Director, IT Audit

Job title: Director, IT Audit

Location: US - Remote

Job Summary: 

We are seeking a teammate to join our global Enterprise Risk and Assurance Services (ERAS) team, which includes Internal Audit. Teradata’s Internal Audit provides financial, operational, information systems, risk assessment and consulting services to the Company, globally.  The ideal candidate will direct a team of IT Auditors with focus on building relationships with key Company leaders in Information Technology, Cloud, Cybersecurity, and Product Development.  The candidate with have responsibility for assessing risks and acting as a consultant on process design and optimization as well as documenting, assessing, and testing financial, operational, and IT processes and controls. This candidate must possess a strong personality because they will have heavy interactions with regional, global, and corporate leadership at all levels of management.

Key Responsibilities: 

•              Direct the annual IT risk assessment and draft IT annual audit plan as part of Teradata’s agile Enterprise Risk Management program and Internal Audit function.
•              Lead IT-related risk assessments for assigned audit entities and critical systems and infrastructure for hosted, on premise deployments, cloud and corporate
•              Direct a team of IT Auditors to timely execute the IT audit plan.
•              Maintain oversight of audit-related activities, partnering with 2nd lines of defense organizations to identify, report and track remediation efforts as well as articulate and assess various risks
•              Work collaboratively with Business & IT internal audit peers and teams and external auditors to ensure effective, risk focused, and efficient IT audit coverage that address Teradata’s top IT-related risks
•              Oversee the completion of the annual ISO 27001 Internal Audit and readiness assessments for SOC, HIPAA and/or PCI
•              Ensure high quality, professional day-to-day execution of internal audit engagements and projects in line with company practices
•              Direct preparation of risk assessments, audit plan programs, working papers, and internal audit reports using an agile methodology
•              Oversee open audit issues within team and close monitoring of mitigating controls or remediation with responsible management
•              Maintain and nurture relationships with management to recommend and implement best practice solutions, enhancing the internal control environment and operational efficiency
•              Acts as a liaison, problem solver, and facilitator between corporate offices and the business units in the areas of IT processes and controls.
•              Monitors change in business, process and systems to ensure timely updating of controls documentation and the identification of items impacting SOX 302 and 404 compliance.
•              Monitors and reports identified control design and effectiveness deficiencies and remediation efforts
•              Establish and build internal and external relationships
•              Supervise and provide performance management for staff working on assigned engagements

Work Environment:

Should be open to travel up to 20% annually as needed. We will consider virtual candidates in the United States for this opening. If a candidate is located near an office (San Diego, Atlanta, etc.) a hybrid in-office/work-from-home model is an option.

Skills & Attributes:

Fluency in English (reading, writing and speaking) is required.

Basic Qualifications:

Ø  BA degree in Information Systems, Accounting or other relevant business discipline.

Ø  10-12 years of total experience, 8 years of internal audit/SOX or public accounting and auditing required and 3 years of Enterprise Risk Management required.

Ø  Minimum of 6 years focused on IT, with strong expertise in one or more of the following areas of technology: Infrastructure (e.g. servers, storage, O/S), Network, Information Security, Application Development, Cloud.

Ø  Experience directing employees/teams/external assurance providers

Ø  Travel up to 20% annually

Ø  Excellent communication skills

Ø  Excellent writing skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Detailed understanding of industry accepted IT governance standards (i.e. COBIT, ITIL, ISO)
Detailed understanding of internal auditing standards & requirements, as set out by IIA
Experience auditing Cloud environments and/or performing SOC engagements
Internationally recognized auditing qualification such as CIA, CISA, CISM, or CISSP. Other professional certifications such as CPA.
Excellent analytical/technical skills
Strong oral communication, business writing, presentation, and facilitation skills.
Proven ability to execute across multiple locations and stakeholder groups. Ability to influence others effectively across a matrixed organization.
Experience in project management and formal team leadership.
Intermediate proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Master’s degree