Sr. Technology Auditor, Internal Audit

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The Audit Organization is an independent and objective function that assists Salesforce to meet its goals through independent reviews and assessments. Specifically, the Audit Organization evaluates and provides recommendations to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and scalability of the company’s processes, information systems, and underlying internal control environment. The Audit Organization also evaluates and assists in improving the effectiveness of the Company’s risk management and governance processes. This function reports administratively to the President and Chief Financial Officer and directly to the Audit and Finance Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.

The Technical Audit team is looking to modernize the way we perform our audits, using technology and analytics to fuel the transformation. As such, we are looking for an experienced Technology Senior Auditor to join the audit team in Atlanta or Indianapolis covering all of Salesforce’s technology and cybersecurity operations across the entire enterprise. This includes corporate back-office and customer-facing functions throughout all regions in which the Company operates.

Successful candidates for the Technology Senior Auditor position will:

• Support and conduct audits over technology processes, operations, and systems throughout the Company.
• Assist Audit Managers / Senior Managers with planning and general team functions
• Assist with planning, fieldwork, and reporting throughout the audit life cycle
• Develop a solid understanding of Salesforce's business model, processes, systems, underlying controls and influence positive change in these areas
• Knowledgeable in project management standard processes including project plans, charters, and task management
• Individually and with the team, build relationships and work with process owners to understand and document their operations and the underlying internal control environment.
• Develop and complete technical audit testing procedures to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of technical controls
• Extract data from various systems, prepare the data and build the data pipeline for analysis in support of audit testing
• Create analytic reports and visualization
• Ability to identify and articulate key security and financial risks and develop controls to mitigate the identified risks
• Prepare high-quality audit work papers documenting the test steps performed and the results and recommendations
• Be fluent in project management standard methodologies including project plans, charters, and task management.
• Supervise and guide the work of other auditors via work paper reviews and live discussions
• Deliver assigned audit tasks and other project tasks within required timelines and with minimal direction, with a focus on delivering quality and adhering to global audit methodologies
• Be firm and communicate process recommendations and findings in a poised, diplomatic and effective manner
• Manage issue follow up and closure process for open Management Action plans, resulting from past audits
• Be intellectually curious and passionate about internal audit, learning about new processes, systems and technologies and how to make them better, driven by “doing the right thing”
• Effectively maneuver through the organization, influence others, and keep up with the constantly evolving and growing landscape that is Salesforce
• Be vigilant about our “stay in control” focus coupled with a strong demand for process/internal systems enhancements required to scale the Company’s operations
• Be a team oriented individual who can effectively work at all levels within the organization, both within Internal Audit and other functions
• Be practical in your assessment and recommendations to help the company achieve real risk reduction and mitigation