Head of internal audit

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies, serving a huge number of customers while supporting team members to reach their full potential. We acquire and improve digital businesses to own and operate them for the long term, integrating AI deeply into our work to combine human judgment and machine intelligence. Joining us is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress your career at an exceptionally high rate.

A few examples of your responsibilities

• Own SOX compliance. Manage end‑to‑end SOX compliance implementation across business processes and IT systems.
• Lead internal control evaluations. Test and assess controls across the organization—evaluating effectiveness, identifying gaps and risks, and driving remediation to resolution.
• Drive the annual internal audit plan. Develop and own internal audit programs across financial, operational, technology, and compliance areas. Deliver findings and remediation recommendations to senior management and the audit committee.
• Shape the internal audit function. Contribute to building the function from the ground up. Help establish and continuously evolve methodology, governance, and tooling.
• Manage key stakeholder relationships. Work closely with external auditors, senior management, and the audit committee. Translate findings into clear communications and track the implementation of recommendations through to completion.

What we look for

• Reasoning ability. Given necessary knowledge, you solve complex problems, think from first principles, structure ideas sharply, and are mindful of biases and details that matter.
• Drive. You’re extremely ambitious, taking initiative and effort that matches the intensity of your ambition. You hold yourself to a high and rising bar.
• Team spirit. You give generously, support the best idea over your own, are reliable, honest, and transparent, and help your team whenever needed.
• Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What we offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. Work in small, result‑oriented, autonomous teams alongside bright people in your field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We hire individuals of outstanding potential and place them in ideal positions to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars and take on major projects early.
• All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited backing for learning and training, top‑of‑the‑market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location.
• Competitive pay and access to company equity at a discounted price. Salary ranges vary by location: in the US $204,281‑$411,014; in London £151,436‑£250,512; elsewhere in Europe €107,837‑€240,330. Compensation grows rapidly with experience and impact, especially in high‑cost markets, and may extend beyond the ranges for exceptional capability.

Commitment & contract

Permanent. Full‑time.

Location

Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), or fully remote from eligible countries.

#J-18808-Ljbffr…