standards for internal auditing
• Assess IT systems and internal controls are appropriately designed and operating effectively to mitigate IT-related business risks
• Plan and execute testing of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (SOX 404)
• Provide assurance over key areas of change prior to implementation
• Participate in integrated audits with business auditors
• Follow up of audit recommendations to ensure appropriate corrective action has been taken to resolve identified control deficiencies

Qualifications

Technical Skills / Competencies:

• IT governance, risk, and compliance (SOX 404, ISO 27001, NIST)
• IT General Controls (ITGC) and SOC 1/2 reporting
• Cybersecurity and data privacy assessments
• Cloud infrastructure, networks, and enterprise architecture (AWS, Azure)
• IT operations, change and access management
• IT program/project audit and pre-implementation reviews
• Audit analytics and integrated audits with business functions
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration
• Fluency in French is a plus

Behavioural Competencies:

• Able to effectively work as part of an international team
• Able to adapt to change and multi-task
• Curious mindset with strong analytical skills and critical thinking abilities
• Strong written/oral communication, presentation, organizational, interpersonal, and relationship building skills
• Driven to add value

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 7+ years of IT audit-related experience, more specifically in the areas of:
• IT security, IT risk and compliance, IT governance, IT operations, enterprise architecture, (cloud) infrastructure and networks, change management, access management, IT program and/or project management, data privacy, IT General Controls (ITGC) and service organization control (SOC) reporting
• Prior experience in auditing IT processes and controls relevant for financial statements and Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (SOX 404) is preferred
• Prior exposure auditing cybersecurity programs (including relevant standards such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework or ISO/IEC 27001) is an asset
• Experience with data analytics in audit work
• Financial services / reinsurance experience

Education:

• University degree in computer science, business information technology, engineering, finance or related field

Professional Qualifications or Designations:

• Relevant IT audit and IT security certifications (e.g. CISA, CISSP, CISM, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, AIGP etc.) are preferred

Additional Information

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PartnerRe Hiring Team