Sr. Manager Risk & Controls

Adobe • San Jose, CA

18h

About The Position

Adobe is seeking an experienced risk and controls leader to join the Chief Accounting Office as Senior Manager, Risk & Controls. Embedded with the Finance & Tech Transformation Office (FTTO), this high-visibility role partners with teams developing products, automations, system implementations, and large-scale transformation initiatives. The role helps ensure that robust controls are incorporated from the beginning so innovation can proceed while meeting compliance requirements. It supports a growing portfolio of optimization products and transformation programs, ensuring alignment with SOX, ITAC, and ITGC requirements and business objectives.

The position works closely with internal and external auditors to maintain audit readiness, manage evidence, and lead timely remediation of control gaps across the transformation portfolio. The role also establishes and scales a risk and controls framework for Adobe’s transforming finance operations, including its operating model, processes, tools, governance, and team.

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 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.
• High emotional intelligence and ability to offer challenges in a nuanced, constructive manner.
• Practical, hands-on approach, with mentorship demonstrated through example.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or MBA.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Process Optimization product owners to identify financial reporting, ITGC, access, and data-integrity risks introduced by automations, RPA bots, or process redesigns before launch.
• Design and validate control frameworks for optimization products while maintaining SOX and audit compliance.
• 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 organization.
• Act as the main 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 financial reporting documentation, including SOX Prioritization, Risk and Control Matrix, Process Flowcharts, and Report Populations.
• Maintain documentation standards so control decisions are defensible and traceable.
• Establish and grow a Risk & Controls team supporting Adobe’s 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.
• Communicate knowledge through written correspondence and verbal presentations.
• Document, coordinate, and close open requests from varied sources in a timely manner.

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) for non-sales roles, as a short-term incentive.
• Some positions may qualify for a new-hire equity grant or award.
• Adobe describes its benefits programs as comprehensive; specific benefit details are not provided in the posting.

What This Job Offers

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