Google UK Jobs – Director

About the job

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: London, UK; Dublin, Ireland.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience managing stakeholders across businesses and leadership levels with limited oversight.
• Experience in Internal Audit or Compliance leadership role(s).

Preferred qualifications:

• One or more relevant professional certifications (CIA, CISA, CMA, CA, etc.).
• Audit experience in core financial and operational processes, regulatory and legal compliance, country audits and shared service operations, infrastructure, and sales and marketing.
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity, manage and coordinate multiple projects often with cross-functional teams across different sites/regions in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to lead and interact with executive-level stakeholders in a cross-functional environment, set objectives, drive results, and influence changes.
• Excellent leadership skills.

About The Job

As the Director for Internal Audit, you will be responsible for leading the EMEA Internal Audit (IA) team, and will be part of the EMEA Finance Leadership team as well as the Internal Audit Leadership team. You will set the strategic direction for all audit areas with input and support from the IA teams in the US and APAC. Specific IA areas may include overall assessment and monitoring of risks in EMEA including country audits and country-specific regulations, product offerings, infrastructure expansion, shared service centers, and third-party audits.

The name Google came from “googol,” a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. And nobody at Google loves big numbers like the Finance team when providing in depth analysis on all manner of strategic decisions across Google products. From developing forward-thinking analysis to generating management reports to scaling our automated financial processes, the Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to the business.

Responsibilities

• Engage with and educate EMEA stakeholders and Finance leadership on the role of Internal Audit and the benefits of an effective control environment.
• Provide oversight and guidance for assessing the appropriateness of controls over risks in EMEA Financial, Operational, and Reputational.
• Evolve and enhance the strategy and direction of the EMEA IA team and its alignment with the overall global IA strategy.
• Oversee all IA projects performed by the EMEA IA team including the involvement of tech audit and data science team members.
• Lead and grow the EMEA IA team, including development of talent, management of team workload, and deployment of resources.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .