Lead SOX Program Strategy & Audit Excellence - ITGC​/ITAC

Job Overview

Come join Intuit as a Lead, SOX Program Strategy & Audit Excellence - ITGC/ITAC within the SOX Risk and Compliance Organization (SRCO). This is a high-impact individual contributor role reporting to the Senior Manager, SOX Strategy, Operations & Audit Excellence. This role serves as the primary SOX liaison to Intuit's Technology organization, driving coverage, quality, and strategic improvement across IT General Controls (ITGCs) and automated/application controls.

As a Lead, you will be a trusted partner to cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, Accounting and Tech — bringing deep expertise in IT risk, and automated controls to help the company build a scalable, well-designed, and future-ready control environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary SOX liaison to Intuit's Technology organization and hold ultimate accountability for the IT SOX program — building strong partnerships with tech process and control owners and the Tech Compliance organization to drive a scalable, well-designed control environment across ITGCs, access controls, change management, and automated controls.
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of IT controls — assessing control changes, new system implementations, and business process transformations for SOX impact and providing clear, actionable recommendations to process and control owners.
• Lead and participate in ITGC and automated/application control walkthroughs with external auditors and co-source teams, ensuring thorough documentation of process flows, risk linkage, and control design rationale.
• Manage the deficiency evaluation process including root cause analysis, impact assessment, management action plan development, and remediation monitoring and validation through to closure.
• Perform quality assurance review of co-sourced SOX team work papers and assist in preparation of SOX materials for senior leadership, the Audit & Risk Committee, and Disclosure Committee — translating complex technology and controls topics into clear, audience-appropriate communications.
• Ensure SOX protocols, SOPs, and templates related to ITGCs/ITAC controls are regularly reviewed, updated, and operationalized across the SRCO team. Monitor the evolving regulatory environment (PCAOB, SEC) and incorporate relevant changes into program policy and training.
• Partner with process owners, control owners, and Tech Compliance to drive awareness and understanding of SOX requirements, IT control design standards, and enterprise control strategy. Support and co-develop training and enablement initiatives for technology stakeholders.
• Proactively lead and influence cross-functionally and at all levels of management. Cultivate strong relationships with leaders in Finance, Accounting, and Technology to facilitate timely, high-quality decision-making in connection with the SOX control environment and related financial and technology risk.
• Lead with an extreme sense of ownership, critical thinking and a forward-looking mindset to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement across the IT dimensions of Intuit's control environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in Big 4 public accounting, risk consulting and/or SOX industry experience, with an emphasis on IT and technology risk. Fintech or software industry experience is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant discipline such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems, or equivalent experience. CISA, CISSP, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or above, CPA, or CIA preferred.
• CISA, CISSP, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, or equivalent certifications. CPA or preferred.
• Must be able to work out of the San Diego,…