Senior Manager, ITGC SOX & Internal Controls

About Volta

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up.

We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

As Associate Director/Senior Manager, IT General Controls (ITGC) SOX and Internal Controls, you will lead the ITGC workstream of Volta's SOX implementation programme, reporting to the VP, SOX and Internal Controls. You will be responsible for scoping, designing, and testing controls across Volta's IT applications and systems landscape, ensuring a strong and sustainable control environment as we build toward IPO readiness.

This is a hands-on role requiring close partnership with IT teams to design practical, effective controls, support remediation, and build organisational capability. You will also help drive alignment between ITGC/SOX requirements and Volta's broader ISO and SOC 2 compliance efforts.

• Develop and maintain the scope of IT applications covered under SOX, and the ITGC workstream plan in consultation with the VP, SOX and Internal Controls

• Lead the independent delivery of the ITGC workstream, ensuring timely completion of controls design and testing for all in-scope applications

• Provide pragmatic, practical remediation recommendations that meet Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements, especially with regards to General IT Controls

• Coordinate on an ongoing basis with management and external auditors, and agree remediation approaches with the IT team

• Provide regular SOX ITGC updates to the VP, SOX and Internal Controls for SOX Steer Co, Executive Committee, and Audit Committee meetings

• Contribute inputs to the VP, SOX and Internal Controls for the year-end impact assessment

• Manage senior stakeholders across IT, Finance, and Audit teams

• Build and maintain the ITGC SOX team

• Provide hands-on support to IT teams on effective execution of controls and remediation efforts

• Deliver training and guidance to process owners and Heads of Department on key SOX requirements

• Support implementation of ISO and SOC 2 compliance requirements in collaboration with IT teams

• 6-8 years' experience working on and leading SOX ITGC programmes

• Experience working on IPO SOX readiness highly desirable

• Experience in IT risk management and IT Internal Audit desirable

• Big 4 experience preferred, though not mandatory

• Strong knowledge of the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, particularly General IT Controls

• Effective written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, with the ability to communicate, challenge, and influence constructively

• Collaborative team player with a positive, flexible, and hands-on attitude, and strong project management skills

• Proven experience communicating and engaging at a senior level across multiple departments, and willingness to travel internationally

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