The consultant will support HR IT system audits, year-end audit activities, and ensure compliance with governance and risk management processes. They are responsible for documenting audit findings, tracking remediation plans, and maintaining high-quality technical and process documentation.
We are supporting a global industrial company during a major organizational and IT transformation and are looking for an experienced Senior HR IT Governance, Service Management & Compliance Consultant.
The consultant will support upcoming HR IT system audits and year-end audit activities, ensure the structured follow-up of audit findings, and secure critical knowledge.
Candidates from Nearshore Europe are explicitly welcome.
Framework Conditions
- Start: October 2026
- Duration: end of 2027
- Location: Remote
- Project language: English
- Contract type: Freelance / B2B
- Preferred location: Europe / Nearshore Europe with good CET/CEST overlap
Tasks
- Support HR IT system audits, year-end audit activities, and related compliance reviews
- Document, coordinate, and track audit findings, measures, owners, and deadlines
- Develop and follow up on remediation and improvement plans resulting from audits
- Ensure that HR IT services comply with governance, risk, escalation, and approval processes
- Maintain high-quality technical, audit, process, and compliance documentation
- Ensure accurate and up-to-date information in tools such as LeanIX, COSEP, or comparable platforms
- Prepare the acquired knowledge and documentation for handover to future internal or external teams
Requirements
- Strong professional experience in HR IT governance, IT compliance, or IT audit support
- Practical experience supporting system audits and following up on audit findings
- Sound knowledge of IT governance, risk management, compliance, and documentation standards
- Experience with IT service management processes, preferably based on ITIL 4
- Understanding of data compliance, data protection, cybersecurity, and authorization concepts
- Ability to translate audit or compliance requirements into actionable measures
- Strong documentation, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills
- Very good written and spoken English
Nice to have
- Experience with HR IT landscapes containing multiple systems and individual solutions
- Knowledge of GDPR, the EU AI Act, or comparable regulatory requirements
- Experience with compliant data flows, analytics, and reporting solutions
- Experience with service-level agreements and service-maturity improvement
- Background in carve-outs, separations, transformation programs, or operating-model transitions