Senior Manager SOX and Internal Audit

Sabre•Dallas, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Powering the agentic revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world’s largest travel data clouds. Built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture, Sabre serves as the backbone for both established leaders and bold, new disruptors, guiding them to the next age of travel retailing through intelligent, connected, and personalized experiences. With AI at its core and operating at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights into innovation, empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide. The Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management team performs operational audits, has extensive purview over the Sarbanes Oxley testing program, and oversees the Enterprise Risk Management processes for SABRE Corporation. The function is part of SABRE Corporation’s broader Finance team, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer administratively and to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors functionally. Our vision is to proactively guide our Sabre business partners with innovative, best-in-class audit and risk management practices. Our strategy focuses on 1) talent development, 2) modernization of our audit and risk activities, 3) providing a balanced portfolio of work which provides assurance and advisory services to SABRE, and 4) being a trusted advisor to management and the Board of Directors. The Role: As the Senior Manager - SOX and Internal Audit, you are a systems thinker who will manage a team of auditors who SOX and perform operational audits in a technology environment. This role is based in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metro area and reports to the Head of Audit and Enterprise Risk Management in a flexible hybrid role. You are an intellectually curious person who wants to work in a complex and evolving technological environment. In this role, you will have opportunities to expand your skills and grow a career at SABRE, where we make travel happen .

Requirements

Four-year college degree
A minimum of ten years’ experience in the internal audit profession
Hold an active certification as a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or a similar designation which shows commitment to the profession
Strong knowledge of US GAAP and SOX, experience with technical accounting research and evaluating and designing control processes
Advanced knowledge of auditing practices and standards, trends, and best practices
Advanced experience with internal control frameworks such as COSO, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), COBIT, etc.
Advanced understanding of cybersecurity concepts such as Identity Access Management, vulnerability management, software development lifecycle, security governance, etc.
Advanced communication skills, both written and verbal; experience with writing detailed audit reports, delivering results to management at all levels of the organization with no required supervision
Excellent project management skills; ability to supervise the tasks of others across multiple, concurrent projects
Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence across functions, levels, and locations
High attention to detail, strong sense of ownership, and willingness to dive into the details to achieve result
Experience working within a team to deliver a high-quality project
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time, including internationally

Nice To Haves

Internal Audit experience in the technology industry

Responsibilities

Oversee the end-to-end administration of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program or other assigned activities in the program, as needed for business process and IT.
Effective partnership with the external auditor on scheduling, business partner engagement, and alignment on deficiencies and their associated remediation.
When applicable, rely testing is appropriately managed to deliver timely execution and review.
Monitor the effectiveness of key technology audit processes (e.g. Change Management, Logical Access, Job Operations, SDLC, and ITAC).
Train control owners on their responsibilities within the program to drive understanding of their compliance role.
Ensure control standardization and simplification, and timely remediation of deficiencies.
Strong focus on control rationalization to deliver process effectiveness and cost efficiencies.
Partner cross functionally to understand all stakeholder requirements for projects and drive cross-functional solutions.
This includes developing deep understanding of system processes to identify issues and problem solve.
Identify automation opportunities – partner across teams to develop automated processes and drive efficiency.
Deliver innovation in testing approaches.
Assist in the development and delivery of Audit Committee SOX materials.
Advanced proficiency in risk management and can independently lead a dynamic risk assessment process which is used to select risk-based audit and advisory engagements, including presentation of materials to Sabre’s executive team and audit committee.
Advanced proficiency in audit methodology, processes, and the Institute of Internal Auditor’s standards for the professional practice of internal auditing, using your skills to oversee the delivery of the operational audit plan with a focus on quality and effectiveness.
Proactively establishing productive working relationships with a wide array of stakeholders across Sabre and actively incorporate this content into a rolling risk assessment process, synthesizing different perspectives and drawing conclusions.
Oversee the work of others to identify and assess risk from their business partner interactions.
Effectively communicate audit results to management and advise/educate management on control deficiency remediation and/or updates in both written and verbal formats.
Provide constructive feedback on performance for both audit projects and other audit activities to your direct and indirect reports.
Develop and lead annual audit training for the internal audit team and others, as necessary, to improve skills and knowledge, based on identified gaps.
Collaborate with the Audit and Risk leadership team on people development and career development for auditors across the function, identifying opportunities for growth.
Oversee special projects, investigations, training and development, and other administrative activities.