Senior Auditor, IT Audit

Job Description:

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we’ve tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it’s supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we’re not just here to move money— we’re here to move our global customers forward.
We’re looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that’s you and you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.

Remitly is seeking an IT Audit Senior Associate who can lead the effort to establish and shape our IT SOX program. As a member of Internal Audit, you will be an internal control champion who works across Remitly’s distributed system landscape to educate around SOX and IT general controls. Using your experience partnering with auditors, management team members, and process and control owners, you will roll up your sleeves to provide guidance on how to design and implement the SOX controls, define remediation plans, and provide oversight of outsourced testing resources. This is a remote role that may become hybrid or onsite in the future.

This role will report into the Senior Manager of IT Internal Audit Manager.

You Will:

• The IT Audit Senior will have these primary responsibilities:

  Assist with performing and documenting scoping of the IT SOX program.

  Provide guidance around IT processes, risks, and controls - both for IT general controls and IT-dependent business process controls such as application controls and report-reliant controls.

  Collaborate with distributed IT teams (Corporate IT, Finance IT, Engineering) to advise on IT risk management and the ongoing evaluation and update of IT policies, procedures, SOPs, flowcharts, data flow diagrams, and narratives.

  Coordinate the execution of internal audits and the needs of internal and external auditors, including planning and coordinating walkthroughs, and testing of IT general controls, application controls, and key system-generated reports. This includes a review of internal audit testing work papers.

  Evaluate and ensure remediation of identified control deficiencies in a timely manner.

  Track audit issues, initiate follow-up actions, and provide control advice to management to ensure that appropriate action is taken on all recommendations.

  Monitor for emerging risks and help project manage control design for new products, processes, system implementation, or emerging areas identified by the Internal Audit risk assessment, and work with process owners and projects teams to ensure appropriate internal controls are in place prior to launch.

  Assist in the preparation of executive presentations and participate in recurring SOX meetings.

You Have:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field such as information systems, computer science, business, finance or accounting required

• Minimum experience of 2 years in internal or external auditing, with emphasis on IT auditing, preferably with public companies with complex IT environments or Big 4 accounting firms

• A detailed understanding of the general computer control areas and the IT governance framework (COBIT), Sarbanes Oxley, and the COSO framework

• Solid communication skills, including a proven ability to articulate to others outside of Internal Audit (e.g. Finance, IT, and Engineering) complex IT risks, their impact, and the required action plans to address those risks

• One or more of the following professional certifications preferred: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP); Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)

• Experienced using spreadsheet, slide, and flowcharting tools

Our Benefits:

• In Site Subsidized Meals

• Transportation

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits

• Private Life Insurance

• On site Clinic and Remitly Doctor

• Continuous learning tools & certification programs

• Two consecutive days off

We are committed to nondiscrimination across our global organization and in all of our business operations. Employment is determined based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including a woman's potential to get pregnant, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability (including the use of a trained dog guide or service animal), HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.