SOX Compliance Lead

Champion Homes • Troy, MI

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About The Position

The SOX Compliance Lead is responsible for actively participating in the planning, execution, and continuous enhancement of the Company's Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) compliance program as a part of the SOX Compliance Team. This role assists with the ongoing evaluation and testing of internal controls over financial reporting, ensures alignment with regulatory requirements, and partners closely with process owners across the organization to drive strong control awareness and ownership.
Beyond technical excellence, this candidate brings a growth mindset, approaching challenges with curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to ongoing improvement. The SOX Compliance Lead is expected to be creative and solution‑oriented, collaborating with teams across all business functions to achieve compliant, efficient, and scalable control environments across all segments of Champion's business.
This candidate will contribute to the transformation of how the SOX team operates. Identification of opportunities to streamline processes, leveraging technology to achieve efficiencies, and reimagining how the SOX Compliance enables a fast‑evolving business will be expected. Success in this position requires the ability to be influential, building trusted relationships, communicating and presenting complex concepts clearly, and owning and driving meaningful changes across all levels of the organization. The ideal candidate proactively identifies opportunities and advocates for process improvement, fosters accountability, and elevates the Company's overall risk management posture while maintaining a collaborative and business‑friendly approach.

Requirements

• A BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required.
• A minimum of 3+ years of experience in an internal control or internal audit role; experience with similar roles in a large organization or with a Regional or Big 4 audit firm highly preferred.
• An appropriate certification in accounting and/or auditing is strongly preferred, including a CPA, CA, CISA, CISSP, and/or CIA.
• Demonstrated knowledge of US GAAP, COSO, PCAOB Auditing Standards, Sarbanes-Oxley, risk and controls standards and business process best practices.
• Familiarity with third party risk management.
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ERP implementations a plus.
• Experience with GRC tools (e.g., Archer, AuditBoard, ServiceNow, MetricStream) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Actively contributes to the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of the Company's SOX compliance program, including risk assessment, scoping, control design evaluation, testing, and deficiency management.
• Partners with Finance, Operations, IT, and other business areas and leaders to assess risks, internal controls, ensure accurate and timely documentation, and promote strong control ownership throughout the organization.
• Apply a growth mindset by proactively identifying opportunities to enhance program efficiency, streamline workflows, and adopt innovative approaches that elevate the effectiveness of the SOX function.
• Function as a control expert within a dynamic business environment.
• Assist with migrating the Company's control environment from the legacy manual procedures to a system-based approach as a part of the ERP implementation team.
• Maintain awareness of current and emerging issues related to internal controls and internal audit, including but not limited to, IT, e-business, regulatory and accounting changes, etc.
• Actively lead the implementation and adoption of GRC software to enable SOX team capabilities.
• Assist in preparing for, participating during, or leading meetings with management in communicating initiatives, internal control findings and recommendations and various other matters as deemed necessary.
• Regularly participate in audit committee and other executive level meetings to report on the status and results of SOX compliance efforts.

What This Job Offers

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