Senior Internal Auditor
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an Internal Audit function in a fast-growing sector, where your thoughts will be considered, and your hard work rewarded. Internal Audit’s objective is to be Sportradar’s trusted partner, delivering impactful risk-based assurance and advisory services that anticipate challenges, encourage innovation and supports operational excellence.
As a Senior Internal Auditor you will play a key role in safeguarding the current and future economic value of Sportradar, by identifying control risks within the business and examining and evaluating the adequacy of controls to mitigate those risks, with a particular focus on financial reporting, accounting processes, and SOX compliance. The Senior Internal Auditor will plan, deliver and report internal audit assignments and undertake Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) walkthroughs and testing. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
- Conduct walkthroughs and testing to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of Sportradar’s SOX programme.
- Train and supervise management testers with regards to SOX testing, including advance preparation, monitoring the progress of fieldwork, reviewing workpapers, and reporting results.
- Identify potential risks relating to financial reporting, accounting processes (e.g., revenue recognition, accruals, close process), and key systems, applying strong technical knowledge and business insight.
- Plan and execute risk-based financial/operational audits from start to finish, within cost and time budgets and in accordance with our methodology.
- Work collaboratively with the audit team and management to develop audit objectives and approach, including creating audit plans to assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls, with the support of the Manager and Lead.
- Conduct interviews with business partners and perform audit tests to gain an understanding of business processes, identify control gaps and improvement opportunities, and evaluate the risk and potential business impact of identified deficiencies.
- Prepare clear, concise, and impactful audit reports that effectively communicate findings and recommendations to senior management.
- Identify process improvement opportunities for automation, leveraging data analytics, and implementation of AI agents.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business, accounting, finance or related field.
- Professional accounting or internal auditing qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIA, CPA) required.
- Experience in Auditing (internal or external) or 4+ years of experience in complementary finance or business function; Big 4 a plus.
- Strong working knowledge and experience with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements (SOX) and control frameworks.
- Experience working with audit and technology tools such as AuditBoard/Optro, PowerBI and AI tools is desirable.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to influence and demonstrate confidence in communications with senior level management
- Must be self-motivated/self-starter with critical thinking and problem-solving skills, ability to identify and resolve complex issues and deal with a variety of high priority and sensitive situations.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- 5 day in office required (St Paul’s/Moorgate, UK).
- Estimated required travel is 10-20%.
Sportradar is a global sports technology company that collects, analyses and distributes sports data to betting operators, sports leagues and media companies. Headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and founded in 2001, it provides betting services, managed trading, integrity monitoring and audiovisual streaming across hundreds of sports. The company holds official data partnerships with organisations including the NBA, NHL, FIFA and ICC. Sportradar is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people worldwide.
