Senior Manager, IT SOX Compliance
About The Position
Adobe’s Risk Advisory & Assurance Services (RAAS) team is seeking a Senior Manager to lead its IT SOX compliance program and ensure technology controls supporting financial reporting are well-designed, effective, and scalable. The role requires deep expertise in IT SOX and IT general controls, including SAP and cloud environments, as well as a solid understanding of enterprise systems, data flows, and end-to-end business processes. Partnering with the Senior Director, RAAS, the Senior Manager manages the IT SOX program and works with IT, Finance, control owners, co-sourced testing providers, and external auditors. The role owns the program from planning and scoping through testing, remediation, and reporting; shapes the audit strategy, roadmap, and operating model; and serves as the counterpart for external auditors on scope, reliance, testing approach, and evidence expectations. It also addresses control deficiencies through root-cause analysis and durable remediation. The position provides strategic technology-risk advice, aligns IT SOX with other assurance teams, and embeds risk and control considerations into business and technology transformations. It drives automation, analytics, and continuous monitoring, evaluates the effects of AI and automation on the control environment, trains control owners and business partners, and coaches audit professionals while fostering an inclusive, high-accountability culture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10 or more years of progressive experience related to IT SOX, IT audit, or technology risk.
- Solid understanding of IT general and application controls (ITGC/ITAC), the COSO framework, and SOX 404 requirements.
- Ability to reason about system architecture and data flows to make control-scoping decisions across the technology stack.
- Ability to apply data analytics and automation to audit and control design.
- Strong root-cause analysis and problem-solving skills, with a focus on durable remediation.
- Exceptional written, verbal, and executive communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical and control topics into clear, actionable guidance.
- High degree of integrity, sound judgment, and professional skepticism.
- People leadership experience developing and growing a team.
Nice To Haves
- CPA, CISA, CIA, CISSP, or equivalent professional certification.
- Big Four or large public company experience.
- Hands-on experience with SAP environments, including SAP security, controls, and integration with SOX compliance programs.
- Experience with cloud technology and cloud control environments.
- Experience managing outsourced or co-sourced audit relationships and coordinating with external auditors.
Responsibilities
- Advise IT, Finance, and business leaders on technology risk, anticipate changes and emerging risks, and inform decisions.
- Represent IT SOX within Adobe’s broader assurance landscape and coordinate with second-line and other assurance teams to reduce duplication and strengthen risk coverage.
- Own the IT SOX compliance program from planning and scoping through testing, remediation, and reporting.
- Set the annual audit strategy with the SOX PMO, Finance, IT control owners, co-sourced provider, and external auditors.
- Shape the IT SOX roadmap and operating model, including capability and resourcing needs, in response to business and technology changes.
- Coordinate with the external auditor on IT SOX scope, reliance, testing approach, and evidence expectations.
- Investigate IT control deficiencies, assess root causes, severity, and financial risk, and validate durable remediation.
- Understand financial systems, data, and cloud architecture to determine which controls matter most.
- Embed risk and control considerations into major business and technology transformations.
- Drive automation, analytics, and continuous monitoring, and assess the impact of AI and automation on the control environment.
- Train control owners and business partners on SOX responsibilities and control design.
- Coach and develop audit professionals through priorities, feedback, growth opportunities, and leadership development.
- Build an inclusive, high-accountability culture focused on quality, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
- Non-sales roles have short-term incentives in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
