Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

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Role description:

Arcadis is looking for Internal Audit Director - IT who contributes to the preparation, execution, and reporting of Arcadis’ annual audit plan and individual internal audit engagements. The role acts as a sparring partner and “thought leader” on risks and controls for Management and recommends practical improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, controls, and risk mitigation. This role can be based in Amsterdam, global scope/location. Other Arcadis Offices in the EU are possible.

The role includes hands-on audit activities including leading small audit teams on specific audit engagements, conducting risk-based audit work to ascertain the design and operating effectiveness of the internal control framework, and supporting Management to identify improvement actions. This role focuses on Technology and Information Security processes (including integrated audits on business processes with an IT component), they can be worldwide, and at various levels in the organization (within Global Business Areas, Enabling Functions, joint ventures, newly acquired businesses, etc). 

The role includes line management of a small team of internal auditors. Facilitating development, enabling good performance, and providing them with operational support.

The Global Internal Audit function is growing to 10 FTEs and is composed of a combination of seasoned internal audit professionals and business-oriented experts from Arcadis of multiple nationalities with diverse backgrounds. All with the aim to add value to the quality of Arcadis’ governance, risk management, and internal controls to support the achievement of Arcadis’ strategic objectives by providing assurance and recommendations for improvement. The Global Head of Internal Audit reports to the CEO and the Audit and Risk Committee.

Internal Audit positions itself not only as an assurance provider but also as a proven stepping-stone for talent who wish to broaden their perspective of the business and/or as a preparation for a next position within Arcadis. We truly live up to Arcadis’ value of People First by focusing on professional career development, and individual well-being and providing an environment where ambitious auditors can thrive.

This role reports to the Global Head of Internal Audit.

Role accountabilities:

The Internal Audit Director - IT contributes to the preparation, execution and reporting of Arcadis’ annual audit plan and individual internal audit engagements. The role acts as a sparring partner and “thought leader” on risks and controls for Management and recommends practical improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, controls, and risk mitigation.

The role includes hands-on execution of activities in the full audit cycle from planning, and execution to reporting. 

Stakeholder Engagement

Actively engage with Management at all levels of the organization to ensure that Internal Audit is well-informed of key business developments that could have an impact on audit priorities and/or plans.  Report the status of Internal Audit’s ongoing activities, educate/inform Management of emerging risks and/or exposures that should be considered, and serve as a “thought leader” with respect to risk management and internal control best practices. Actively engages, and aligns, with external assurance providers on IT-related matters.

Annual Audit Plan

Responsible for establishing the audit universe, and risk assessment, and responsible for the annual planning process to develop the Technology and Information Security parts (and contribute towards the remainder) of the annual audit plan and ensure the plan is responsive to, and aligned with, the risk profile of the overall organization. Responsible for the inputs regarding the audit outcomes and attention points for the periodic summarization reports to the Executive Board and Audit & Risk Committee. 

Internal Audit Engagements

Plan and oversee the execution of individual audit engagements defined in the annual audit plan ensuring the highest level of service quality and client satisfaction. Planning: Perform audit risk assessment and scoping, organize and attend planning meetings, collect and review relevant information in advance of the audit, document relevant information, prepare Plan of Approach and kick-off presentation Execution: Utilize advanced audit methodologies to execute and conclude on audit procedures and work programs, clear documentation of results, audit procedures, and conclusions, provide risk and audit rating, validate observations with the auditee Reporting: Responsible for the final audit reports, including factual documentation of observations and recommendations, closing presentation, and audit reports. Management Follow-Up: Periodical follow-up of management action to determine that agreed actions are completed and support action owners where necessary. Providing coaching, feedback, and supporting the development of Internal Audit colleagues and guest auditors with regard to internal audit, internal control, and risk management best practices Overall adherence to internal audit methodology and processes Support the improvement of Internal Audit methodologies by utilizing data analytics, systems, and tools Develop and maintain an effective relationship with relevant staff in Arcadis 

Line manager

Line manager for a limited number (2 – 4) of internal audit staff members facilitating development and enabling good performance (GPS) and providing them with operational support (including travel & expense approvals) Coach, train, and develop auditing staff to upgrade their knowledge

Internal Audit Quality Management

A key part of the role is to influence the continuous development of the Global Internal Audit function to further raise the bar of professionalism, in particular for the IT audit activities. The role will also maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement, and mitigation of (commercial, financial, or technology) risks and drive best practices both in business and enabling functions of Arcadis.

Qualifications & Experience:

The candidate should have:

Education

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a relevant area (accounting, auditing, information technology, economic or business administration) Professional audit certification (CIA, CISA, RA, RO, RE, RC, CPA) 

Experience

A minimum of 5 years of proven internal audit experience in an international setting. Prior experience in a professional project services company or within the technology sector is a plus. Extensive experience with audits on IT governance, risk management, and processes and controls. Excellent knowledge of general IT, IT audit practices, IT audit tools, COBIT IT framework, ITIL, and ISO27001 security standards. Demonstrated experience with data extraction and visualization tools as Oracle BI, Power BI, etc Knowledge of technical systems, such as networks, platforms, and database management systems (e.g. Oracle), and auditing outsourced (cloud) IT infrastructure, business applications, and complex IT projects is preferred. Demonstrated experience with participation in the definition and implementation of innovative solutions, digitalization and automatization is preferred.

Essential skills

Professional skepticism, critical thinking, attention to detail, problem-solving and analytic skills Sensitive to deadlines and capacity constraints either in the team or for the auditee Good presentation and report-writing skills Good numeracy and IT skills Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills including fluent English, with any other major language(s) an advantage Experience and ability to work with different cultures and management styles Able and willing to travel worldwide, including weekends, but for a maximum of 1.5 - 2 consecutive weeks. Global travel percentage depends on the nature of the annual audit plan.

For this role, Arcadis values professional experience across the following priority areas: 

Breadth of experience: Working internationally, across different industries and business lines and/or functions, managing projects impacting people/issues/solutions across organizational boundaries Data and technology: Adopting data-driven decision-making, leveraging data to create and demonstrate value. Tech savvy and comfortable and curious about technologies Living our purpose: Mentoring and sponsoring people coming through the business and from outside. Proactively, supporting communities and social initiatives, and showing attention to the planet and sustainability

Aligned to the Arcadis Leadership model we seek future leaders with a strong fit to our leadership success profile, to build and drive our culture of inclusion, accountability, human-centricity, and sustainability. Successful leaders at Arcadis will possess strong learning agility, combined with a balanced mix of being curious, driving success, and igniting passion. Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.

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You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

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