Financial Controls Manager

Financial Controls Manager

You will be a key member of the accounting team, leading the day‑to‑day execution and continuous improvement of our SOX Section 404 / Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) program. You will drive a management‑owned compliance model by setting program standards, coordinating documentation, and working with Internal Audit and external auditors to deliver an audit‑ready program.

• Risk Assessment, Scoping, and Control Environment
  • Lead the annual, top‑down, risk‑based SOX/ICFR risk assessment and scoping process (entities, processes, systems, significant accounts/disclosures and relevant assertions), documenting key judgments and changes year over year.
  • Coordinate evaluation of entity‑level controls, fraud/management override considerations, and monitoring activities as part of the ICFR assessment.
  • Drive periodic reassessment of business, systems, organizational, and process changes (e.g., new products, system implementations, reorganizations, acquisitions) to determine impacts to scope, control design, documentation, and testing approach.
• Program Planning, Governance, and Stakeholder Management
  • Own and maintain the annual SOX/ICFR project plan, including milestones for planning, walkthroughs, interim testing, roll‑forward testing, year‑end close controls, and post‑cycle lessons learned.
  • Establish clear program governance, including status reporting cadence, escalation paths, decision logs, and cross‑functional communications.
  • Maintain role clarity and appropriate independence when partnering with Internal Audit and/or co‑sourced providers; align on responsibilities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Documentation, Walkthroughs, and RCM Maintenance
  • Partner with process and control owners to develop, maintain, and refresh SOX documentation (narratives, flowcharts, control descriptions) and Risk and Control Matrices (RCMs), ensuring consistency, precision, and audit‑ready quality.
  • Plan and coordinate walkthroughs and ensure documentation supports reliance expectations (control objective, frequency, precision, evidence, and ownership).
  • Maintain key inventories (controls, risks, key reports/IPE, and in‑scope systems), including version control and change tracking in Workiva.
• Testing Coordination (business & IT), Evidence Quality, and ITGC Alignment
  • Coordinate and monitor SOX testing performed by Internal Audit, including schedules, walkthrough coordination, evidence requests, sample selection logistics, status tracking, and timely issue resolution with control owners.
  • Define and reinforce evidence quality standards (completeness/accuracy, level of review, retention), including expectations for controls that rely on information produced by the entity (IPE) and key reports.
  • Coordinate with IT stakeholders on IT general controls (ITGCs), automated controls, SOC reports (where applicable), and segregation of duties considerations to support ICFR reliance.
• Issue Management, Deficiency Evaluation, and Remediation
  • Maintain a centralized issue/deficiency log and remediation tracker, including action plans, owners, target dates, retesting coordination, and closure validation.
  • Support deficiency evaluation (including aggregation considerations), clear documentation of conclusions, and drafting/maintaining the Summary of Aggregated Deficiencies (SAD) and related materials.
  • Partner with control owners to design sustainable remediation and preventative measures and drive continuous improvement based on root‑cause themes.
• Reporting, External Auditor Liaison, and Enablement
  • Serve as a primary liaison among Finance, IT, the business, Internal Audit, and external auditors to ensure SOX objectives, deliverables, and timelines are met.
  • Prepare executive‑ready dashboards and updates on program status, testing progress, open issues, and remediation for leadership and governance forums.
  • Develop and deliver SOX/ICFR training and enablement for control owners (expectations, timing, and evidence standards) and optimize program workflows in Workiva.

• CPA required with 5+ years of relevant experience in SOX compliance/ICFR, internal audit, external audit, or controllership (public company…