- The Senior Manager of Internal Controls and SOX Compliance is responsible for the overall direction and administration of the company’s internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and execution of the SOX compliance program
The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding and experience leading a SOX program, including partnering with the business as well as both internal and external audit teams while working across a complex environment to ensure effective governance, risk, and compliance practices in-line with regulatory reporting requirements This position reports to Assistant Corporate Controller and works collaboratively within the broader Finance team as well as with business partners throughout the company such as Accounting, Internal Audit, Program Finance, Compliance, Supply Chain, Payroll, Accounts Payable, IT, and Contracts
- Be an effective thought leader
- Interpret business priorities, anticipate issues and obstacles, and drive solutions
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with leaders across all major functional areas, ensuring a holistic understanding of key risks and processes across the organization
- Build and maintain a strong working relationship with the external auditor using demonstrated competency, trust, and effective, timely communication to facilitate the audit process
- Lead efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness of controls through rationalization, simplification, and automation
- This includes coaching, mentoring, and training of control owners
Coordinate with applicable personnel to ensure business and IT (general and application) controls, including ITACs, IT dependent manual controls, interfaces, and key reports are appropriately identified, documented, and tested in support of external audit requirements
- Oversee the timely completion of key SOX deliverables including internal controls documentation, e.g., narratives, flowcharts, and risk and control matrices
- Direct coordination of walkthrough and manage PBC requests with applicable control owners, internal audit, and external audit
- Direct resources to complete control testing on time and work with applicable management to define remediation plans for internally and externally identified audit and compliance deficiencies
- Provide regular updates to management on audit status, testing results and remediation progress
- Identify, collect, and review SOC1 reports where third-party reliance impacts the company’s ICFR
Company issued computer, printer, copy machine and other general office equipment