Head of internal audit

About the role

Bending Spoons is seeking an experienced individual to join our Internal Audit team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the company's financial, operational, and compliance integrity.

Responsibilities

• Own SOX compliance, managing its implementation across business processes and IT systems.
• Lead internal control evaluations, testing and assessing controls, identifying gaps and risks, and driving remediation to resolution.
• Drive the annual internal audit plan, developing and owning internal audit programs across various areas including financial, operational, technology, and compliance.
• Deliver findings and remediation recommendations to senior management and the audit committee.
• Contribute to building and evolving the internal audit function, including methodology, governance, and tooling.
• Manage key stakeholder relationships, working closely with external auditors, senior management, and the audit committee, translating findings into clear communications and tracking the implementation of recommendations.

Requirements

• Reasoning ability: Solve complex problems, think from first principles, and structure ideas sharply. Resist the influence of biases and identify and take care of the details that matter.
• Drive: Extremely ambitious in everything you do, feeling deeply responsible for your work, holding yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit: Give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return, supporting the best idea, not your idea, and being reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English: Read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in internal audit, financial reporting, or similar roles.
• Experience with SOX compliance and internal control evaluation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Skills

• SOX compliance expertise.
• Internal control evaluation and risk assessment.
• Financial reporting and analysis.
• Project management and planning.
• Stakeholder management and communication.

Benefits

• Incredible talent, entrepreneurial teams.
• Exceptional growth opportunities.
• All-inclusive benefits package including flexible hours, remote working, learning and training support, health insurance, relocation assistance, parental support, and retreats.
• Competitive pay and access to company equity.

Pay and Schedule

• Annual salary range: $204,281 - $411,014 in the US, £151,436 - £250,512 in London, and €107,837 - €240,330 elsewhere in Europe.
• Permanent, full-time positions available in Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), or fully remote from eligible countries.

Schedule

• After a probationary period, you are welcome to work from one of our offices or remotely from approved countries, depending on what we agree at the offer stage.