Senior IT Auditor

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Medtronic is the global leader in medical technology, alleviating pain, restoring health an extending life for millions of people around the world. As a member of the Corporate Audit team, the Senior IT Auditor will contribute to our mission through the independent and objective identification, assessment and evaluation of risks and controls.

We are seeking a Senior IT Auditor to join our Global Corporate Audit team as an individual contributor, based in Prague, Czech Republic. This role will report to a Senior IT Audit Manager located at our operational headquarters in Minnesota, US. As a Senior IT Auditor, you'll lead and assist in executing IT audits, advisory reviews, and integrated audit projects alongside our Finance & Operations team. You will be part of a global, dynamic, and multicultural environment, with opportunities for growth both within Corporate Audit and Medtronic.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Execute individual work, and oversees the work of others, while exhibiting an awareness and ability to connect work to department and business initiatives.
• Perform IT audit projects and integrated audits in accordance with department standard operating procedures, as well as International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
• Collaborate with others in the Global Audit Department and across the business and IT functions.
• Initiate, prepare for, and lead meetings, such as risk assessments, audit kick-off, closing, deficiency discussions. This includes conversations with internal (e.g., Corporate Audit, control owners, leaders) and external stakeholders (e.g., external auditors, consultants).
• Execute and lead audit projects through all stages of the audit process (scoping, planning, fieldwork, and reporting). Identify and evaluate Medtronic controls for gaps and opportunities, propose solutions, and partner with management to determine remediation.
• Manage multiple projects at the same time, including operating in an organized manner, maintaining an open items list, following up timely with business partners, and escalating issues and open items timely.
• Coach team members in support of the audit process, technology, and department operations. This includes providing timely reviews and feedback.
• Understand the Medtronic and Audit mission to drive innovation, accelerate change, and embrace diversity and inclusion. Individuals will set challenging goals, enable operational excellence, maintain accountability, and model ethical behaviour.
• Able and willing to travel (domestic and international), ranging from 20 to 40%.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 4+ years of work experience in audit, financial, or internal controls (Advanced Degree with 2+ years).
• Public Accounting (preferably Big 4) experience, or IT audit experience within a corporate internal audit department.
• Understand IT systems and infrastructure, including hardware, software, networks, databases, and cybersecurity.
• Achievement or professional certification, such as an MBA, CPA, CISA CIA, and/or CISSP (if not currently certified, candidate must commit to certification within a defined timeframe).
• Knowledge of industry standards and best practices, such as COBIT, ITIL, ISO 27001, and NIST frameworks.

A passion for data and analytics is highly valued, along with a working knowledge of SQL and data visualization tools—preferably Power BI. The ability to tell a compelling story through data and translate insights into actionable recommendations is a strong advantage.

At Medtronic, we celebrate uniqueness and create a space where everyone can fulfill their talents. Become part of the Medtronic team and create an inclusive workplace with us. We understand that each person's needs are different. Do not be afraid to openly discuss any special arrangements in a cooperation that suits you. We are committed to finding solutions that respect individual needs.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here