Responsibilities

About the Team: Internal Audit is a global function responsible for providing independent assurance and evaluating the company's risk management, governance and internal control processes to determine if they are designed and operating effectively. The Internal Audit team plans and executes audit projects according to our risk-based audit plan by evaluating financial, compliance, operational, and IT processes and controls. We work with business functions in addressing risks and improving the control environment through timely and comprehensive audit work and tracking of remediation actions until completion. Position Summary: We are looking for an experienced Senior Compliance Auditor to contribute to the ongoing development of the Compliance pillar using innovative assurance methods to impact and influence positive business outcomes. The role will build and mature the compliance audit capabilities in Privacy, Content Safety, AI Governance and other compliance areas using innovative assurance methods to impact and influence positive business outcomes across products such as TikTok and TikTok Shop. Responsibilities: - Audit Management & Execution: Lead planning and execution of compliance audit programs and support risk assessments. Leverage AI and data analytics to detect risk signals and unearth insights. Communicate issues and recommendations to senior management. - Stakeholder Relationships: Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with management, understand the business to provide value-added services, and establish credibility within the responsible domains. - Subject Matter: Ability to grasp complex, home grown technology stack, comfortable talking with legal and product teams; and be the go-to person on compliance topics such as Privacy & Data protection, AI Governance and regulatory frameworks. Understanding emerging compliance hot spots and build a robust framework to help manage changing compliance landscape. - Perform regular, periodic follow-ups on audit recommendations to evaluate the adequacy of corrective actions. - Audit Program Development: Collaborate with the Global Compliance Lead and peers to develop and implement an audit program for compliance and integrated audits, tailored to TikTok products (example: TikTok LIVE, TikTok Shop etc.). - Quality Assurance: Ensure the overall quality and consistency of audit work, adhering to department and professional standards. Continuously seek opportunities for audit process improvement. - Audit Techniques: Identify and develop audit techniques, including continuous auditing, data analysis, and monitoring using internal platforms and technology.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: - Experience: 5+ years of experience in internal audit, compliance or compliance adjacent fields. - Portfolio Management: Demonstrated experience managing a portfolio of audits, with concurrent oversight and execution of multiple projects. - Professional interests: Passion for decoding compliance, products and standards. Strong critical thinking skills combined with the ability to provide a credible technical challenge to the business. - Industry experience: Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a product centric culture. - Analytical skills: Proven analytical ability to assess complex technology environments against risk assessment outcomes, industry best practices, internal standards and external regulatory requirements. - Communication skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills appropriate for executive reporting and presentation. - Global Experience: Experience working in a global organization and managing projects across different time zones (Americas, APAC and EMEA). Travel internationally to business locations across EMEA, SEA and AMS, up to 30% Preferred Qualifications: - Understanding of data protection and privacy frameworks (eg. GDPR). - Ability to identify gaps in privacy controls and regulatory frameworks and provide risk-based recommendations for remediation. - Knowledge of regulations, compliance testing methodologies, and risk management principles as it applies to fast growth technology companies. - Experience of working at a tech company is a plus. - Education: Bachelor's degree in law, IT, business or any other related field. - Knowledge of external current and upcoming risk and controls frameworks such as DSA, DMA, EU AI Act, etc. is a plus but not essential. - Certifications: Professional certifications such as CISA, CIA, ACA etc.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $108000 - $208800 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.