Senior IT Auditor

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com

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Job Purpose

As a Senior IT Auditor at AkzoNobel, 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.
  
  

Key Accountabilities

• Lead or participate in internal audit assignments globally according to the Internal Audit Methodology. (The lead auditor role involves leading the audit team and supporting the audit assignment manager in the overall execution of an audit. As a Senior Auditor, you are expected to lead your first audit within 6 months of appointment and thereafter, lead more than one audit per quarter.)
• During audit preparation
• Provide input for the audit scope and information gathering process, set up and conduct interviews
  
  

with the audit client, and document the preparations.

• 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

Experience

• Bachelor or master’s degree, preferably in related fields, such as business administration and information technology.
• Minimum 4 years of audit experience in public accounting and/or in a large internal audit function, ideally with experience in a large or mid-sized international manufacturing company
• Knowledge and experience of Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and risk-based auditing
• Fluent in English (and for KL, additional Mandarin), with proficiency in other languages being advantageous.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Good report writing and presentation skills.
• Can work effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Can deliver results within budget and timeline.
• Willing to travel up to 40% (AMS: Worldwide, KL: APAC & EMEA).
  
  

IT Audit

• Possess an audit-related certification (e.g., CIA) or are in the process of pursuing one.
• Good understanding of IT operations (ITIL/ DevOps), technologies (e.g., SAAS, Azure cloud), and 3rd party assurance methods is required.
• A strong understanding of business processes (e.g. Sales, Procurement, Manufacturing,
  
  

Finance/Controlling) in an SAP environment is required.

• Familiarity with the use of data analytics in audits is strongly preferred
  
  

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 47360