IT Compliance Manager, IMFT

Job Function: Finance

Job Sub Function: Risk Management

Job Category: Professional

All Job Posting Locations: Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium; Leiden, Netherlands; Zug, Switzerland

Contract type: Full time, permanent

IT Compliance Manager, IMFT

IMFT is the transformation program within Innovative Medicine Finance, dedicated to enabling Finance and its business partners to deliver superior value and sustainable competitive advantage for our organization, partners, and patients. The program focuses on digital competencies and tools to become an insight‑driven partner that accelerates decision‑making, optimizes resources, and sparks innovation. As a member of IMFT, you will be at the heart of delivering an integrated, cross‑functional transformation that optimizes resources, investment allocation, and value creation across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform detailed IT and technology risk assessments for each IMFT Program release, covering SAP S/4HANA, interfaces, data flows, reports, configurations, and custom developments.
• Identify, assess, and document ITGC, application, and data integrity risks, and define appropriate control responses in line with ICFR and SOX requirements.
• Design and maintain IT risk and control matrices (RCMs) for the programs, ensuring traceability across releases, geographies, and solution components.
• Define compliance requirements for SAP configurations, workflows, WRICEF objects, and system‑enabled controls, ensuring they are embedded into design and build activities.
• Provide compliance oversight for interfaces and integrations, including source‑to‑target controls, reconciliation mechanisms, error handling, and monitoring.
• Define and oversee the IT compliance strategy for User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including scope, control coverage, and alignment with ITGC and application control expectations.
• Specify and review IT SOX and ITGC test scripts, including automated and manual controls, and assess testing results to confirm control design and operating effectiveness.
• Support and oversee ITGC‑related activities across the program lifecycle, including access management, change management, and computer operations controls.
• Provide compliance guidance on data migration strategies, data validation, and data integrity controls during cutover and deployment phases.
• Monitor and manage IT and technology compliance risks across program releases, escalating issues and recommending remediation actions as needed.
• Ensure compliance documentation, evidence, and audit trails are complete, consistent, and aligned with enterprise compliance frameworks throughout the program.

Qualifications

• Acquired University degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science or related fields.
• Min. 6‑8 years of previous experience in IT Compliance roles within a significant SAP implementation.
• Working knowledge of financial and IT internal controls.
• Working knowledge of SOX 404 as it applies to IT systems and ERP platforms.
• Hands‑on experience performing ITGC and application control risk assessments.
• Ability to proactively identify and mitigate IT /ERP risks.
• Solid understanding of SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Experience working with interfaces, data flows and data integrity controls.
• Experience working in a complex, multi‑ERP / system environment (SAP S4 HANA preferred).
• Ability to collaborate in a highly matrixed environment is required.

Preferred Skills

• Agility Jumps
• Business Continuity Management (BCM)
• Compliance Frameworks
• Compliance Management
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Risk Management (FRM)
• Internal Controls
• Mentorship
• Process Improvements
• Regulatory Environment
• Risk Assessments
• Risk Measurement
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Systems Thinking
• Tactical Planning
• Technical Credibility