Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in Internal Audit, Risk or Compliance roles.
• Experience designing, implementing or testing internal controls and reviewing business processes in conjunction with underlying systems.
• Experience developing audit programs, reporting on audit findings or making recommendations for risk mitigation.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certification in Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Accountant (CA).
• Experience with systems auditing, data analytics and data interpretation.
• Experience performing risk assessments, designing or implementing internal controls, and auditing platforms, hardware, content moderation, online advertising, cloud technologies, content licensing, e-commerce, privacy, security, AI, or regulatory compliance.
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity, manage and coordinate multiple project assignments simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment, accepting ownership and accountability of the process and delivering on commitments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with a wide variety of departments.

About the job

As a part of the Internal Audit‘s team, your mission is to focus on reducing risk across Alphabet. You will do this by monitoring the risk environment across the Alphabet and providing insights to enable effective risk management, work closely with teams and leadership to achieve a strong control environment that enhances and protects organizational value. You will serve as one of the company’s various lines of defense for staffing and developing our team to be control experts who deliver objective and reliable results. As a member of the team, you will advise the business and engineering groups to identify areas of risk and make valuable recommendations on controls. You will have the opportunity to influence change and decisions for business initiatives including product launches and system implementations. You will enjoy working in a dynamic environment, passionate about technology and are able to focus on key issues and the details that come with it.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with technology auditors and data scientists to develop and execute comprehensive audit programs to evaluate operational, financial, IT, and compliance risks across Alphabet.
• Analyze audit results, draw conclusions, and provide practical, risk-based, data-driven, and recommendations for improvement; prepare detailed audit reports summarizing scope, procedures, findings, and recommendations.
• Oversee project workload, timelines, and budgets to ensure audit initiatives are completed on schedule, assess changes to existing processes and products to identify potential risks and recommend appropriate improvements.
• Present audit findings and recommendations to a variety of stakeholders, including non-finance professionals.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders relevant to areas of domain expertise (e.g., Controllership, Operations) and leverage them to gain insights to influence the Audit Risk Universe and engagement and service offering prioritization.