Financial Controls Manager

Skills

About the Role

You will join the accounting team as our Financial Controls Manager, leading the day-to-day execution and continuous improvement of our SOX Section 404 / Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) program. You will drive a management-owned compliance model by setting program standards, coordinating documentation, and working with Internal Audit and external auditors to deliver an audit-ready program. Reporting to the Head of Accounting Policy, you will own the end-to-end SOX/ICFR program cycle, including risk-based scoping, documentation standards, deficiency evaluation and remediation tracking, coordination with Internal Audit and external auditors for walkthroughs and testing, and transparent reporting to leadership.

Requirements

• CPA required
• 5+ years of relevant experience in SOX compliance/ICFR, internal audit, external audit, or controllership
• Public company experience preferred
• Strong working knowledge of SOX Section 404 and COSO-based ICFR concepts
• Demonstrated project management and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent writing and documentation skills
• Comfortable working autonomously under tight deadlines in a global, fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and process documentation tools (e.g., Visio)
• Experience with Workiva or similar GRC/SOX tools preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual, top-down, risk-based SOX / ICFR risk assessment and scoping process
• Coordinate evaluation of entity-level controls, fraud/management override considerations, and monitoring activities
• Drive periodic reassessment of business, systems, organizational, and process changes to determine impacts to scope and control design
• Own and maintain the annual SOX / ICFR project plan and milestones
• Establish clear program governance including status reporting, escalation paths, and decision logs
• Maintain role clarity and independence when partnering with Internal Audit and co-sourced providers
• Partner with process and control owners to develop, maintain, and refresh SOX documentation and Risk and Control Matrices
• Plan and coordinate walkthroughs and ensure documentation supports reliance expectations
• Maintain key inventories of controls, risks, key reports/IPE, and in-scope systems with version control in Workiva
• Coordinate and monitor SOX testing performed by Internal Audit including schedules and evidence requests
• Define and reinforce evidence quality standards for controls relying on IPE and key reports
• Coordinate with IT stakeholders on ITGCs, automated controls, SOC reports, and segregation of duties
• Maintain a centralized issue/deficiency log and remediation tracker
• Support deficiency evaluation and draft the Summary of Aggregated Deficiencies
• Partner with control owners to design sustainable remediation and preventative measures
• Serve as primary liaison among Finance, IT, the business, Internal Audit, and external auditors
• Prepare executive-ready dashboards and updates on program status for leadership
• Develop and deliver SOX/ICFR training and enablement for control owners
• Optimize program workflows in Workiva

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• FSA Medical and Dependent care
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• EAP
• Basic Life and AD&D (company paid)
• Basic Long-Term Disability (employer paid)
• Employee paid Long Term Disability (voluntary)
• Company Medical Leave, Parental leave - 8 weeks full pay after 6 months of service
• Voluntary benefits: short term disability, Critical illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident
• Travel assistance programs company paid
• 401(k) 6% safe harbor match, fully vested after two years
• Gym reimbursement
• Legal plan
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Generous PTO
• Flexible work arrangement
• Fully stacked pantry on-site
• Team outings
• ERG Groups