Remote SOX Compliance & Automation Lead
About The Position
The SOX Compliance & Automation Lead will lead SOX reporting and compliance operations across multiple enterprise applications, owning the end-to-end report lifecycle from data intake and validation through generation, review, and audit readiness. The role drives automation to reduce manual reporting workflows and improve efficiency. The position manages monthly compliance report generation and validation, verifies input files, resolves issues, follows up with application owners, and tracks report status, approvals, and audit evidence. It reviews reports affected by process changes, validates baseline reports for new applications and migrations, and ensures audit completeness and alignment with SOX controls and audit expectations. The Lead serves as a primary contact for application teams, coordinates with onshore teams, auditors, and application owners, and maintains reporting cadence through meetings and trackers. The role also supports internal and external audit requests, monitors compliance gaps, and follows up on remediation. The position identifies and implements automation opportunities using tools such as Power Automate, scripting, and Python; enhances existing tools; and improves report-generation and tracking workflows. It coordinates team delivery by assigning and tracking tasks, leading offshore execution, ensuring SLA adherence, and facilitating standups and process improvement sessions.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in SOX compliance, security reporting, or audit operations.
- At least 5 years of experience with data-driven reporting and reconciliation.
- At least 5 years of experience and proficiency in Excel, data analysis, and reporting tools.
- At least 5 years of experience with automation, such as Power Automate, scripting, VBA, or Python.
- At least 3 years of strong stakeholder communication and coordination skills.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to manage high-volume, deadline-driven deliverables.
- Experience with Guardium or database activity monitoring reports.
- Familiarity with cloud environments, including GCP, Oracle, or hybrid applications.
- Experience with ticketing or workflow tools such as ServiceNow or Azure DevOps.
- Exposure to process automation and AI-enabled workflows.
Responsibilities
- Manage monthly generation and validation of compliance reports across multiple applications.
- Verify input files, resolve issues, and follow up with application owners.
- Track report status, approvals, and audit evidence in centralized trackers.
- Review reports involving process changes and ensure comments, approvals, and decisions are complete for audit purposes.
- Validate baseline reports for new applications and migrations.
- Ensure reporting aligns with SOX controls and audit expectations.
- Act as the primary contact for application teams regarding report queries, issue resolution, and approvals.
- Coordinate with onshore teams, auditors, and application owners.
- Drive status updates and reporting cadence through meetings and trackers.
- Provide audit evidence and support internal and external audit requests.
- Monitor compliance gaps and drive remediation follow-ups.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities across the reporting lifecycle using Power Automate, scripting, Python, or similar tools.
- Enhance existing tools, reduce manual data handling, and support workflow improvements for report generation and tracking.
- Assign and track tasks using TFS, Azure DevOps, or equivalent tools.
- Lead offshore delivery execution and ensure SLA adherence.
- Facilitate standups and process improvement sessions.
Benefits
- Medical insurance with employer contribution
- Dental insurance with employer contribution
- Vision insurance with employer contribution
- Flexible spending or health savings account
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance
- 401(k) program with company match
- Additional voluntary or legally required benefits
- May be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
