Specialist, Internal Audit, Controls, Compliance, & Risk

Role Overview

Pearson is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Internal Audit, Controls, Compliance, & Risk Specialist to join the Cybersecurity team. Primary duties include supporting access governance, audit readiness, compliance, risk mitigation, and control activities across multiple business applications and technology platforms. This role is execution-focused and plays a critical part in administering role-based access, supporting provisioning and deprovisioning controls, preparing audit evidence, executing SQL-based data analysis, MFA resets and supporting compliance initiatives related to SOX, FedRAMP, and internal control requirements. The role will also support helping to identification, escalation, and tracking of cybersecurity risks and control deficiencies.