Technology Risk & Controls Transformation Specialist, Business Platforms

WPP
Chennai
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Communication","Documentation","Stakeholder management","Risk-based judgment","Professional skepticism"]

Embed robust SDLC and transformation controls to support large-scale ERP migrations, ensuring compliance with data and security requirements and audit readiness (including SOX 404 IO). Govern SDLC documentation and evidence quality, coach project teams to produce complete audit-ready evidence, and assess control posture using judgement-led, risk-based assurance. Partner with Financial Risk & Controls, auditors, and technical stakeholders to strengthen first-line capability and continuously improve WPP’s compliance and controls strategy.

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Technology Risk & Controls Transformation Specialist, Business Platforms

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Job Summary

Embed robust SDLC and transformation controls to support large-scale ERP migrations, ensuring compliance with data and security requirements and audit readiness (including SOX 404 IO). Govern SDLC documentation and evidence quality, coach project teams to produce complete audit-ready evidence, and assess control posture using judgement-led, risk-based assurance. Partner with Financial Risk & Controls, auditors, and technical stakeholders to strengthen first-line capability and continuously improve WPP’s compliance and controls strategy.
Location: Chennai
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Govern and evaluate SDLC phases across documentation, testing evidence, change artefacts, and data migration reconciliations from initiation through post-go-live.
  • •Develop and manage evidence checklists and trackers to ensure control activity evidence is complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
  • •Mentor project teams to generate credible, high-quality assurance evidence packages and provide insights on control readiness and evidence integrity.
  • •Collaborate with project managers, Financial Risk & Controls, business owners, and technical leads to define control expectations and evidence standards, then report control posture and remediation progress.
  • •Prepare teams for internal and external audits, support auditor engagement on scope and sampling, and contribute to evolving compliance and controls strategy.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong understanding of application control environments.
  • •Solid grasp of SDLC principles and their application in complex transformation projects.
  • •Demonstrated experience in IT audit, risk management, security, or compliance.
  • •Exceptional documentation and communication skills to translate technical risks into clear business language.
  • •Comfort working globally across USA, APAC and EMEA time zones in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments.
Experience:SOX complianceERP transformationData migration assuranceIT auditRisk management
Skills:CommunicationDocumentationStakeholder managementRisk-based judgmentProfessional skepticism
Certifications:CISACIACRISC
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SDLCERPSOX 404Data migration reconciliations

Company Brief

WPP
Global marketing and communications services group offering advertising, media investment management, branding, public relations, and digital services to multinational clients across industries.
Industry: Advertising Media Groups
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1971
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