VP Internal Audit

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Sedgwick is seeking a seasoned and highly effective Vice President, IT Internal Audit to help lead and advance the Company's technology audit and assurance capabilities. Reporting to the Global Head of Internal Audit, this executive will lead Sedgwick's IT internal audit program, including IT audits, IT SOX, SAP controls, and technology risk assurance across a complex global environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Company's IT Internal Audit program, including risk assessment, planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up.
• Oversee and enhance Sedgwick's IT SOX program, including testing strategy and assurance over IT general controls, automated controls, interfaces, reports, and other key technology-dependent controls.
• Drive a risk-based IT audit plan focused on areas such as ERP systems, cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud environments, third-party technology risk, and major system implementations.
• Provide direct leadership over IT audit testing strategy, including approach, methodology, evidence expectations, and quality of execution.
• Serve as a senior subject matter leader for SAP controls, including security, logical access, segregation of duties, privileged access, change management, configuration, interfaces, key reports, and automated controls.
• Partner closely with Internal Audit leadership to ensure technology and SAP risks are appropriately addressed in broader financial, operational, and compliance audits.
• Play an active role in Internal Audit's involvement in Sedgwick's global SAP S/4HANA transformation, helping assess program governance, controls readiness, role design and access models, segregation of duties and mitigating controls, data migration and integration risks, testing and cutover readiness, and post-implementation control sustainability.
• Lead and directly review remediation validation for IT and SAP-related findings to ensure corrective actions are practical, effective, and sustainable.
• Collaborate with management and external auditors on IT SOX and SAP controls, including testing coordination, issue resolution, and reliance discussions.
• Communicate technology and controls risks clearly and effectively to senior leadership, with a practical, business-oriented perspective.
• Help strengthen and modernize Internal Audit's approach to auditing ERP transformation, digital risk, and enterprise technology change.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing team and foster strong collaboration across Internal Audit, IT, Finance, and business leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field
• 12+ years of progressive experience in IT audit, IT risk, SOX, internal controls, or ERP controls, including senior leadership experience
• Strong background leading IT internal audit and IT SOX programs in a complex, large-scale organization
• Deep expertise in IT general controls, IT SOX and technology-related financial controls, ERP and application controls, IT audit testing strategy and execution, issue tracking, follow-up, and remediation validation
• Significant experience with SAP environments, including controls related to access, security, segregation of duties, change management, configuration, interfaces, reports, and automated controls
• Experience supporting or auditing SAP implementations or major ERP transformation programs, ideally including SAP S/4HANA
• Strong understanding of implementation and transformation risk, including governance, testing, access design, data migration, and go-live readiness
• Ability to assess both design effectiveness and operating effectiveness of controls in a dynamic, global environment
• Executive presence and strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively across senior business and technology stakeholders

Preferred Credentials

• CISA preferred
• CIA, CPA, CISSP, or similar relevant certification a plus
• SAP or SAP controls-related certification preferred, or equivalent experience in SAP risk, controls, and GRC

Benefits

Sedgwick offers a caring culture and work-life balance.