Internal Auditor/IT Auditor

Do you want to help in shaping a fossil free future within a generation? Interested in a position that really makes a difference? Great! Group Internal Audit is now recruiting an auditor to the team based in Arenastaden.

Group Internal Audit
Our main objective is to give assurance and guidance to the Board of Directors and EGM on the effectiveness of Vattenfall’s governance, risk management and internal control. Group Internal Audit is a business- as well as a speaking-partner to the Board, the CEO and the EGM. Group Internal Audit is a “one stop shop” for best practice advice. We also act as an excellent training ground for a continued career in Vattenfall, by exposing fast track members of the department to a variety of situations, activities, management teams and functions within the organisation. Our mix of different competencies valued for our critical and analytical thinking paired with communication skills and broad organisational knowledge allows us to provide valuable insight.

Your tasks and responsibilities
Your main tasks will be to conduct internal audit engagements, often IT audits, and investigations. The audit engagements are performed in teams and as a leader and/or member of such teams you will be involved in all phases of the engagement from planning to the reporting of the results to management. In the audit engagements you will challenge the existing ways of working in the processes subject to review. You will thereby help identify improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of internal processes and the robustness of internal controls to help enhance the overall governance environment. The auditor we are recruiting now will focus on audits of IT risks and controls, but also be involved in audit engagements of other risk areas.
As the scope for Group Internal Audit covers the entire Vattenfall Group, you will have the opportunity to gain insights into different business areas and opportunities to further learning and development.
In addition to the audit engagements, you will also be involved in investigations in response to events reported to the whistle-blower function, which we operate in cooperation with Corporate Legal & Integrity.
You will report directly to the Director Internal Audit Nordic.

Your experience and qualifications
• University degree in business administration, engineering, IT or other relevant subjects
• Good understanding of IT risks and controls
• Preferably experience from process reviews and reviews of compliance to internal or external requirements.
• Preferably good understanding of financial accounting
• Preferably experience of structured interviews
• Fluency in English and Swedish, verbal and written
• Advanced skills in written communication, both English and Swedish

Your personal skills
To be successful in this position you have strong analytical and interpersonal skills and your ability to persistently find your way, meet and interview people on all levels within the Vattenfall Group will be key. Others probably describe you as trustworthy, self-going, a good listener and a person with high level of integrity.

Location: Arenastaden, Solna. Audit engagements and investigations will require travel to other Vattenfall locations.

We welcome your application in Swedish or English, including CV and cover letter via the application button at this page not later than 20th of June 2021.

For more information about the position, please contact hiring manager Daniel Jansson, Director Internal Audit Nordic, +46 72 512 48 51. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact Recruiter Ann Nilsson +46 70 218 77 90.

Trade union representatives in Sweden Michelle von Gyllenpalm (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.

We look forward to your application!
Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates can be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.

Our organisation
Group Internal Audit is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve Vattenfall’s' operations. It helps Vattenfall accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes. Both Investigation of potential fraud or inappropriate business conduct are an integral part of the audit process. The Head of Group Internal Audit reports independently to the CEO and to the Board of Directors (Audit Committee).


Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.
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