Package: Base salary, pension, Healthcare Allowance, Life Assurance, 25 days leave annually, flexible working.
Reporting to: Director, IT Governance
The role
The IT Governance Specialist will help manage our IT General Controls (ITGC) framework, including risk assessment, planning, deficiency evaluation, and remediation in collaboration with our Internal Audit, External Audit, and IT support teams.
Responsibilities
Audit
* Manage compliance lifecycle components, including:
o Risk assessment and scoping
o Evaluation and remediation of deficiencies identified through testing
o Plan remediation activities
* Help evaluate the design of IT controls for new applications to ensure compliance.
Engagement
* Engage with process and control owners to establish enterprise-level controls.
* Work with Internal and External Audit teams to ensure cohesive testing strategies.
Control and Compliance Management
* Identify opportunities to improve the ITGC framework.
* Create and maintain policies and procedures.
* Perform user access reviews across key applications.
* Identify, collect, and review SOC1 reports for third-party dependencies affecting internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).
* Identify risks and update appropriate logs.
Additional Responsibilities
* Lead the execution of less complex audits to assess the effectiveness of internal controls.
* Conduct interviews and process walkthroughs to gather insights on business processes, risks, and controls.
* Produce high-quality audit documentation observing industry standards.
* Identify control issues and recommend practical enhancements.
* Communicate audit progress, findings, and recommendations to relevant team members.
* Manage audit remediation activities, ensuring their timely completion.
* Assess control effectiveness against identified risks and suggest process improvements for audit remediation.
What you bring to the role
* Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
* 4+ years of experience in IT risk and compliance, focusing on ITGCs, SOX and IT Controls.
* Proficient in managing ITGCs and IT application controls in environments such as SaaS applications, cloud infrastructures, in-house developed applications, and on-premises infrastructures.
* Experience with Enterprise systems (e.g., Workday, Oracle, Maconomy, Certinia) and other critical platforms.
* Knowledge of industry standards like COBIT and their application in IT compliance.
* Relevant certifications such as CGEIT, CISA, or CRISC.
* Analytical, organisational, and problem-solving capabilities.
* Able to articulate complex IT issues to non-technical audiences.
* Experience in or with publicly traded companies, Big Four audit firms, or similar is advantageous.
About us
We help our clients navigate their clinical development and commercialization journey by connecting the best scientific knowledge, market intelligence, actionable data, technology, communication, and creative execution.
With a global presence and multiple career paths, the career possibilities are expanding at Inizio. We're a growing global team of over 10,000 people - a $1.5bn revenue business working with the world's leading health and life sciences businesses, and we have exciting growth plans. Whoever and wherever you are, we'll empower you with the autonomy you need to experiment, learn, and grow. We'll make sure that you feel valued, supported and, of course, because we're helping our clients to transform healthcare and improve millions of lives you can feel pride in your work at Inizio.
Our Pledge
At Inizio, we value inclusivity, recognize the power of diversity, and inspire the next generation of change-makers. We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in creating a work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We aim to recruit from a diverse slate of candidates and foster an environment that provides the right conditions for long-term success. We welcome all applications regardless of race, colour, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation and physical or mental disability.
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