Director - Information Services, Compliance

Albany International is seeking a Director, Information Systems Compliance, to lead Albany's IT/IS compliance program with an emphasis on SAP risk and controls and SOX compliance. The role partners closely with SAP Security, SAP Basis, Enterprise Data Services, SAP Functional/Technical teams, and business stakeholders to design controls, manage testing, and maintain audit readiness across Albany's global environment., * Lead the IT/IS compliance program, including governance, control design, metrics, reporting.

• Primary IT compliance interface with external audit technical partner and staff.
• Assess SAP and IT risks in a hands-on leadership role with direct accountability for the appropriate design of key controls (including SOX-relevant ITGC/application controls).
• Actively engage in control design, testing strategy, evidence review, and manage ongoing control performance and testing.
• Serve as a key partner to SAP Security to ensure effective access controls, including user/role design and analysis (authorization objects), sensitive access, segregation of duties, and Fiori access considerations.
• Own SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) processes for Access Risk Analysis and Emergency Access Management, including evidence standards and control testing support.
• Coordinate internal and external audits (including SOX) and manage walkthroughs, evidence collection, remediation plans, and closure validation.
• Partner with SAP Basis and SAP Development on change governance (transports, configurations, break-fix) to ensure controls are built into delivery and operations.
• Partner with SAP Functional/Technical and business teams to understand end-to-end processes and integration points (including FI) and their impact on financial reporting controls.
• Maintain SAP compliance documentation (policies, procedures, narratives, flow/architecture documentation as needed) and a controls inventory/testing calendar.
• Support SAP Global Trade Compliance (GTC) and related compliance reporting processes; ensure control objectives are understood and testable.
• Drive readiness and control design for SAP implementations and major releases.
• Coordinate FI reporting system controls and integrations (MS BI a plus), and support SAP licensing and audit activities.

Do you have experience in Trade compliance?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Accounting, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in IT risk, IT audit, cybersecurity compliance, or technology controls.
• One or more relevant certifications preferred (e.g., CISA, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CPA).

Knowledge & Experience

• Demonstrated experience leading SAP IT/IS SOX compliance in a US public company (risk assessments, control design, control performance, testing, and audit management) with strong understanding of GRC concepts.

• A strong mix of the following skills within the SAP S/4 HANA platform:

• SAP Security (Expert): user/role analysis (authorization objects), sensitive access, segregation of duties, and Fiori access considerations.

• SAP GRC (Expert): Access Risk Analysis and Emergency Access Management.

• SAP GTC (Good understanding): Compliance module concepts and control expectations.

• SAP Basis / Development (Good understanding): platform operations and change delivery processes.

• SAP Functional Modules (Good understanding): SAP business processes; configuration experience in at least one key module; integration with FI and impact on financial reporting.

• FI reporting systems (Good understanding): architecture, integration points, and common controls (MS BI, SAP Group Reporting a plus).

• SAP implementation experience highly desired (two or more implementation cycles preferred).

• SAP licensing and audit experience.

• Designing and operating controls for SAP ERP systems (ECC or S/4HANA), Microsoft 365/Azure, Active Directory, and major enterprise applications.

• Demonstrated ability to translate regulatory/control requirements into practical, sustainable processes within an IT operating environment.

• Partnering with cross-functional teams to remediate control gaps and improve processes without disrupting business operations.

• Excellent documentation skills, including procedures, narratives, evidence standards, and audit-ready artifacts.

• Comfort working with ambiguity and driving structured execution across multiple stakeholders and locations.

Personal Attributes

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple audits and stakeholders.

• Clear communicator who can translate technical controls into business-ready guidance.

• Influences without authority and drives timely remediation and accountability.

Albany International is a global advanced textiles and materials processing company with two core businesses: Albany Machine Clothing (custom-designed fabrics and belts for process industries) and Albany Engineered Composites (highly engineered composite parts for aerospace applications).