Senior IT Auditor / Thessaloniki

ICAP Executive Search & Selection part of ICAP Group, the largest Business Services Group in South-Eastern Europe, is among the top premium consultancies in Greece. With more than 40 years of experience, we specialize in assessing and recruiting Senior to Middle level Executives based on our client needs.
ICAP Executive Search, on behalf of Pfizer, the Leading Global Biopharmaceutical Company, is looking for a high caliber professional for the position of:

Senior IT Auditor / Thessaloniki (Ref: 5435/ITA/ESS/GR )

The position base office is Thessaloniki, Greece but reporting to direct manager in the United States. Auditors have primary responsibility for conducting financial and IT audits as part of a team at Pfizer locations worldwide, as well as conducting risk oversight activities.

Role Responsibilities

• Conduct independent evaluations of Pfizer’s Information Systems and compliance control processes worldwide to ensure Pfizer’s risks are properly managed.
• Present the results of audits in English to senior site and division management, including practical recommendations to address identified risks, requiring strong negotiation and influence skills.
• Prepare formal written reports in English setting forth recommendations for local, division and Corporate management to strengthen and improve operations, as well as identify cost or efficiency savings.
• Actively participate on departmental and/or cross-functional teams addressing internal and external issues that support the department’s operations and strategy. This may include updating our audit approach for ensuring compliance with the FCPA, Healthcare Compliance and Sarbanes-Oxley rules and regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems and fluency in English is an absolute must.
• 5-7 years of solid audit experience, and specially in IT/Digital audits.
• Candidates should have solid technical skills in one or, preferably, several technical areas below:

 Reviewing and evaluating IT and Process controls in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 Strong understanding of SAP, SAP Security and best practices solutions for SAP upgrades and implementations.
 Knowledge of Quality Assurance and Quality Management principles, including an understanding of computer system validation practices as they apply to the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical industry.
 Good knowledge of IT Audit and Control Association (ISACA) IT Standards, Guidelines and Procedures for Auditing and Control and Code of Professional Ethics, Control Objective for IT (COBIT) standards or equivalent.
 Experience in IT security and control practices for relevant platforms and systems.
 Evaluating security through Active Directory and/or Unix layer security.
 Experience in auditing cloud, robotic automations, data analytics, AI tools, and blockchain is a plus.
 Preferred experience in auditing job scheduling systems, electronic password management tools and network device management tools and/or in auditing database security for SQL, Oracle and HANA databases.

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) qualification will be a strong asset.

• Candidates should also have solid audit skills in specific areas like planning and project management while meeting multiple deadlines, collecting, and analyzing complex data, conducting reviews of all products of audit work performed by staff etc.
• Effective verbal and written communications, including active listening and presenting findings and recommendations in a clear and concise manner.
• Establishing and maintaining good working relationships with co-workers, staff and external contacts while working effectively in a professional team environment within a matrixed organization.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision and travel internationally when required.