Deloitte søker Third Party Assurance Manager

Deloitte delivers specialized services with expertise in audit, legal services, financial advisory, risk analysis, and consulting. With over 450,000 colleagues supporting us, we view the world from various perspectives and create value across borders, industries, expertise, insights, and generations. Using this knowledge, we help prepare our clients for tomorrow's challenges. Together, we create results

Our team of attestation services experts provides independent assurance across a broad spectrum of areas, including information security, financial and environmental business processes, data privacy and GDPR, as well as specialized assurance topics such as SOC2, NIS2, DORA, MitID, NSIS, SWIFT, and other complex frameworks. Leveraging our expertise, we deliver attestation reports that enable clients to meet regulatory, customer, and B2B requirements. These services help clients gain a competitive edge, enhance internal control maturity, fulfill contractual and regulatory obligations, and foster trust.

As we continue to expand our capabilities and grow, we are seeking a Manager to join our team and contribute to a wide range of assurance-related assignments. If you are passionate about tackling complex challenges, working with diverse clients, and delivering innovative solutions, we would be excited to connect with you.

As a Manager in our Third-Party Assurance Services group, you will be responsible for leading and delivering client assignments related to globally recognized standards such as SOC1, SOC2, ISAE3402, and ISAE3000. This includes leading workshops to perform gap analysis and readiness assessments for first-time attestation customers, as well as developing and issuing annual Type 1 and Type 2 attestation reports. Our reports cover company-level controls, general IT controls, and business process controls for various themes based on our customers' services.

We cover areas such as security, change management, operations, incident management, and business process-specific areas related to financial transactions. Using our combined IT and business process knowledge, audit methodology expertise, and data analytical skills, we challenge our clients' internal control maturity, identify weaknesses or gaps, and provide advice to address them. Our ultimate goal is to help our clients obtain an independent attestation report that they can present to their customers, business partners, regulators, and prospective customers/business partners.

Responsibilities of a Manager in our team:

• Engagement planning and management: This involves the strategic planning and oversight of engagements, including scoping, resource allocation, risk assessment, and timeline management to ensure successful delivery


• Build your subject matter expertise: Continuously developing in-depth knowledge and understanding of specific industry sectors, technical areas, or regulatory requirements to become a trusted expert in the field


• Train team members and be a counselor: Providing guidance, mentorship, and training to team members, and acting as a counselor to support their professional and personal development within the firm


• Run complex client meetings: Taking charge of conducting steering committee meetings to discuss present project risks, findings, and strategic recommendations


• Understand complex IT and business processes: Use your experience to comprehend complex client environments and advise to clients to meet their objectives


• Manage reporting processes for individual clients to ensure effective execution of work: Overseeing and coordinating the various reporting processes for individual clients, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with client expectations and regulatory requirements


• Participate in business development and sales activities as appropriate: Engaging in activities to identify and pursue new business opportunities, such as contributing to proposals, client pitches, and networking events, to support the firm's growth and success

Who we are looking for:

• Individuals eager to join our dynamic, dedicated, and high-performing team, committed to providing top-tier attestation services across the Nordics. You thrive on understanding and analyzing challenges, devising effective solutions to complex issues. Ideally, you hold a higher education degree in information technology, engineering, mathematics, economics, or another relevant field. Relevant work experience is also highly regarded, such as:


• Hands-on experience in delivering third-party assurance services and a good working knowledge of standards such as SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISAE 3402, and ISAE 3000


• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple priorities simultaneously, adhere to client deadlines, optimize engagement economics, maintain team satisfaction, deliver high-quality outcomes, and manage client expectations with professionalism.


• Demonstrate knowledge of relevant regulatory and IT standards, frameworks, and best practices (e.g., DORA, NIS2, ISO27001, GDPR, COBIT, NIST, MitID, NSIS)


• You should have excellent report writing skills and experience


• As most of our clients operate in English, you should have excellent communication skills in English. We also have numerous Norwegian speaking clients where advanced communication skills in Norwegian would be beneficial and ideal for at least some of the positions we are trying to fill. We will also support Norwegian language training if desired


• We encourage professional certifications such as CISA, CIA, CIPP/e, CCAK, CCSK or equivalent

Why join Deloitte?
We have a large and varied set of offerings and benefits for our employees. What we are most proud of is the focus we have on our people. Here are some of the things our colleagues say they appreciate most as employees of Deloitte:

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  The people – "No sharp elbows, and everyone is equally important, whether you're a graduate or a partner – you feel seen and valued as a person and colleague."


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  Co-determination in your own development – "Your role develops with you through guidance from your own coach that helps you identify and exploit your own strengths, and creates space to develop as a leader."


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  Continuous development – "Variation in tasks, assignments and customers always brings new challenges, but in a safe environment around genuinely supportive and helpful colleagues"


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  Maternity- /parental leave – "Leave sponsor, free midwifery classes and maternity reunions? Yes please! With a new boss at home, it is especially important to have a workplace that facilitates well for the time outside the office."


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  The cohesion of the team – "You love the people you work with and make good friends at work."


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  Attention on work-life balance – "Your needs are well met. For example, there is good communication and resolution between the desired overtime and actual overtime.