Senior Business SOX Compliance Manager
About The Position
The Zillow Group SOX Compliance team helps shape a strong and scalable control environment across the company. We partner closely with Finance, Product Development, IT, and Security to design and support business and IT SOX controls, guide compliance for new products and features, and support audit and assessment activities in a collaborative, fast-moving environment. Zillow is seeking a Senior Business SOX Compliance Manager to lead the company’s business process Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) program. Reporting to the Director of SOX Compliance, this person will shape the strategy, framework, and standards for SOX business process controls across Zillow, partner with stakeholders to strengthen the control environment, and lead the Business SOX Compliance team. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence how Zillow scales its compliance program as the company grows and evolves.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field, with a CPA certification.
- 10+ years of relevant experience, including Big 4 public accounting and senior SOX, audit, or compliance experience at a publicly traded company.
- Experience leading SOX business process control design, implementation, and assessment in complex environments.
- Deep knowledge of SOX, COSO, PCAOB standards, SEC reporting requirements, and U.S. GAAP, with the ability to apply evolving guidance in practice.
- Experience supporting SOX work related to mergers and acquisitions, including post-close control design for previously private companies.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences, and exercise sound judgment in complex or ambiguous situations.
- Experience building, leading, and developing teams within a SOX, audit, or compliance function, including direct people management experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with audit tools such as AuditBoard or Optro, and familiarity with AI tools, is preferred.
- experience and perspective of candidates with non-traditional backgrounds.
- transferable skills or related experiences.
Responsibilities
- Lead SOX impact assessments for new products, non-routine transactions, and major business, system, or organizational changes that affect business process controls and ICFR posture.
- Lead SOX evaluation for acquisitions and post-close integration, including designing control environments for acquired entities that may not have an existing SOX program.
- Own the business process SOX control framework, including standards, methodology, and control design principles that can scale with company growth.
- Identify control gaps, prioritize remediation efforts, and drive cross-functional action plans through resolution.
- Partner closely with IT SOX leaders on integrated business and IT control design for system implementations and enterprise changes.
- Lead coordination with internal and external auditors on business process SOX planning, walkthroughs, testing, audit requests, and deficiency evaluation.
- Monitor changes in regulatory and accounting guidance and translate them into updates to controls, scoping decisions, and compliance practices.
- Build, lead, and develop the Business SOX Compliance team, including hiring, coaching, reviewing work, and setting priorities aligned to the SOX strategy and risk assessment.
Benefits
- equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
