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Lead IT Auditor

Eaton Corporation
Beachwood, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 8/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/24/2027
Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a Lead IT Auditor. This position will be a hybrid role based out of Beachwood, OH only candidates who are located within a 50 mile radius of Beachwood, OH will be considered. The Lead IT Auditor will be responsible for coordinating the planning, organization, and execution of global IT internal audits and advisory projects to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of internal controls, IT project implementations, business processes, and related policies. This role will also serve as an audit advisor supporting Eaton’s major enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementations, such as SAP and Oracle, as well as cybersecurity initiatives and emerging technologies including DevOps, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud solutions, ensuring that internal controls and security requirements are incorporated by design and continuously monitored throughout deployments. In addition, the Lead IT Auditor will operate with a digital mindset by supporting Eaton’s digitalization strategy through the automation of controls testing and monitoring where applicable. The role will also assist the Global IT Audit & SOX management team in overseeing IT audit processes, enforcing audit documentation quality standards, and providing IT audit support to audit teams across global regions. The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 a year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. ## What you’ll do: Job Responsibilities: • Leads the performance of IT internal audits with a focus on Eaton’s major ERP and enterprise systems and cybersecurity domains. Delivers measurable added value and improves the operations through an independent, objective, systematic and disciplined risk-based approach, evaluating and reporting on the effectiveness of internal controls, risk frameworks and governance processes. • Coordinates the planning, execution and reporting of assigned SOX validations, including training to IT control owners, control narrative refreshes, execution of interim/roll-forward testing, first-look reviews for new acquisitions, and close coordination with our external auditor. • Advises on major system implementations, ensuring security and internal controls are built in by design and verified before go-live. Works closely with project stakeholders such as business senior managers, GRC teams, business compliance managers, finance global process leaders, and external auditors through all phases of the project to ensure control requirements are explicitly addressed and delivered. • Supports and assists the Global IT Audit & SOX management team in risk assessment and strategic planning. This includes expansion into emerging areas such as cybersecurity and cloud-computing governance. • Leads with a digital mindset to identify and implement new methods to automate internal controls testing and drive overall efficiencies in Audit & SOX processes. • Embraces adoption of work paper quality standards and review processes to ensure continued reliance by Eaton’s external auditor (including usage of Optro for coordination). • Serves in controls advisory role on compliance-related projects to advance Eaton’s internal controls capabilities (e.g., CMMC, IAM, OT deployments). • Assists with designing and deploying audit procedures and techniques for technical / IT areas such as segregation of duties and critical access, ERP configuration controls, and other related areas. • Produces clear, concise, and accurate workpapers promptly. Responsible for drafting audit issues and recommendation summary reports for assigned audit areas. Follows-up and reviews implemented management action plans and audit findings remediation. ## Qualifications: Required (Basic) Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution • Minimum of 5 years of IT internal controls / public accounting / audit / security / compliance experience. • No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Beachwood, OH will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation. • Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future. Preferred Qualifications: • Public Accounting and Auditing experience. • CISA, CISSP, CPA or related certification. • Masters degree from an accredited institution. ## Skills: Position Criteria: • Proven experience in IT general control processes understanding, identifying risks and weaknesses, developing and executing audit procedures to assess the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls to mitigate the risks. • Strong process management and organizational skills. Ability to deliver high quality results and meet tight deadlines. • Proven experience in documenting and testing IT general controls. • Ability and desire to work in a dynamic, multicultural, multilingual and international environment, with colleagues located in other parts of the world. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly and succinctly report key issues, business impact, and recommendations for improvement to management. • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to promote ideas and to work effectively with all levels within the organization. • Strong MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and general end-user computer skills. • Up to 10% travel required All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws. You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number. We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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