Senior Specialist IT Compliance - SOX
AbbottWaukeganUpdate time: May 23,2022
Job Description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Interprets and develops policies and procedures to achieve the objectives of SOX compliance

  • Provides guidance for developing new solutions and processes involving SOX related deficiencies

  • Oversees the annual cadence of SOX monitoring, annual reporting, and attestation requirements

  • Assists in the assessment of new ITGC controls, applications, and processes

  • Identifies SOX compliance gaps related to contracts and other third parties

  • Supports all annual testing required for SOX program, performed by internal and external vendors

  • Helps develop and support exceptions, risks, and incident response processes

  • Performs monitoring audits to ensure required SOX policy and regulatory controls are being followed and documented

  • Work with process and control owners to communicate audit results, identify remediation options, and prioritize action plans

  • Follow up on audit findings to ensure that all deficiencies are remediated

  • Cross functional support across suite of Finance Compliance Programs SOX, PCI and SWIFT controls framework

  • Clearly communicate vision deliverables, and project status to management and key technical and business stakeholders.

  • Deliver recommendations and risk interpretations in a clear, concise, and audience-specific format.

  • Empowers the organization through education and outreach on applicable security controls, requirements, best practices, and compliance.

  • Establish credibility and maintain strong working relationships with groups involved with privacy, security, and compliance matters.

  • Assesses and routinely refines the company’s auditing and monitoring program priorities to address and mitigate significant risks. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Experience

  • In depth working knowledge of security frameworks - specifically SOX.

  • Strong understanding of security controls, regulatory requirements, and compliance. Make sure these are being followed and documented.

  • Strong written, oral and presentation skills. Once a month they may present SOX reports to leadership and this person will be responsible for help gathering all of that information and then present the findings to leadership.

  • This is not required, but experience with PCI and SWIFT Customer Security Controls Framework (CSCF) is a huge plus. 

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree and three (3) to five (5) years of information security and audit experience, specifically SOX ITGC control security, with direct experience in audit collection and ITGC control development.

  • Skilled in risk management, business risk analysis, and making complex business recommendations and decisions.

  • Technical knowledge and familiarity with security standards.

  • Senior level written and verbal communication skills.

  • Excellent leadership, teamwork, and collaboration skills.

  • Results oriented, high energy, self-motivated.

  • Analytical aptitude and a desire to invest the time to identify issues and solutions.

  • Strong critical thinking skills and interpersonal skills.

  • Ability to present and articulate analysis with senior leadership and key stakeholders.

  • Effective team-oriented leadership skills. 

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

  • Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
  • Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
  • Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
  • Paid time off
  • 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
  • The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

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