We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

About the job

We help the world run better
Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

Purpose and Objectives

Your career in one of the most exciting environments at SAP!

Joining Global Risk & Assurance Services Internal Audit as a team member will present you with a wealth of new challenges and new opportunities. Our audit engagements make SAP run smarter. We provide audit and advisory services to all Board areas and subsidiaries worldwide. We conduct process and compliance audits, evaluate new audit topics, gain in-depth knowledge on evolving themes, identify gaps for improvement, and are trusted advisors to the business. To do this, we rely on the diversity and expertise of our highly qualified audit teams. Constant exchange with colleagues outside Internal Audit and our willingness to learn are key to achieving our ambitious goals.

Internal Audit is a staff department reporting directly to the CFO and the Supervisory Board’s Audit & Compliance Committee. We are one of the integral elements of the corporate governance and compliance framework and are a business advisor to our various stakeholders. We ensure that the company’s financial statements are reliable, its internal controls and compliance programs are effective, and we identify business risks. To achieve these goals, we work closely with the Executive Board, the various corporate departments, and regional and local management. Our reports are presented to these stakeholders, which makes our work highly visible.

Expectations & Tasks

• You bring a very strong (internal) audit expertise.
• You will be involved and lead high impact audits and drive initiatives towards broad corporate goals.
• You will be responsible for delivery of high quality outcomes of complex and business critical audits and activities.
• You will integrate client needs, strategic business goals of the function and financial objectives.
• You will stay on the leading edge of audit research and development.
• You will apply expertise in complex environments to provide focus to other team members and colleagues.
• You show strong functional skills acquired through training, study and experience.
• You are accepted as a 'Go to person'.
• You have good knowledge of corporate functions.
• You share knowledge and expertise to help others to develop and grow.
• You will be involved in settling different cross-functional perspectives related to area of expertise.
• You will represent SAP internally and externally (associations, authorities, universities etc.)
• You build and maintain an adequate business network.

Candidate attributes

• You observe the high standards of ethical and compliance principles such as impartiality, an unbiased attitude, professional skepticism, and avoidance of conflicts of interest.
• You have an extremely high level of discretion and professionalism, a strong business acumen and can gain the trust of our stakeholders.
• You are an energetic person, seeking new challenges in a global environment, able to adapt quickly to new situations.
• You are able to drive engagements or projects autonomously in virtual and remote settings.
• You are able to drill-down into details, analyze and review, and summarize key facts and recommendations to (senior) management.
• You are actively searching for and providing potential solution approaches to the problems you are confronted with as part of your audit work.

• You are dedicated to deliver best in class results and advise our customers.
• As a quick learner you are keen to acquire new hard and soft skills.
• You are a strong team player who works well with other Internal Audit colleagues while learning from them too.

Experience & Language Requirements

• Candidate will have 6-8+ years of functional experience in auditing or similar relevant roles
• Accounting knowledge (IFRS/ US-GAAP/local GAAP) or functional knowledge in the relevant field of activity
• Knowledge of the Global Internal Audit Standards for the professional practice of Internal Auditing and audit best practice.
• For internal candidates: Deep knowledge of global policies and guidelines.
• Advanced knowledge in MS Office / SAP products.
• Comprehensive audit expertise and ability to define innovative audit approaches.
• General knowledge of the SOX act
• Project Management skills and/or broad functional expertise
• Excellent communication and (report) writing skills to describe and summarize complex situations and issues.
• Fluent in English a must, Arabic language skills a big plus, fluent in German a plus

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or equivalent, Master's degree preferred
• Professional Training & Certification (e.g. CIA, CPA, CFE) or equivalent

About the team

Global Risk & Assurance Services (GR&AS) combines Internal Audit, Risk Management, and Internal Controls within SAP as an integrated assurance function.

Internal Audit (IA) conducts objective and independent advisory activities to assess and improve the effectiveness of SAP operations and practices.

What we deliver?

• Independent and objective evaluations of company financial and operational business activities to assure compliance with laws, SAP policies, and in compliance with generally accepted accounting & financial reporting principles and auditing standards
• Actionable and results oriented audit recommendations are implemented by the business and detected weaknesses do not recur within the organization
• Advisory services, such as market unit sales health checks
• Investigations based on irregularities identified on customer/partner engagement processes (side commitments) and breaches to SAP policies such as SAP’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and the Global Revenue Recognition Guideline
• High quality and impactful Audit reports, containing findings, recommendations for improvement and actionable mitigation plans agreed by the business. Final reports are presented to senior management
• Comprehensive assessments of an SAP Market Unit or LOB's Sales Strategy, Processes, and Performance
• Memoranda on investigation results focusing on evidence and facts identified while consequence management is carried out by other SAP functions (Office of Ethics and Compliance, Human Resources, etc.)

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​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 414553  | Work Area: Administration  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.