Manager Interne Kontrollsysteme (IKS) und Assurance (m/w/d)

Location: Cologne, Germany. Work-from-home arrangements may be agreed individually, including up to 20 days per year anywhere in the EU.

Company

hirify.global is a European e-pharmacy focused on providing accessible healthcare through digital pharmacy services.

What you will do

• Execute risk-based control assessments across Finance, Technology, HR, Operations, Pharmacy, Compliance, and other business functions.
• Conduct process walkthroughs and evaluate control design, execution, evidence, and operating effectiveness.
• Build and maintain Risk and Control Matrices and support risk-to-control mapping with Enterprise Risk Management and business control coordinators.
• Identify control exceptions and deficiencies, recommend severity ratings, and agree remediation actions with process owners.
• Monitor remediation deadlines, retest corrected controls, and maintain high-quality working papers.
• Maintain control and remediation data in AuditBoard/Optro and support management dashboards and assurance reporting.

Requirements

• Several years of hands-on experience in internal controls, assurance, internal audit, SOX/ICFR, or a comparable control-testing environment.
• Practical experience with walkthroughs, control-design assessments, operating-effectiveness testing, sampling, and evidence evaluation.
• Experience identifying control deficiencies, assessing their significance, and discussing remediation with process owners.
• Working knowledge of Risk and Control Matrices and frameworks such as COSO, SOX, or equivalent.
• Experience across multiple business processes, such as Finance, IT, HR, Operations, Compliance, or Supply Chain.
• Fluent English required. German is advantageous.

Nice to have

• Experience with AuditBoard, Optro, or another GRC platform.
• Professional qualification or progress toward CIA, CPA, ACCA, CISA, or an equivalent certification.
• Experience in a listed, regulated, or international organisation.
• Exposure to healthcare, pharmacy, e-commerce, logistics, or technology.

Culture & Benefits

• Individual work-from-home arrangements, including up to 20 days per year anywhere in the EU.
• Team-building events and regular company celebrations.
• €100 total monthly kindergarten grant for eligible childcare expenses.
• Confidential, free mental-health support through nilo.
• Internal and external training and career-development support.
• Deutschland Ticket and Urban Sports Club membership options.