Senior Manager – Director | Digitalization, AI and Controls Automation

Location: ZurichWork Pattern Percentage: 80-100%
Join Deloitte Switzerland’s Digitalization, AI and Controls Automation Team
Empower organisations through intelligent automation and advanced AI-driven control management practices.
Are you passionate about leveraging digitalization and AI to transform technology controls? At Deloitte Switzerland, within our Controllership & Treasury team in Technology & Transformation, you will play a pivotal role in helping organisations modernize their control frameworks through intelligent automation and AI-powered solutions. Your work will help organisations strengthen their internal controls, accelerate compliance processes, and achieve operational excellence in an increasingly digital and automated environment.
In this leadership role, you will play a key role in shaping and growing Deloitte Switzerland’s Digitalization, AI & Controls Automation capability, driving client impact through AI-enabled controls transformation while expanding our market presence. You will play a leading role in developing strategic client relationships, originating new business opportunities, collaborating across Deloitte service lines, and building high-performing teams that deliver innovative solutions at the intersection of Finance Transformation, Controllership & Treasury, Technology Risk and Artificial Intelligence.
What you’ll do

• Lead strategic initiatives to support clients in assessing technology risks, identifying automation opportunities, and designing or enhancing AI-enabled controls and compliance frameworks that leverage intelligent automation.
• Spearhead internal controls transformation initiatives through digitalization and AI-driven automation, delivering pragmatic and innovative solutions to complex technology risk challenges while optimizing control efficiency.
• Identify emerging technology risk issues and automation potential, converting them into actionable business opportunities that drive digital control maturity and operational resilience.
• Contribute to the growth of Digitalization, AI and Controls Automation offering by developing innovative market offerings, reusable assets, thought leadership and strategic alliances that accelerate AI-enabled controls transformation.
• Originate and shape new client engagements by leveraging an established professional network, building trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and identifying opportunities to deliver measurable business value through AI-enabled controls automation.
• Lead and coach multidisciplinary teams by providing regular mentoring, career development discussions and capability building, fostering a high-performing and collaborative team culture.
• Represent Deloitte’s capability at client events, industry forums and executive discussions, strengthening Deloitte’s market reputation in AI-enabled Finance Transformation and Controls Automation.

Who we are looking for

• A visionary and entrepreneurial leader with a proven ability to build practices, originate new business, develop trusted client relationships and inspire high-performing teams. You combine strong commercial acumen with exceptional consulting and relationship-building skills, and are passionate about helping organisations transform Finance, Controls and Risk through digital transformation, AI and intelligent automation.
• Minimum of 8–10 years of experience in IT controls advisory, audit, or risk management, with at least 3–4 years in a senior or leadership capacity.
• Demonstrated expertise in risk assessment, control design, testing, remediation, and leading controls automation or digitalization transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary consulting teams while coaching and developing talent through mentoring, structured feedback and long-term career development.
• Strong business development and consultative selling experience, with a proven ability to identify client needs, shape innovative client solutions and successfully grow strategic accounts.
• Extensive experience building trusted relationships across clients, Deloitte service lines and executive leadership, with a collaborative mindset and strong influencing skills.
• Advanced knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), with demonstrated ability to architect AI-driven control solutions, leverage intelligent automation to enhance control effectiveness, and guide clients through AI governance challenges.
• Holder of relevant senior-level certifications such as CRISC, CISA, CISM, COBIT, or equivalent; certifications in AI governance, controls automation, or related emerging disciplines are highly valued.
• Fluent in English and German

Your team
Our Controllership & Treasury offering, part of Technology & Transformation, has been one of the fastest-growing teams in Switzerland in recent years. Thus, we can offer unrivalled career growth & learning opportunities as well as an exciting place to work. As the leader within Deloitte’s Digitalization, AI and Controls Automation sub-offering, you will play a key role in contributing to the market strategy, expanding our client portfolio, developing our people and shaping the future of AI-enabled Controls Automation within Deloitte Switzerland.
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At Deloitte, your ideas create impact and spark meaningful change for our clients, people and society. Your unique expertise, background and perspective help us find new ways into the most complex challenges so we can brighten the futures of those our work affects. At Deloitte, you can build a career that inspires and energises you. At Deloitte, you can choose your impact. In Switzerland, we provide industry-specific services in the areas of Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, and Technology & Transformation. With close to 3,000 employees at six locations, we serve companies and organisations of all sizes in all industry sectors. We offer meaningful and challenging work, an inclusive and supportive environment where you can be your best self and where you will never stop growing. You will benefit from flexible and hybrid working conditions, wellbeing and parental programmes as well as many opportunities to connect, collaborate and learn.Join us and become part of a global network of like-minded people dedicated to making a difference, whether by addressing climate change or improving 100 million futures by 2030. Want to know more about opportunities at Deloitte? Visit www.deloitte.com/ch/careers.
How to apply
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