2008 - 2013 Adecco Group | Zurich
World leader in Human Resources Solutions, ranked #12 in Switzerland at the Fortune
Global 500 ranking-list
Senior Manager
Member of the Group Internal Audit Leadership team
Led the global IT audit team (up to 8 auditors - covering 60 countries) with a strong focus on integrated audit approach. Additionally, fully accountable (Operational, IT and Financial) for the audit plan of the CEE Business Units.
- Successfully drove the IT audit function with limited resources in a decentralised, multi-cultural and cost-driven organisation to the full satisfaction of the Head of GIA, Audit Committee, external auditors and Business units across a complex IT environment composed of +500 critical applications serving 12 main Business Units and more than 50 second-tier Business Units
- Transitioned from pure compliance audit to value added audit by adopting an integrated audit approach where IT and business auditors worked together
- Implemented data mining tools (ACL) as a pivot-centre in all audit programs with the aim to improve the efficiency and quality of the audit process
Hence, 30% of the audit findings were directly linked to those new approaches.
- Strengthened and standardized the yearly independent testing of the IT Internal Controls Framework across all business units. Therefore, compliance work were reduced from 40% to 20% and reliance by external auditors were obtained with a drop of external audit fees
- Implemented a continuous auditing program to provide assurance on Segregation of Duties for one of the major ERP systems
- Led project methodology reviews for key projects within the Group (project values: €5M to €25M)
- Implemented a continuous auditing program to provide assurance on Segregation of Duties for one of the major ERP systems (PeopleSoft v9)
- Worked on behalf of external auditors at business units in France, UK, HQ and IT Share Service Centre