About the role:

Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have insights, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading organizations. A Senior Director serves as a leader within Gartner’s Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group, establishing oneself as a credible voice within their designated market at local, regional and global levels. Utilizing exceptional research and analytical skills, a Senior Director plays a significant role in producing pragmatic and provocative insights which Gartner clients consume and apply to propel their business toward key objectives. They are a trusted source of advice for clients, reinforcing Gartner’s value every day by engaging them via in-person meetings, virtual meetings, sales support visits and Gartner conferences to discuss complex client challenges and offer appropriate recommendations.

As part of Gartner’s Assurance Practice, you will join a dynamic team focused on advising Chief Audit Executives and their teams. You will be a trusted source of advice for clients, discussing complex client challenges and offering appropriate recommendations. This role includes both writing and speaking about best practices in CAE Leadership and Audit Function Management. The Senior Director Analyst of Internal Audit will also lead internal insight discussions among fellow analysts and collaborate with analysts across Gartner’s Assurance Practice.

What you will do:

 Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged must-have insights content
 Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests that accelerate the client's ability to act
 Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a clients barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward
 Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing Insights positions across a team of analysts
 Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda
 Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights
 Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions
 Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings
 Support BTI and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business
 Provide high quality and timely content peer review
 Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy
 Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights community
 Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery
 Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members
 Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions

What you will need:
 Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience
 Applicable experience with and deep knowledge of the internal audit leader (or Chief Audit Executive) role
 An in-depth understanding of the Audit function and other adjacent functions, e.g., Compliance, Legal & Risk
 Strong experience in Audit professional practices tasks, including, but not limited to, quality assurance and process improvement, designing and delivering training programs for audit staff, and liaising with external auditors, regulators, and/or other assurance providers
 Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders
 Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high-quality deliverables
 Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability
 Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and presentation skills; ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions
 Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively apply patterns and frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges
 Strong communication skills - able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply
 Subject matter expertise; comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements
 Strong business and financial acumen
 Deep knowledge of the global and competitive landscape within subject area as well as the interplay in that market
 Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team
 Learning agile and adept with navigating highly matrixed environments
 Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels
 Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)

Preferred:

 Experience leading the development and execution of audit strategy across one or more internal audit functions
 Experience designing and updating audit methodologies, policies, and procedures and/or supporting the integration of new technologies into audit processes

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