Be part of a global internal audit team led from Colorado; with auditors in Denver, London, and Asia.  Together we look after the world’s premier data analytics and data intelligence company operating in 140 countries.  IHS Markit delivers critical analysis and insights to the Financial Services, Energy, Maritime & Trade, Automotive, and Aerospace industries – among many others.  We even own CARFAX.  

IHS Markit Internal Audit is looking for a motivated individual with an IT background to fill out our global IT Audit team.  If you have IT audit, IT business systems analysis, SOX, or related experience we’re interested in speaking with you. As part of the IT Audit Director’s team, you’ll be assessing the organization’s IT internal control environment, performing SOX testing, sharing leading industry practices, assessing IT risks, and identifying operational efficiencies. IHS Markit Internal Audit enjoys a tremendously collaborative relationship with its 1st and 2nd lines of defense teams. We’ve grown rapidly and IHS Markit Internal auditors get to be involved with the entire global organization.  We audit a broad portfolio of systems and environments.  IHS Markit Auditors get under-the-hood and behind-the-scenes, and these positions get to do so from colorful Colorado. 

In the current environment, virtually all 16,000 colleagues have been working globally from home since March 2020 and expect to continue to do so well into 2021.  Moreover, we expect our future model will mix office time with remote work and flexibility going forward.

What you’ll be doing:

• Performing IT assurance and consulting engagements in accordance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing;

• Coordinating, monitoring, and executing annual Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) IT control testing;

• Developing and maintaining energetically collaborative relationships with your IT colleagues;

• Collaborating and working with internal audit team members located in the US, UK, Malaysia, and India;

• Making recommendations to audit clients to improve their processes and controls;

• Helping audit clients develop mitigating action plans and following up on audit findings;

• Contributing to the continuous improvement of the internal audit function;

• Other contributions as required.

What you have:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in MIS, Business, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance or related discipline

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in IT Audit, IT Business Analysis, Computer Systems Analysis, IT Project Management, and/or another corporate IT-related field

• Awareness of the internal audit process, including the Institute of Internal Auditor’s International Professional Practices Framework

Preferred Qualifications
(what we’d love you to know already, or be ready to learn)

• Experience with SAP, AWS Cloud, Workday, Oracle database, ServiceNow;

• Experience with data analysis and data analytics;

• Relevant professional certification – CISA, CIA, CISM, CISSP, PMP, CPA, CGEIT or other relevant certifications

Other Desired Skills

• Ability to understand complex processes and identify unmitigated risks within those processes

• Ability to work within an international organization

• Solution-oriented approach

• Good organizational and project management skills

• Good oral communication, writing, presentation, and facilitation skills

• A demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding relationships with process owners while maintaining independence

• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with an attention to detail

• Ability to work as part of a dynamic, global team

• Understanding of internal control frameworks (COBIT, COSO, ISO)

• Understanding of the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404

• Ability to travel up to 15-25%, including international travel

What you get:

• Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits

• Experience working in a global team, tackling global issues

• Training and support – connection with the IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors) and ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association)

• Support for audit-related certifications – CISA, CIA, CFE, CISSP, CGEIT, CISM, etc.

• Experience in an Agile Audit environment

• Low travel work environment – these days, none at all

• Exposure to a wide variety of systems, platforms, and environments – including the much-in-demand SAP

• A company awarded the HRC’s 2019 “Best Places to Work” accolade

• Great team culture in a great city