Lead IT Auditor

Eaton Corporation•Beachwood, OH

10d•$97,000 - $143,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is seeking a Lead IT Auditor. This position will be a hybrid role based out of Beachwood, OH. The Lead IT Auditor will be responsible for coordinating the planning, organization, and execution of global IT internal audits and advisory projects to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of internal controls, IT project implementations, business processes, and related policies. This role will also serve as an audit advisor supporting Eaton’s major enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementations, such as SAP and Oracle, as well as cybersecurity initiatives and emerging technologies including DevOps, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud solutions, ensuring that internal controls and security requirements are incorporated by design and continuously monitored throughout deployments. In addition, the Lead IT Auditor will operate with a digital mindset by supporting Eaton’s digitalization strategy through the automation of controls testing and monitoring where applicable. The role will also assist the Global IT Audit & SOX management team in overseeing IT audit processes, enforcing audit documentation quality standards, and providing IT audit support to audit teams across global regions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
Minimum of 5 years of IT internal controls / public accounting / audit / security / compliance experience.
No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Beachwood, OH will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future.
Proven experience in IT general control processes understanding, identifying risks and weaknesses, developing and executing audit procedures to assess the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls to mitigate the risks.
Strong process management and organizational skills. Ability to deliver high quality results and meet tight deadlines.
Proven experience in documenting and testing IT general controls.
Ability and desire to work in a dynamic, multicultural, multilingual and international environment, with colleagues located in other parts of the world.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly and succinctly report key issues, business impact, and recommendations for improvement to management.
Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to promote ideas and to work effectively with all levels within the organization.
Strong MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and general end-user computer skills.

Nice To Haves

Public Accounting and Auditing experience.
CISA, CISSP, CPA or related certification.
Masters degree from an accredited institution.

Responsibilities

Leads the performance of IT internal audits with a focus on Eaton’s major ERP and enterprise systems and cybersecurity domains. Delivers measurable added value and improves the operations through an independent, objective, systematic and disciplined risk-based approach, evaluating and reporting on the effectiveness of internal controls, risk frameworks and governance processes.
Coordinates the planning, execution and reporting of assigned SOX validations, including training to IT control owners, control narrative refreshes, execution of interim/roll-forward testing, first-look reviews for new acquisitions, and close coordination with our external auditor.
Advises on major system implementations, ensuring security and internal controls are built in by design and verified before go-live. Works closely with project stakeholders such as business senior managers, GRC teams, business compliance managers, finance global process leaders, and external auditors through all phases of the project to ensure control requirements are explicitly addressed and delivered.
Supports and assists the Global IT Audit & SOX management team in risk assessment and strategic planning. This includes expansion into emerging areas such as cybersecurity and cloud-computing governance.
Leads with a digital mindset to identify and implement new methods to automate internal controls testing and drive overall efficiencies in Audit & SOX processes.
Embraces adoption of work paper quality standards and review processes to ensure continued reliance by Eaton’s external auditor (including usage of Optro for coordination).
Serves in controls advisory role on compliance-related projects to advance Eaton’s internal controls capabilities (e.g., CMMC, IAM, OT deployments).
Assists with designing and deploying audit procedures and techniques for technical / IT areas such as segregation of duties and critical access, ERP configuration controls, and other related areas.
Produces clear, concise, and accurate workpapers promptly. Responsible for drafting audit issues and recommendation summary reports for assigned audit areas. Follows-up and reviews implemented management action plans and audit findings remediation.