Director SOX & Financial Compliance

Leads the global Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and financial compliance program, driving a modern, risk-based internal control environment that supports enterprise transformation, financial integrity, and operational excellence. This role serves as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, ensuring the design, execution, and continuous improvement of internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) in a complex, global environment.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for the strategic direction, design, execution, and continuous improvement of internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), including information technology general controls, for the global enterprise.

• Partners with Finance, IT, and business leadership to embed a controls-by-design approach into key processes and enterprise initiatives, including system implementations, organizational changes, and other transformation efforts.

• Leads the evolution of a risk-based, efficient SOX program, including control rationalization, standardization, and optimization across business units and functions.

• Drives the adoption of automation, data analytics, and continuous controls monitoring to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the control environment.

• Collaborates with cross-functional leaders to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate financial reporting and operational risks across the enterprise.

• Serves as a key liaison with Internal Audit and external auditors to align on scope, testing strategies, and resolution of control matters.

• Provides training and guidance to business and process owners to strengthen control ownership, accountability, and understanding of SOX and ERM requirements.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Deep understanding of internal control design, IT general controls, automated controls, and system-driven control environments, particularly within large, complex organizations.

• Demonstrated ability to simplify, standardize, and optimize control environments while maintaining compliance and strengthening risk management.

• Ability to challenge and promote adherence to corporate policy while building strong, trusted relationships across the enterprise and influencing senior stakeholders.

• Strategic mindset with the ability to connect risk, controls, and business objectives, and to operate effectively in a dynamic, evolving environment.

• Strong leadership, management, project management, organizational, collaboration, human relations, and communication skills, with the ability to lead through change and drive cross-functional alignment.

• Strong working knowledge of assessment frameworks and/or standards (SOX, ISO 27000 series, SOC1, SOC2, COBIT, and COSO), with the ability to apply them in a practical, risk-based manner.

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree/equivalent in accounting, finance or related quantitative discipline. Masters or MBA and CPA preferred.

Minimum Experience

• Eight (8) years of experience in internal controls and SOX requirements, risk management and/or accounting.
• Relevant experience in management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong working knowledge of assessment frameworks and/or standards (SOX, ISO 27000 series, SOC1, SOC2, COBIT, and Coso).
• Ability to challenge and promote the adherence to corporate policy while building strong working relationships throughout the enterprise.
• Strong leadership, management, project management, organizational, collaboration, human relations, and communication skills.

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Additional Details: Relocation assistance may be available based upon business needs.

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