Internal Audit/SOX Manager

The Internal Audit Manager - SOX will play a key role in ensuring the company's compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The Manager will be primarily responsible for the project management of the company’s business process and entity-level SOX control assessments, including participating in scoping, resource planning and management, testing, reviewing, and reporting. In addition, the Manager will also be responsible for performing ad-hoc internal audit projects and provide support to other department members to achieve their designated portions of the annual internal audit plan.

Responsibilities:

• Manages assigned areas of the (SOX) assessment, including:
• Assists with defining strategy, scope, approach, and execution plan.
• Leads internal controls testing, which includes responsibility for resource allocations, testing, and review of testing.
• Assists with the drafting, review, and delivery of audit results and ensures that management responds adequately to issues and recommendations.
• Manages the relationship and interactions with the department’s co-sourced partner and the external auditors.
• Serves as a SOX, risk and control Subject Matter Expert and advise business and risk partners. 
• Provides training and guidance to internal audit staff and control owners on SOX requirements and best practices.
• Provides value-added process improvement recommendations to control owners.
• Monitors and responds to changes in regulatory requirements and industry best practices related to SOX compliance.
• Develops and maintains a network of productive relationships with senior company management and is committed to continually satisfying internal audit’s stakeholders.
• Uses network to continually identify (or become alerted to) risks and conditions that might require the deployment or re-alignment of internal audit resources to respond.
• Participates in a formal company-wide risk assessment and integrates it with the financial reporting risk assessment required as part of SOX.
• Develops new strategies for audit that focus on emerging risks and proactive risk mitigation.
• Maintains an understanding of the industry, business trends and emerging developments of relevance and shares this knowledge frequently with the department members.
• Assists with managing the growth of the department including the evaluation of job candidates and coordinating recruiting efforts with the human resources department.
• Facilitates and drives a quality-oriented environment stressing continuous improvement ideas/opportunities within the department and throughout the business.
• Fosters a collaborative environment for everyone to bring forth ideas and opinions.
• Contributes to the evolution of internal audit by incorporating data analytics, RPA, dashboarding, AI, etc.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in accounting or other appropriate finance major.
• Professional certification (Minimum CPA or CIA) required.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in auditing and/or compliance.
• Minimum of 3 years in a role managing co-sourced resources.
• Experience managing all phases of a SOX assessment.
• Working knowledge of IT control environments and financial reporting.
• Excellent project management, written, verbal, and inter-personal skills.
• Ability to travel.