Director, Global IT Internal Audit
USA GPC Wildwood PKWY
Genuine Parts Company
Overview
Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive, industrial replacement parts and office products. The Internal Audit Department (IAD) provides independent and objective assurance that all significant risks are identified and appropriately reported by management to the Board of Directors and Audit Committee.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Internal Audit and Compliance, the Global Internal Audit Director, IT Audit & Compliance will focus on Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) 404 oversight, IT risk assessment and audit execution, SOC 1 testing, merger and acquisition due diligence reviews and control implementation, and drive continuous improvement throughout the organization. The IT Director will be the department’s cyber security business partner and will work directly with the company's internal development and infrastructure teams and Managed Service Providers to ensure continued support and maintenance of existing proprietary applications and development of new technical solutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide Business and IT management with guidance on IT risk management matters, particularly on application and infrastructure security.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining the IT Risk Assessment; including identifying areas of focus for business units to consider additional investment / cost savings.
- Conduct audits and/or lead audit teams in performance of IT audits and reviews of systems, applications and IT processes. Prepare and report results to Executives and the Audit Committee. These include;
- Pre/post- implementation reviews of system implementations or enhancements.
- IT security audits (e.g. network, operating system and data center), including evaluating if security vulnerabilities are properly identified and mitigated. Coordinate the scope and performance of these reviews with business units and external security experts.
- Evaluate information general computing controls and provide value added feedback. Test compliance with those controls. Coordinate with SOX teams as applicable.
- Perform various other reviews of IT management policies and procedures such as change management, business continuity planning/ disaster recovery and information security to ensure that controls surrounding these processes are adequate.
- Develop, build & implement tools to analyze data to improve audit efficiency and effectiveness, (including for risk assessments). Ultimately be a source for analytics that business units adopt to provide business insights or for continuous auditing.
- Provide support to audit teams in operational / financial audits.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree – Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, IT Risk Management/Governance
- Minimum 8+ years of relevant IT audit experience
- Recognized accounting/auditing/information system certifications (e.g. CPA, CISA, CIA, CISSP)
- Big Four Accounting Firm
- Overnight travel may be 20-30%, or as job requires
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to think objectively and apply strong ethics and integrity standards
- Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills; ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Comprehensive understanding of internal control environments within the IT function.
- Understanding of information security standards, best practices for securing computer systems, and applicable laws and regulations.
- Experience with multiple technology domains including aspects of Windows, Unix and/or database administration, software development and networking.
- Excellent leadership and teamwork skills.
- Proactive, hands-on, results-driven orientation required.
- Ability to blend exceptional attention to detail with an ability to retain strategic direction within a rapidly evolving entrepreneurial business culture.
- Ability to produce high quality work products for both the IT groups and Senior Management
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GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
Tags: Analytics Audits CIA CISA CISSP Compliance Computer Science Finance Governance Industrial Risk assessment Risk management SOC SOC 1 SOX UNIX Vulnerabilities Windows
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