Compliance & Audit Manager, Global HR Systems (remote)

Stryker; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Compliance & Audit Manager to join the Global HR Systems team. You will manage operational risk across the HR Systems portfolio and finalize processes that test key compliance controls, providing visibility into the overall compliance posture.

You will lead audit planning, fieldwork, remediation, and reporting while partnering with Cybersecurity, Legal, Privacy, Payroll, and Information Security teams to safeguard employee data and support enterprise audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; six years of additional work experience considered in lieu of degree.
• 8+ years of professional work experience in related fields.
• 5+ years in compliance, audit, risk management, governance, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years in audit methodologies, regulatory compliance, and internal control frameworks.
• 3+ years supporting internal and external audits, including testing, evidence collection, remediation, and reporting.
• 3+ years of strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills with ability to assess control effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR Systems compliance, audit, and governance programs ensuring regulatory and internal control adherence.
• Document, map, and assess internal controls and processes to support audit readiness and reporting.
• Identify, monitor, and mitigate compliance and operational risks; advise leadership on complex matters.
• Collaborate with Legal, HR, Privacy, and Cybersecurity on audit planning and data protection activities.
• Oversee audit execution, testing, findings remediation, CAPA investigations, and remediation tracking.
• Drive adoption and improvement of Kainos SmartAudit platform for automation and scalability.
• Lead HR Systems support for ISO, SOC 1, and divisional audit requirements.
• Produce and maintain compliance reporting and audit metrics.

Skills

Compliance & Audit

Risk management

Internal controls

Governance

Data privacy

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Workday

UKG

SOLIX

Abraxas

Job description

What You’ll Do

As a member of the Global HR Systems team and our Compliance & Audit Manager, you will play a key role in managing operational risk across Stryker’s HR Systems portfolio. In this global role, you will be responsible for finalizing and managing Compliance & Audit processes that test the effectiveness of key compliance controls and provide visibility into the overall state of compliance across HR Systems.

What You’ll Do

As a member of the Global HR Systems team and our Compliance & Audit Manager, you will play a key role in managing operational risk across Stryker’s HR Systems portfolio. In this global role, you will be responsible for finalizing and managing Compliance & Audit processes that test the effectiveness of key compliance controls and provide visibility into the overall state of compliance across HR Systems.

You will oversee audit planning, scoping, fieldwork, reporting, and remediation activities. This includes documenting compliance processes and controls; identifying key control points and determining appropriate testing methods; performing control validation and testing; recommending actions to address identified deficiencies; preparing written reports for stakeholders; and ensuring remediation items are completed. You will partner closely with Cybersecurity, Legal, Global Data Privacy, Payroll, and Information Security teams to safeguard employee data, enforce record retention, and support enterprise and divisional audit requirements.

• Lead and administer HR Systems compliance, audit, and governance programs, ensuring adherence to regulatory, corporate, information security, and internal control requirements.
• Document, map, and assess internal controls and business processes to support audit readiness, compliance reporting, and control effectiveness evaluations.
• Identify, monitor, and mitigate compliance, operational, and process risks; provide guidance to leadership on complex compliance matters.
• Partner with Legal, HR, Information Security, Data Privacy, and Cybersecurity teams to support audit planning, investigations, regulatory compliance, and data protection activities.
• Manage audit execution activities, including audit testing, workpaper documentation, findings remediation, CAPA investigations, and corrective action tracking.
• Drive the adoption, expansion, and continuous improvement of the Kainos SmartAudit platform, including audit automation, scalability enhancements, process optimization, and management of audit exceptions and remediation activities.
• Lead HR Systems support for internal and external audits, including ISO, payroll, SOC 1, and divisional audit requirements.
• Produce and maintain compliance reporting, audit metrics, and evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of controls and overall compliance posture.
• Oversee user access governance, record retention, and data lifecycle management, including user audits, retention enforcement, and data purge activities.
• Monitor system integrity through application audits, data quality reviews, error analysis, security investigations, and compliance audits across HR technology platforms including Workday, UKG, SOLIX, Abraxas, preboarding, and other HR systems.

What you need:

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree required however in lieu of a degree we will consider an additional 6 years of work experience.
• 8+ year of professional work experience is required for a qualified applicant.
• 5+ years of experience in compliance, audit, risk management, internal controls, governance, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years of experience with audit methodologies, regulatory compliance requirements, and internal control frameworks.
• 3+ years of experience supporting internal and external audits, including testing, evidence collection, remediation, and audit reporting.
• 3+ years of experience with strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess control effectiveness and recommend process improvements.

Preferred

• Experience with HR technology platforms such as Workday, UKG, or other enterprise HCM systems is strongly preferred.
• Experience with audit automation and monitoring solutions, including Kainos SmartAudit is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of user access governance, data privacy, record retention, and HR data governance practices.
• Experience working in a regulated multinational organization with an understanding of global compliance requirements.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN: $118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual
• US5: $123,900 - $206,500 USD Annual
• US10: $129,800 - $216,400 USD Annual
• US15: $135,700 - $226,200 USD Annual
• US20: $141,600 - $236,000 USD Annual
• US30: $153,400 - $255,700 USD Annual

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.