[Hiring] Vice President Internal Audit @Sedgwick

Role Description

Sedgwick is seeking a seasoned and highly effective Vice President, IT Internal Audit to help lead and advance the Company’s technology audit and assurance capabilities. Reporting to the Global Head of Internal Audit, this executive will lead Sedgwick’s IT internal audit program, including IT audits, IT SOX, SAP controls, and technology risk assurance across a complex global environment.

This is a high-impact leadership role for a candidate who combines strategic perspective, technical depth, and strong execution discipline. The Vice President will play a central role in shaping Sedgwick’s approach to IT risk, controls, and compliance, while also working directly in complex areas such as IT audit testing strategy, SAP controls, ERP implementation risk, and remediation validation.

A particularly important dimension of the role will be supporting Sedgwick through its global SAP S/4HANA migration and implementation. This leader will help Internal Audit provide meaningful oversight and assurance throughout the transformation, including evaluating:

• Implementation governance
• Controls readiness
• Security and access design
• Segregation of duties
• Testing
• Data migration
• Go-live risk

This is an outstanding opportunity for a proven IT audit leader who wants to help shape a modern internal audit function, partner closely with senior leadership, and make a meaningful impact during a major global transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field
• 12+ years of progressive experience in IT audit, IT risk, SOX, internal controls, or ERP controls, including senior leadership experience
• Strong background leading IT internal audit and IT SOX programs in a complex, large-scale organization
• Deep expertise in:
  • IT general controls
  • IT SOX and technology-related financial controls
  • ERP and application controls
  • IT audit testing strategy and execution
  • Issue tracking, follow-up, and remediation validation
• Significant experience with SAP environments, including controls related to access, security, segregation of duties, change management, configuration, interfaces, reports, and automated controls
• Experience supporting or auditing SAP implementations or major ERP transformation programs, ideally including SAP S/4HANA
• Strong understanding of implementation and transformation risk, including governance, testing, access design, data migration, and go-live readiness
• Ability to assess both design effectiveness and operating effectiveness of controls in a dynamic, global environment
• Executive presence and strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively across senior business and technology stakeholders

Requirements

• CISA preferred
• CIA, CPA, CISSP, or similar relevant certification a plus
• SAP or SAP controls-related certification preferred, or equivalent experience in SAP risk, controls, and GRC

Benefits

• This role offers the opportunity to help shape the future of Sedgwick’s Internal Audit function at a pivotal moment.
• The Vice President, IT Internal Audit will have meaningful visibility across the organization and a direct role in strengthening assurance over critical technology risks while supporting one of the Company’s most important transformation initiatives.
• You’ll join a leadership team that values strong partnership, sound judgment, and practical problem-solving — and you’ll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the control environment, the audit function, and the business more broadly.

Work Environment

• Mental: Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines
• Physical: Computer keyboarding, travel as required
• Auditory/Visual: Hearing, vision and talking