Controls Governance, Manager

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Job Title :
Controls Governance, Manager

Reporting To:
Internal Controls Manager

Work Schedule:

Onsite - Buffalo, NY Moog's Corporate Group is looking for a Controls Governance Manager to join our Team!

The Controls Governance Manager is responsible for maintaining Moog's enterprise control framework, including SOX and ICFR governance, control standards, deficiency oversight, control rationalization, policy alignment, and control owner accountability. This role ensures that controls are clearly designed, consistently documented, properly owned, and supported by evidence that meets management and external auditor expectations.

The role serves as a central governance partner for Finance, business process owners, Corporate IT, operating group IT, Internal Audit, and external auditors. The Manager, Controls Governance does not own control operation or perform independent audit testing; instead, the role sets standards, challenges control design quality, monitors remediation discipline, and provides leadership with clear reporting on control health.

Applicants must live local to the Buffalo, NY area.

This role is 100% onsite.

To qualify for the Controls Governance Manager role, here is what we would expect you to bring to Moog...

• Typically, a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in internal controls, SOX, ICFR, audit, controllership, compliance, risk management, or related finance roles.
• Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or other complex/regulated industries preferred
• Strong working knowledge of COSO, SOX 404, financial reporting controls, deficiency evaluation, control design, and audit evidence expectations.
• Experience working with external auditors, Internal Audit, business process owners, and IT control owners in a complex organization.
• Ability to challenge weak control design constructively and translate audit concepts into practical business guidance.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-ready reporting, remediation summaries, and control owner guidance.
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or other relevant certification preferred.
• Experience with Audit Board, Workiva, Service Now IRM, SAP GRC, or similar governance, risk, and controls platforms preferred.
• Experience in an Aerospace and Defense, government contracting, manufacturing, or multinational environment preferred.
• Familiarity with IT general controls, automated controls, segregation of duties, and system-dependent financial controls preferred

As the Controls Governance Manager, you will…

• Maintain the enterprise risk and control framework, including control standards, control attributes, risk-control mapping, ownership requirements, evidence expectations, and documentation quality standards.
• Lead annual SOX and ICFR governance activities, including scope support, control inventory updates, management certification support, and alignment with external auditor expectations.
• Drive control rationalization by identifying duplicative, low-value, outdated, or overly manual controls and recommending stronger, more efficient control designs.
• Own the deficiency governance process, including root cause discipline, action plan quality, owner accountability, aging analysis, escalation protocols, and executive reporting.
• Partner with business and IT control owners to improve control precision, evidence quality, exception handling, and remediation readiness.
• Support the development and maintenance of control-related policies, procedures, training materials, and control owner guidance.
• Maintain governance reporting for the Corporate Controller, Finance leadership, IT leadership, and Audit Committee input, including control health, open issues, overdue actions, and emerging risks.
• Administer or help administer the selected controls platform, including control library maintenance, workflow design, ownership data, deficiency tracking, and reporting dashboards.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit and external auditors while preserving clear role separation between management governance and independent testing.

• Financial Rewards: great compensation package, annual profit sharing, matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Work/Life Balance:
  Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare:
  Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ("EAP") and other supplemental benefit coverages.

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