Activision Blizzard plays a centralized role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Supply Chain. Located in our global headquarters in Santa Monica, we encompass equal parts agility, creativity and rigor to enhance the employee and player experience.

Your Mission

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

Assist in the development of scope and planning for IT internal audits and integrated audits.
Conduct end-to-end IT audits of applications, underlying infrastructure, and technologies supporting business processes.
Work with the business and Technology stakeholders to provide assurance on key projects and critical change activities.
Draft high-quality audit reports for provision to executive management.
Work with process owners as a partner to develop solutions to issues and provide guidance on areas of change within the business.
Track and follow-up on the implementation of management’s action plans to address identified control gaps.
Communicate/engage regularly with Technology community to thoroughly understand current Technology developments and risks, and anticipate changes arising from both internal and external factors.
Positively support knowledge sharing and thought leadership within the function, and with external networks, to capture value from best practice opportunities.
Build a strong network and relationships to facilitate the career development either within Internal Audit or in the wider business.
Sarbanes-Oxley auditing.

Player Profile

We’re looking for a highly motivated candidate who has a passion for IT audit and is looking to make their first leap into industry from practice. IT and the video game industry are very dynamic, and the right candidate should be someone looking to develop their skills and constantly evolve over time.

Minimum Requirements:

CISA/CISM/CGEIT/CISSP/ITIL would be beneficial.
Must have IT Internal Audit experience.
Should be familiar with control frameworks (e.g. COSO, COBIT)
Experience in the use of data analytics for auditing would be beneficial.
Operating in a high growth, entrepreneurial environment, the IT Auditor must be able acclimate and add value quickly.
The successful candidate will be communicating across all levels of the organisation and should therefore have strong presentation, written and communication skills with the ability to adapt content and delivery to their audience.
Must have personal credibility and integrity.
Should be eager to seek better ways of doing business by creating insight through inquiry and challenge in an open minded, impartial and independent way.
Must be able to identify process and organisational improvements
Down to earth and capable of working in a diverse organisation.
Be decisive, able to hold a point of view and yet accommodate different perspectives and have excellent persuading and influencing skills to explain complex risk and control concepts.
Confidence and gravitas in working with and challenging senior stakeholders.
Be curious about the business.
Collaborative in building robust relationships within the group.
Self-motivated, logical and methodical approach to problem solving.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.