IT Internal Auditor, Senior (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid, Porto, Portugal

Company

hirify.global provides commerce-enabling payment technology that processes billions of transactions for businesses across multiple industries.

What you will do

• Plan and execute risk-based IT regulatory and operational audits through planning, risk assessment, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up.
• Assess IT controls across governance, access, change management, SDLC, application and interface controls, cybersecurity, operations, third-party risk, data integrity, resilience, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
• Identify technology risks, control gaps, and regulatory issues, and communicate their business and compliance impacts.
• Prepare actionable audit reports, document workpapers in accordance with IIA standards, and validate remediation actions.
• Provide independent advisory support on control design, pre-implementation reviews, regulatory readiness, automation, and emerging technology risks.
• Collaborate with Internal Audit, IT, Compliance, Risk Management, management, and external auditors, including on special reviews and limited SOX ITGC activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of IT audit experience in a regulated environment, including industry or public accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of IT control frameworks, including COSO and COBIT, and their application in regulated environments.
• Working knowledge of IT governance, risk management, access controls, change and release management, SDLC, application and interface controls, information security, cybersecurity, IT operations, third-party and outsourcing risk, data integrity, resilience, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
• CISA certification required.
• Exposure to SOX environments and experience with audit management tools and data analytics techniques.
• Experience supporting audits in financial services, payments, fintech, or other regulated industries.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and spoken English required.

Nice to have

• Big 4 or top-tier consulting experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement based in Porto, Portugal.
• Work with geographically dispersed teams in a complex and evolving regulatory environment.
• Hands-on, execution-focused role with regular engagement with senior management and IT leadership.
• Equal opportunity employment without discrimination based on protected characteristics.