Senior SAP IT Auditor

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BorgWarner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work and amazing technology in a unique environment. At BorgWarner, we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy-efficient world.

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BorgWarner promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration. We believe the health and safety of our employees are a top priority.

Career Opportunities

We manage talent as seriously as we manage our businesses and encourage you to learn about our proud history, strong culture, technologies, and vision for the future. We offer positions locally and globally with over 80 locations in 19 countries. If this position energizes you and you feel you can help us achieve our mission and vision, you are invited to submit an application for consideration.

You may see the list of requirements and feel you do not meet all of them. However, remember that BorgWarner thinks differently. If your qualifications align with the majority of those outlined in this job description, we encourage you to apply and share your experience and skills with us.

Job Purpose

This position reports directly to the IT Audit Manager in the United States and will work closely with BorgWarner IT Business Owners as well as our external auditor (PwC). This position may obtain exposure to the IT Senior Audit Manager (Poland) based on ad-hoc assignments where required.

In addition to the above, the Senior IT auditor is responsible for planning, supervising, performing and reporting the results of IT financial and operational audits as assigned, as well as actively participating in the activities of the Internal Audit Department to enhance the audit methodology, tools and processes including AI initiatives.

While this position maintains global responsibility based in the US, the senior auditor may be assigned to audit engagements across various applications which may include BorgWarner locations. Potential travel should not exceed 10% of working hours. The senior auditor is expected to be on site 3 days per week in the US WHQ office in Auburn Hills and rest of the time remotely.

Key Responsibilities

• Efficient and effective execution of ICFR and operational audits, through planning, fieldwork, team supervision and reporting to ensure the review objectives are accomplished consistent with professional standards and BorgWarner internal audit policies and procedures.
• Adequate supervision and review of third party auditors (EY) workpapers which will be primarily ICFR focused.
• IT audits will cover areas such as IT General Controls in different systems, including SAP environments, application controls for SAP, and adherence to standards like NIST and NIS2. They may also involve reviewing system design and development, evaluating project implementations, and conducting other IT process audits.
• Performs special projects as requested by management. Examples would be SAP migrations, merger/acquisition/divestiture analysis, fraud investigations especially in SAP environment
• Contributes to the development of Internal Audit department methodology and tools.
• Designs and maintains audit and analysis work programs designed to safeguard Company assets and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of operations.
• Documents audit procedures and results in accordance with the industry standards (such as ISACA).
• Provides insights to Management to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their IT processes.
• Provides timely status updates to IT Internal Audit Management to ensure timely escalation of potential issues and findings.
• Draft audit reports in accordance with applicable standards to clearly communicate risks and core audit issues.

• Periodically follows up with auditees to insure timely and appropriate resolution of review findings. Monitors and test implementation of remediation plans for the findings.

• Maintains current knowledge concerning auditing processes, IT compliance and operational best practices.
• Communicate effectively with audit team, auditees, and external audit team.

What we are looking for

• Degree in IT or related fields.
• CISA is strongly preferred.
• Professional audit certifications (CIA, CFE, CISSP, CISM or CIPP etc.) a plus
• 5+ years of experience in IT ERP audit, IT Risk Assessment, IT Compliance disciplines within industry, internal or external audit. Typical experience would include IT operations in ERP and/or IT ERP audit.
• Experience in auditing SAP environment: projects, security, basis and underlined infrastructure: Unix, Windows, Oracle, SAP.
• Experience in Sarbanes/Oxley testing.
• Experience in other relevant regulations and industry standards (e.g. COSO, COBIT, ITIL, ISO27001, GDPR, NIST) and best practices and methodologies to address these requirements. Ability to apply these requirements to organizational internal control frameworks.
• Data analytics, AI experience a plus
• Experience in auditing IT processes (i.e. Third-Party Management, Cloud Service) a plus
• Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively interact with all levels of management in a team oriented, problem-solving style.
• Demonstrated proficiency to lead/coordinate projects across functional disciplines and different organizational structures.
• Travel of ~10% overall is required, including potential international travel

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