IT Compliance Manager

Join our dynamic global Risk and Compliance team in Gdańsk and play a key role in ensuring a robust and compliant environment across Arla Group entities. Focus on IT controls and audit activities to prevent financial errors and fraud. Collaborate with employees) management, business risk owners, Information Security teams and external auditors to drive compliance initiatives and strengthen our control framework. Make a significant impact by coordinating and enhancing our compliance efforts across the organization.

How you will make an impact

Are you passionate about ensuring that IT systems and processes adhere to regulatory standards and best practices? We are seeking an experienced IT Compliance Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing IT General Controls (IT GC), ensuring that all activities are conducted in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, internal policies, and best practices. You will play a key role in identifying compliance risks, also from Segregation of Duties conflicts, recommending corrective actions, and fostering a culture of compliance across the organization.

Specific tasks:

1. Continuously support development of internal control framework to mitigate Information Security (IS) risks – focused on systems relevant to financial and ESG reporting and fraud prevention
2. Conduct regular audits and assessments of processes from IT systems perspective to identify and mitigate compliance risks.
3. Coordinate IT GC element of group audit by facilitating and supporting a strong dialogue between external auditor and internal IT and business stakeholders
4. Manage Segregation of Duties (SoD) conflicts in key financial systems through identification and driving remediation activities
5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and IT as trusted advisor in area of IT General Controls, information security risk management and Segregation of Duties compliance
6. Monitor and report on compliance metrics and trends to Executive Management and the Board of Directors.

This is a permanent role positioned as part of our global Risk and Compliance team, within the Corporate Finance department, part of Finance Legal IT and Strategy organization unit.

What will make you successful

1. Recognized audit or internal audit qualification or a Master's degree in relevant field (e.g. Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance)
2. 7+ years post-qualification experience in IT compliance, information security risk management, audit or consulting
3. Working experience in designing and conducting internal or external IT GC audits, preferably as part of large manufacturing multinational
4. Experience in Identity Access Management and Segregation of Duties risks is required
5. Experience in working with SAP access management would be a plus
6. Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements and industry standards (e.g., ISO 27001)
7. Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, explaining complex information security concepts to business colleagues in a clear, simple manner that ensures buy in.
8. Strong interpersonal skills and strong personal impact
9. Ability to navigate in a complex organization

Please note that this role requires you to be in the office 50% of the time + one additional day (monthly).