Manager Internal Control IT SOX

Title: Manager Internal Control IT SOX 

Location: Bangalore

Who can apply: Only with Big-4 Audit firm experience

Role Overview

As Manager IT SOx you are part of a multi-discipline Internal Control team that supports the organization in maintaining compliance with the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOx). The Internal Control team is part of Accounting, Reporting, Internal Control & Operations (ARICOps) within Philips Finance organization.
 

Your focus will be on General IT Controls (GITCs), IT Application Controls (ITACs) and control (testing) automation. The role involves SOx management testing and SOx IT audit support. As part of this role you will be driving quality and efficiency improvements and collaborating closely with IT, business and the external auditor. This role requires strong analytical skills, risk and control mindset, an IT audit background, and hands‑on experience with SAP.

Key Responsibilities

General IT Controls:

• Support in SOx assessments for new or updated applications.

• Support in GITC scoping and overseeing implementation of GITC

• Suggest enhancements for the GITC control framework  

• Maintain scoping of SOx relevant interfaces and batch jobs

• Perform and automate management testing of GITC

• Validate and monitor remediation plans for control deficiencies

• Conduct impact assessments and compensating procedures for control deficiencies

IT Application Controls:

• Support in documenting and maintaining ITAC baselines

• Provide guidance and support to IC, IT and business stakeholders

• Perform and automate management testing of ITACs

• Validate and monitor remediation plans for control deficiencies

• Conduct impact assessments and compensating procedures for control deficiencies

• Coordinate requests from external auditors related to ITACs

SOx relevant reports:

• Maintain the repository of SOx relevant reports

• Monitor, coordinate and support in (re)testing of reports

• Provide support to IC, IT and business stakeholders

• Provide training on how to perform testing of reports

Required Qualifications

Master’s degree in one of these fields:

• Information Systems / MIS

• Computer Science & Information Technology

• Business & Accounting

Certifications

A certification in the risk and control area:

• CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)

• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

• CIA (Certified Internal Auditor)

• CRISC (Risk and Controls)

Experience

Experience in the following areas

• 5 to 10 years of work experience in IT Audit, preferably at a Big-4 Audit firm

• Experience in working at SOx‑regulated companies

• Experience with control automation is a plus.

• Experience with controls, authorizations and tables in SAP is a plus.

• Experience with GRC tools is a plus.

Skills

The following skills are required for this job

• Strong communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Structured way of working

• Fluent in spoken and written English

• Skilled at facilitating discussions between business, IT and auditors

• Strong attention to details

• Both audit and advisory skills

• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership.

Reporting Line

Reports into the Director Internal Control IT SOx based in the Netherlands

In return, we offer you
A path towards your most rewarding career. Succeeding in this role in a complex environment will open many doors for your long-term career, in other areas in Philips or otherwise. We also believe that we are at our best as a company when you are at yours as a person. Thus, we offer competitive health benefits, a flexible work schedule and access to local well-being focused activities.

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