IT Compliance Assurance Lead

IT Compliance Assurance Lead

Location: Torrance, California

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it's a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals.

At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of "power" that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize "the joy and freedom of mobility" by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a "zero environmental footprint."

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda's, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Responsibilities include:

This position is the lead IT compliance subject matter expert of the IS Compliance Team required to perform complex and specialized pre-audits and assessments of IS systems and processes across all IT Planning and Operations Business Unit Divisions (Senior Program Leader). The purpose of the IS Compliance Team is to proactively audit, assess and identify all technology-related compliance issues and oversee all remediation activities across Honda's North American companies with a focus on information security, data privacy, business continuity, identity management, user access and data integrity. This includes providing objective risk assessments of the company's compliance with regulatory, organizational and commercial requirements governing the organization's information security capabilities (e.g. SOX). The IS Compliance Team will support the AHM IT Governance/Risk by planning, facilitating, guiding and overseeing audits and assessments of information security capabilities and risks in addition to overseeing remediation activities for all compliance issues. There may also be special-purpose compliance projects aimed at providing assurance of a new implementation or maintenance of a business-critical systems. Examples include an identity and access management solution, ERP application, security incident management solution, and controls monitoring solution.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and provide support to the IT SOX Audits and related activities such as:
  
  
  
  • Determine SOX in-scope application and validate technology summaries.
  • Validate ITGC control owners, SME's and PBC contacts.
  • Create and delivery training and awareness programs for control owners and end users to ensure ITGCs are well established, documented and followed.
  • On-going reporting via PowerPoint to Team, Unit, Department, Division, and Executive leadership
  • Complete Impact Assessments for any ITGC deficiencies
  • Assist controls owners and SME's documenting and reporting control deficiencies upon discussion with Internal Auditors and External Auditors. Collaborate with control owners regarding recommendations to address the root cause of issues and remedial actions
  
  
  
  
• Support various project and provide compliance oversight to ensure IT General Controls are imbibed into IT solutions development that ultimately culminates into a SOX-compliant solution
• Work together with Team Manager to provide input for the direction and vision of AHM IT, the Division, Department, Unit and Team. Contribute ideas and formulate the details on execution of Division, Department, Unit and Team

Required Experience:

• 7+ years of IT business work experience
• 5+ years managing or supporting comprehensive compliance SOX 404 audits and assessments within a corporate setting
• 5+ years of leading people

Required Education:

• IS or Accounting related bachelor's degree and/or equivalent work experience.

Desired Skills:

• Desired Certifications in (ISC2) CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CISM, or CPA
• Proven experience developing and submitting IT audit and compliance reports to governing bodies, legal entities and/or external authorities
• Strong communication skills (written and oral), particularly with government/legal agencies and external/internal auditors
• Demonstrated ability to apply IT-related knowledge and experience in solving compliance issues
• Excellent knowledge of technology environments, including information security, encryption methods and privacy-based solutions
• General knowledge of business theory, business processes, management, budgeting and business office operations

At Honda, you will play a key role in our journey to become a company that society wants to exist now, and in the future. Your endless curiosity will drive innovation and your courageous spirit will challenge the status quo. We believe having a workforce made up of diverse thinkers and innovators makes us a better Honda. Respect for each other and respect for diversity each and every day drives our associates to contribute at the highest level and work effectively in a team environment. We make the dream of mobility a reality with our innovative and high-quality products. Together, we Bring the Future to our customers, associates, and communities. We are Honda!

What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary: $77,800 to $116,700

Pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, education, etc.

• Annual Bonus
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution

Career Growth:

• Advancement opportunities
• Career mobility
• Education reimbursement for continued learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

• Wellbeing program
• Community service and engagement programs
• Product programs
• Free drinks onsite

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.LI-GMR1