Vice President, SOX Control & Compliance
BNY Mellon•Pittsburgh, PA
•$69,000 - $130,000•Hybrid
About The Position
The SOX / ICFR Lead is responsible for owning workstreams within the SOX and ICFR programme and ensuring high-quality execution of risk assessments, walkthroughs, testing, documentation, issue management, and stakeholder coordination. The role acts as a key partner to control owners and auditors, supports programme delivery across assigned areas, and provides day-to-day guidance to junior team members while driving timely and accurate execution. We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President to join our Sox and Controls team. This role can be located in Pittsburgh or New York, NY.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Risk Management, or a related field.
- Experience in banking products, financial close, regulatory reporting, or enterprise controls frameworks such as COSO.
- Exposure to process improvement, automation opportunities, or control rationalisation initiatives.
Nice To Haves
- Professional qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, ACA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent preferred.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end delivery of assigned SOX and ICFR workstreams, including planning, walkthroughs, testing, issue tracking, and reporting against agreed milestones.
- Perform and coordinate risk assessments to identify significant processes, key controls, and changes in systems, products, or business activities that may impact financial reporting risk.
- Lead the refresh of narratives, risk and control matrices, flowcharts, and control inventories, ensuring documentation remains current, complete, and audit ready.
- Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of key SOX manual controls, including review of evidence, exception analysis, and documentation of conclusions.
- Coordinate with control owners and business partners to schedule walkthroughs, obtain evidence, resolve questions, and support timely completion of testing activities.
- Identify control gaps or weaknesses, assess potential impact, and support remediation planning and validation of corrective actions.
- Serve as a primary liaison for internal and external auditors for assigned reviews, ensuring clear communication and high-quality support through the audit lifecycle.
- Prepare concise updates on progress, issues, risks, and remediation status for management and support escalation where required.
- Coach and support Senior Associates and other junior team members on testing methodology, documentation standards, and stakeholder engagement.
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation
- Benefits and wellbeing programs
- Access to flexible global resources and tools
- Paid volunteer time
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans
- Various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
