Co-op, SOX PMO

Kickstart Your Career at Vertex!
Are you ready to make a real impact? At Vertex, our mission is to tackle serious diseases and to change lives, for the better, for the future. Our aim is to give you the skills, insights, and career guidance to be an important part of that future; to turn your potential into progression. As a Vertex intern or co-op,you’llwork on meaningful projects, collaborate with talented teams, and learn from industry leaders.

We’repassionate about innovation, inclusion, and supporting your growth—inside and outside the lab.

• Real Projects: You’llwork on assignments that make a real impact, not just busy work.

• Mentorship & Networking: Connect with leaders and peers who want to see you succeed through professional networks, connections, and collaborations that will shape your longer-term career.

• Flexible & Supportive: We offer flexible work options with Flex @ Vertex and prioritize your wellbeing.

• Inclusive Culture: Collaboration and inclusion are embedded in everything we do.

• Career Launchpad: Build skills, explore career paths, and get guidance for your future career.

The Vertex SOX PMO Co-Op is a 6-month experiential training program for students currently working towards a bachelor’s or graduate degree in accounting. If you are passionate, collaborative, and growth-minded, a co-op at Vertex will help you gain meaningful experience in our Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting functional area and serve as a launchpad for your career.

The Final date to receive applications for this co-op is November 15th, 2026. Please note that Vertex reviews applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close this job posting prior to the listed deadline. Applicants can expect to receive an update about their application before or shortly after the Final date to receive applications.

What you will be doing:
The SOX PMO team is responsible for working closely with control owners across various functional areas (including Accounting, Finance, and Human Resources) to assess and evaluate risk management activities and business processes related to financial reporting, operations, and compliance, with the objective of promoting efficiency and effectiveness and fostering an appropriate control environment. The team oversees Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and acts as an advisor to the Accounting, Finance and HR functions around the design of controls and processes.

The SOX PMO team facilitates walkthrough meetings, coordinates with internal and external auditors, provides management reporting and supports the quarterly control certifications. The SOX PMO focuses on standardizing and globalizing our SOX processes to ensure we have scalable processes and strategic risk coverage supporting Vertex’s long-term needs.

This role will support the team by assisting in evaluating and documenting key control/process changes/control findings, supporting the team with process walkthroughs and monitoring the status of various SOX deliverables to internal and external auditors. This role will have the opportunity to collaborate with process owners across multiple teams in the organization (Accounting, Internal Audit, Finance and Human Resources) and will provide an excellent opportunity to gain and understanding of Vertex’s financial reporting processes.

This role will assist with various ad hoc projects as well (e.g., system implementations, globalization and harmonization efforts).

• Support the team on process walkthroughs (in areas of Revenue, Inventory, Treasury, SEC Report, GL Accounting and IT Processes)
• Optimize Company’s SOX reporting tool
  - Monitor status of deliverables to internal and external auditors
• Prepare metrics for quarterly…