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(IND) Senior Risk Expert

Walmart · Posted Oct 28

Retail, e-commerce, grocery, pharmacy, and membership warehouse services

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Home Office Building 11)Full-timeOnsiteLead/Staff5+ years₹32.0L–₹52.0L yearly<25 applicants
RetailE-CommerceSupermarketSupply ChainGroceryPublic Company
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About the role

The Global Internal Controls organization at Walmart partners with Technology, Finance, Compliance, and Audit teams to strengthen the company's global IT control environment and support Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. The IT Readiness Team evaluates new technology implementations, significant technology changes, platforms, and existing applications to determine whether appropriate IT General Controls (ITGCs) are designed and implemented before solutions become SOX-relevant. This role leads a portfolio of complex IT SOX readiness and assessment initiatives, provides day-to-day leadership and technical direction to associates, and serves as a subject matter expert on ITGCs, technology risk, cloud platforms, application controls, and control remediation.

What you will do

  • Lead end-to-end SOX ITGC readiness and assessment engagements for new technology implementations, significant changes, platforms, and existing applications across Walmart.
  • Evaluate technology architecture, business processes, data flows, system interfaces, and dependencies to identify relevant SOX risks and determine appropriate control requirements.
  • Assess the design and implementation effectiveness of ITGCs, including logical access, change management, program development, computer operations, interfaces, and other relevant technology controls.
  • Apply risk-based judgment to determine whether controls appropriately address identified financial reporting and technology risks rather than relying solely on checklist-based compliance.
  • Identify control design gaps and work with Technology and business stakeholders to develop practical and sustainable remediation plans before implementation or SOX transition.
  • Evaluate technology platforms, databases, cloud environments, applications, and supporting tools against Walmart's IT control requirements.
  • Ensure assessment conclusions are supported by appropriate evidence, documentation, and clearly articulated risk rationale.
  • Develop an understanding of application and platform architecture sufficient to identify technology risks, dependencies, interfaces, and potential impacts to financial reporting.
  • Lead discussions involving modern technology environments, including cloud platforms, SaaS solutions, databases, APIs, automated interfaces, DevOps/CI-CD environments, identity and access management, and emerging technologies.
  • Translate complex technical concepts into clear business and control risks that can be understood by Technology, Finance, Compliance, and leadership stakeholders.
  • Challenge existing processes and control designs when appropriate and help stakeholders develop controls that are both effective and operationally sustainable.
  • Manage multiple concurrent and highly complex IT SOX readiness and assessment initiatives from planning through completion.
  • Establish clear milestones, deliverables, ownership, dependencies, and timelines for assigned engagements.
  • Monitor portfolio health and proactively identify risks that could impact implementation timelines, control readiness, or SOX compliance.
  • Drive timely resolution of open issues and escalate risks when remediation or stakeholder decisions are not progressing as expected.
  • Maintain appropriate visibility of project status, key risks, decisions, and dependencies with leadership.
  • Ensure completed assessments are effectively transitioned to the appropriate SOX support and monitoring teams.
  • Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to associates responsible for executing IT SOX readiness and assessment activities.
  • Review associates' work and ensure conclusions demonstrate appropriate technical depth, risk-based thinking, professional judgment, and documentation quality.
  • Develop associates' ability to move beyond task execution and understand the underlying risk, control objective, architecture, and business impact.
  • Establish clear expectations and accountability for deliverables, quality, stakeholder engagement, and timelines.
  • Provide timely and actionable feedback and create opportunities for associates to develop their technical, leadership, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
  • Foster a collaborative environment that encourages ownership, continuous learning, constructive challenge, and accountability.
  • Build strong relationships with Technology, Engineering, Product, Finance, Compliance, Internal Audit, External Audit, and other stakeholders across Walmart.
  • Influence application and technology teams to implement necessary control and process improvements before solutions transition into the SOX environment.
  • Facilitate discussions where stakeholders may have differing perspectives on risk, scope, control requirements, or remediation approaches.
  • Partner with internal and external audit teams to provide clarity on assessment conclusions, control designs, evidence, and remediation activities.
  • Communicate complex issues clearly and concisely to senior leadership, including the risk, business impact, available options, recommended actions, and decisions required.
  • Identify opportunities to improve Walmart's IT SOX readiness and assessment methodology, processes, documentation, and governance.
  • Promote consistency and scalability in how IT risks and controls are evaluated across applications, platforms, and markets.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage automation, data analytics, and artificial intelligence to improve assessment quality, efficiency, monitoring, and risk identification.
  • Stay current with evolving technology risks, regulatory expectations, industry practices, and emerging technologies that could impact Walmart's control environment.

Skills used in this role

What the employer is looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in IT SOX, technology risk, IT audit, cybersecurity risk, internal controls, or a related discipline.
  • Strong practical knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), IT General Controls (ITGCs), COSO, COBIT, and technology risk management principles.
  • Demonstrated experience evaluating, designing, implementing, testing, or validating IT controls.
  • Experience identifying technology control gaps and partnering with stakeholders to develop and execute remediation plans.
  • Strong understanding of business processes, technology risks, internal controls, and financial reporting dependencies.
  • Experience managing multiple complex initiatives with competing priorities and stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate technical and risk concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and professional judgment skills with an ability to develop practical, risk-based solutions.

Preferred qualifications

  • Professional certification such as CISA, CISSP, CIA, CPA/CA, CRISC, or equivalent.
  • Previous experience in internal audit, external audit, technology risk, cybersecurity, SOX compliance, or a second-line risk and compliance function.
  • Experience leading or developing associates and reviewing the work of other risk, audit, or compliance professionals.
  • Experience assessing controls within large-scale cloud or technology environments such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, SaaS platforms, databases, and enterprise applications.
  • Understanding of modern engineering practices, including Agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, APIs, cloud-native technologies, and automated controls.
  • Experience working within a large, complex, multinational organization.
  • You can look beyond a control checklist and identify the underlying technology and financial reporting risk.
  • You have deep knowledge of SOX, ITGCs, technology risk, and internal controls and can apply that knowledge to modern technology environments.
  • You are comfortable asking challenging questions and constructively influencing stakeholders at different levels of the organization.
  • You can quickly understand complex technology architectures and translate them into clear risks, controls, and actionable recommendations.
  • You demonstrate strong ownership and can independently drive complex initiatives from ambiguity through successful completion.
  • You can balance compliance requirements with practical business and technology considerations.
  • You develop people by setting clear expectations, providing meaningful feedback, and helping associates strengthen their risk-based and technical thinking.
  • You are comfortable communicating with engineers, product teams, auditors, compliance professionals, and senior leaders.
  • You are passionate about improving processes and exploring how automation, analytics, and AI can transform risk and compliance activities.
  • You thrive in an environment where priorities evolve quickly and where success requires collaboration, sound judgment, and decisive execution.

Benefits and support

  • Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting

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Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. As one of the world's largest companies by revenue, it serves millions of customers daily through physical stores and robust e-commerce platforms. The company is driven by a commitment to everyday low prices and an expanding suite of digital and convenience-focused services.

Industry
Retail
Company size
2000000+ employees
Founded
1962
Location
Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
Funding stage
Public Company

Leadership

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John Furner

President and CEO

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John David Rainey

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Suresh Kumar

Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer

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Seth Dallaire

Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer

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David Guggina

President and CEO, Walmart U.S.

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