Senior Risk & Audit Specialist

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Senior Risk & Audit Specialist overseeing audits and compliance for a cloud application platform. Collaborating cross-functionally, ensuring security posture across global operations.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support active and upcoming audits, including ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and other relevant assurance work by coordinating evidence collection, reviewing evidence quality, scheduling walkthroughs, and following up with control owners.
Support risk assessments, risk register updates, control monitoring, issue tracking, and risk treatment follow-up by working with teams to identify control gaps, agree on practical actions, and track remediation through to completion.
Conduct third-party risk management reviews to support a comprehensive view of organizational risk.
Support ongoing compliance activities across established frameworks and emerging readiness work (including Australia ISM/IRAP/HCF, NIS2, and ISO 42001/AIM) while maintaining policies, procedures, control narratives and supporting documentation.
Respond to customer and prospect security or compliance questions in partnership with Sales, Legal, Security, and Product, and support updates to the Trust Center and other trust documentation.
Prepare clear updates on audit status, risks, blockers, metrics, and remediation progress for leadership and look for opportunities to simplify repeatable processes and reduce audit friction for control owners.
Use risk, audit, and compliance tools to keep work organized, traceable, and easy to report on.
Support internal audit and review activities as needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in risk, audit, compliance, governance, security assurance, or a closely related area.
Hands-on experience supporting audits, evidence collection, control testing or monitoring, and remediation tracking.
Working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 42001, GDPR, PIPEDA or similar standards.
Ability to explain requirements clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong organization and prioritization skills, especially when managing several deadlines at once.
Good judgement, attention to detail, and a practical approach to solving problems.
Comfort working in a remote, global environment with cross-functional teams across varied timezones.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible PTO
Comprehensive healthcare coverage (UK, Canada, France, Spain, USA)
Company stock options
Professional development budget
Office equipment budget
Wellness budget
Annual team gatherings
Internet reimbursement
Inclusive parental leave
Remote work travel program

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Hard Skills & Tools

risk managementaudit supportcompliance monitoringevidence collectioncontrol testingremediation trackingsecurity assurancegovernancethird-party risk managementrisk assessments

Soft Skills

organizationprioritizationcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detailjudgmentcollaborationadaptability

Certifications

ISO 27001SOC 2PCI DSSHIPAAISO 42001GDPRPIPEDA