Senior Internal IT Auditor - Klaviyo

Overview

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As Sr. IT Internal Auditor at Klaviyo, you will help strengthen our IT control environment and advance an AI-first audit program. You’ll partner with IT, Security, Finance, Legal, and Engineering to assess ITGCs, SDLC controls, and third‑party risks, while applying AI-enabled methods to audits. This fast‑paced role offers growth into broader technology audits and direct impact on SOX compliance. You’ll work with cross‑functional teams to drive risk mitigation and process improvements, with a clear focus on scale and innovation.

Compensation / Benefits
• base salary with annual bonus
• equity and sign-on payments
• comprehensive health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits
• opportunity for OTE and performance-based compensation
• career growth and learning in AI-enabled audits

Responsibilities
• Advise control owners on internal control design while maintaining IA independence
• Maintain ITGC risk/control matrix in Optro and manage SOX program artifacts
• Conduct end-to-end SDLC walkthroughs, assess ITGCs for homegrown and third‑party systems
• Perform periodic ITGC testing and develop test plans and audit workpapers in Optro
• Track findings, root cause, severity, and remediation with control owners
• Develop ITGC training materials and educate process owners as needed
• Review IT-related policies and provide recommendations to owners
• Cultivate relationships with stakeholders to raise risk awareness and facilitate remediation
• Coordinate with co-sourced/third-party providers and external auditors
• Prepare status reports for ITGC projects and internal audits
• Perform IT Application Control testing for interfaces and integrations
• Review SOC 1 reports and bridge letters for in-scope vendors
• Evaluate SOD and fraud prevention controls, including management override risks
• Assist with technology audits (cloud security, data governance, AI governance) and document planning
• Leverage AI tools across audit lifecycle with validation and human oversight
• Build reusable prompts/workflows and identify automation opportunities across audits
• Define validation processes for AI-assisted work for external auditor reliance
• Assess AI tool risks in financial reporting (access, data handling, change management)
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Key requirements
• Strong understanding of SOX 404, PCAOB, COSO 2013, COBIT, US GAAP, Internal Audit Standards
• Experience scoping, designing, and testing IT controls for homegrown, off-the-shelf, and cloud environments (e.g., AWS)
• Experience auditing ITGCs related to CI/CD pipelines
• Experience planning, scoping, testing, and reporting in a full-year SOX program
• Experience leading IT, operational, or financial xklufbp audits
• Data analytics skills (SQL, Python, Tableau) or equivalent
• Hands-on experience with AI tools in audit work and awareness of limitations
• Experience collaborating with internal or co-sourced resources
• Excellent communication skills with ability to simplify technical concepts
• Self-starter with curiosity about AI and emerging technologies
• Strong organization skills and ability to prioritize work
• Experience using SOX GRC tools such as Optro and ERP systems like Netsuite
• Knowledge of AI governance frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) a plus
• Education in Information Systems/CS/Accounting/Business; 5+ years IT audit, preferably in Tech/SaaS; CISA preferred; CPA/CIA/CISSP a plus
• Excellent communication
• Influence and stakeholder management
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset
• ITGC testing
• IT application controls
• SDLC controls