Job Description

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Job Number #173877 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Title : Expert, IT Audit Compliance

Purpose :

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to drive business-facing support and development for global applications within the IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance domain. The successful candidate will act as the subject matter expert for enterprise regulatory processes, leading complex strategic project activities while ensuring the optimal execution and continuous monitoring of critical IT controls across all global geographies.

Responsibilities :

Technical Expertise & Strategy

• Define, implement, and drive the global strategy and roadmap for SAP GRC, IT Governance frameworks, and regulatory compliance standards across the enterprise.

• Architect and oversee the design of complex, multi-application GRC environments, ensuring flawless integration between SAP systems, cloud infrastructure, and emerging corporate technologies.

• Lead the digital transformation of risk management by design and deployment of advanced automated controls, continuous control monitoring solutions, and utilizing Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) capabilities for predictive risk and anomaly analysis.

• Manage, perform, and validate the detailed configuration, testing, and lifecycle support of GRC and related compliance applications during corporate upgrades, system rollouts, and large-scale implementations.

Audit, Risk & SOX Compliance

• Define enterprise-wide policies, operational procedures, and long-term compliance strategies to guarantee that global IT workflows remain strictly aligned with SOX sections and corporate internal guidelines.

• Supervise and execute end-to-end internal and external IT audits; coordinate directly with global inspection teams, evaluate systemic control effectiveness, and proactively develop solutions to close gaps.

• Communicate technical SOX testing requirements, identified control gaps, and deficiencies to cross-functional teams, providing hands-on remediation support and technical guidance.

• Deliver day-to-day global application support, establishing robust operational frameworks capable of responding to critical system alerts during business emergencies.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Build, foster, and manage strategic relationships with GIT peers, regional business partners, global clients, and external advisory bodies to align technical delivery with commercial expectations.

• Translate complex, multi-tiered technical compliance metrics into clear, actionable business insights, while transforming high-level business objectives into precise technical architecture requirements.

Innovation & Process Excellence

• Proactively discover, pilot, and institutionalize emerging technologies in automated testing, process mining, and intelligent automation to eliminate manual steps and achieve structural effort savings.

• Investigate, document, and champion industry-leading practices and alternative operational workflows to optimize the enterprise's risk posture.

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelors in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or an equivalent technical discipline.

• 10+ years of comprehensive professional experience in SAP GRC, IT Governance, and Enterprise Risk Management.

• Minimum of 2-3 years of demonstrated experience in a strategic advisory, team leadership, or managerial capacity.

• Deep technical expertise in architecting Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks and designing Segregation of Duties (SoD) matrices for complex, multi-tiered software landscapes.

• Proven track record of presenting technical compliance risks, audit strategies, and governance roadmaps directly to executive leadership (C-suite/VP level).

• Demonstrated ability to drive automation workflows and deliver measurable structural effort and cost savings.

• Agility and flexibility to adapt to, configure, and govern multiple new software applications concurrently.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Relevant, industry-recognized professional certifications such as CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), or CISM (Certified Information Security Manager).

• Hands-on experience leading large-scale GRC and security governance transformations during enterprise cloud migrations (e.g., migrating legacy footprints to AWS, Azure, or SAP S/4HANA Cloud).

• Advanced proficiency utilizing automated auditing tools and data-driven process-mining software.

• Broad, cross-functional knowledge of central SAP operational modules (e.g., Security, Basis, FI/CO).

• Deep structural understanding of cloud security frameworks, modern cloud infrastructure technologies, and their associated corporate risk profiles.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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