IT Financial Compliance Manager

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Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading.

We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do.

Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.

The Financial Compliance team’s mission is to establish and maintain the company’s financial and regulatory compliance, including requirements under the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) and related frameworks over internal controls, IT general controls, and financial reporting. This team works closely with Engineering, Security, Finance, and external auditors to ensure systems, processes, and data meet regulatory expectations while supporting business growth!

As an IT Financial Compliance Manager, you will evaluate systems, databases, and processes to ensure strong control design and effective operation across infrastructure, change management, and financial data pipelines. You will partner closely with engineering and business teams to identify control gaps, implement practical solutions, and support compliance with SOX and other regulatory requirements. This role plays a key part in ensuring financial reporting integrity and audit readiness while contributing to scalable compliance practices across the organization.

This role is based in our Menlo Park, CA, New York, NY, and Chicago, IL office(s), with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams.

• Design and maintain IT infrastructure controls, including environment segregation, access pathways, configuration baselines, and logging and monitoring aligned to SOX and regulatory requirements
• Partner with Platform, Infrastructure, and Security teams to align system architecture and operational processes with control objectives and audit evidence expectations
• Assess new systems, tools, and services (such as cloud platforms, data stores, and security tooling) to identify control gaps and define remediation actions
• Lead IT change management and production access governance, including approvals, testing, deployments, rollback procedures, emergency changes, and least‑privilege access controls across production environments
• Map end‑to‑end data flows supporting financial and regulatory reporting, identifying key interfaces, transformations, and control points to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Partner with Data Engineering and Finance teams to design and implement controls over data reconciliation, monitoring, and retention across reporting pipelines
• Execute and oversee testing of IT general controls and application controls, evaluate deficiencies, identify root causes, and coordinate remediation with engineering and operations teams
• Prepare and maintain control documentation, process narratives, flowcharts, and audit evidence to support internal and external audits
• Serve as a subject matter expert in IT controls during audits and translate regulatory requirements into clear, technical implementation guidance for engineering teams
• Identify opportunities to automate control execution and evidence collection and contribute to standardizing control frameworks, tooling, and documentation across the organization

• 6+ years of experience in IT audit, IT risk, IT compliance, infrastructure engineering, or a related field, with strong exposure to SOX IT general controls and application controls
• Strong knowledge of cloud…