Sr. Manager Risk & Controls

Adobe • San Jose, CA

1d • $137,100 - $301,400

About The Position

Adobe is seeking an experienced risk and controls leader to join the Chief Accounting Office as Senior Manager, Risk & Controls. Embedded as a risk advisor to the Finance & Tech Transformation Office (FTTO), this role works with teams delivering product launches, process automation, system implementations, and large-scale business transformation. The position helps ensure controls are incorporated into solutions early, supporting innovation while managing compliance risks.

The role coordinates risk and controls coverage across a growing portfolio of optimization products and transformation programs. It ensures alignment with SOX, ITAC, and ITGC requirements, supports business objectives, maintains audit readiness, manages evidence, and leads timely remediation of control gaps. The successful candidate will help guide Adobe’s finance operations as they scale and transform, and establish a risk and controls framework that supports growth and innovation.

The Senior Manager will establish and grow a Risk & Controls team, define its operating model and governance, and manage a portfolio of risk and controls workstreams. The role collaborates across Finance, Technology, Internal Audit, and Transformation teams and communicates risk, control health, audit findings, and remediation progress.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in risk and controls, SOX/ITGC compliance, internal audit, or GRC program management, ideally across finance and technology.
• Experience at a public accounting firm in SOX, audit, or internal audit functions.
• Hands-on experience applying ITAC and ITGC frameworks, including designing, testing, and remediating controls in live environments.
• Experience embedding controls into system implementations, RPA/automation programs, or large-scale transformation projects.
• Deep understanding of SOX 404 requirements, audit methodology, and the full audit lifecycle, including Test of Build and Test of Efficiency.
• Strong collaborator-management skills and ability to influence Finance, IT, and business teams without direct authority.
• Prior people-management experience or demonstrated readiness to build and lead a team.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or MBA certification.
• CISA, CIA, or CPA professional certification.
• Experience with GRC tools such as Archer, ServiceNow GRC, or equivalent.
• Experience with automation or process/workflow platforms such as UiPath, SnapLogic, Signavio, or Power Automate from a controls and risk perspective.
• Background in Finance Transformation, Shared Services, or enterprise system (ERP/EPM) implementations.
• High emotional intelligence and ability to offer challenges in a nuanced, constructive manner.
• Practical, hands-on approach to mentorship, leading by example.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Process Optimization product owners to identify financial reporting, ITGC, access, and data-integrity risks introduced by automations, RPA bots, and process redesigns before release.
• Design and validate control frameworks for optimization products in compliance with SOX and audit requirements.
• Develop and maintain a risk register, control inventory, and governance framework across the optimization product portfolio.
• Serve as the expert authority on financial reporting risks, IT Application Controls (ITACs), and IT General Controls (ITGCs) for initiatives across the Chief Accounting Office.
• Act as the main point of contact for SOX-IT and ITGC audit inquiries related to transformation, automation, and optimization initiatives.
• Partner with Internal Audit, External Audit, product teams, and business stakeholders to ensure controls are designed, documented, tested, and operating effectively.
• Coordinate updates to SOX prioritization, Risk and Control Matrices, process flowcharts, and report populations.
• Maintain documentation standards so control-build decisions are defensible and traceable.
• Establish and grow a high-performing Risk & Controls team supporting the transformation and optimization portfolio.
• Define the operating model, processes, tools, and governance needed to scale risk coverage as the portfolio grows.
• Recruit, develop, and mentor team members, establishing development paths and a culture of accountability and partnership.
• Manage a portfolio of risk and controls workstreams across concurrent optimization and transformation activities.
• Define and track metrics for control health, audit findings, and remediation timelines.
• Build relationships across Finance, Technology, Internal Audit, and Transformation teams to promote proactive risk management.
• Develop and communicate knowledge through written correspondence and verbal presentations.
• Document, coordinate, and close requests from varied sources in a timely manner.

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) for non-sales roles.
• Some positions may qualify for a new-hire equity grant.
• Adobe describes its benefits programs as comprehensive; specific benefits are not enumerated in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior