What are the responsibilities and job description for the SOX Manager Technology Systems position at Vaco by Highspring?
About the Company:Publicly traded biotechnology research company
Title:SOX Manager
Salary:$130-150K(DOE) Bonus Equity
Job Description: The SOX Manager - Technology & Systems is a key leader in ensuring the organization's Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance with a focus on IT general controls, system-related controls, and automation as they relate to financial reporting. This position works closely with the IT department and audit teams, ensuring strong collaboration on systems-related controls to meet SOX requirements, and will engage with executive management, control owners, and external and internal auditors to improve and maintain robust internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and drive process improvements.
Responsibilities:
- Lead efforts to strengthen ITGCs and automated controls across areas such as system access, change management, and data integrity, focusing on reducing manual processes and increasing automation to support SOX compliance.
- Conduct regular risk assessments and ongoing monitoring of IT and system-related controls to ensure they remain effective and relevant to the evolving business landscape.
- Collaborate with control and business process owners, IT teams, and external and internal auditors to address control deficiencies, including proposing remediation plans, gaining alignment with auditors, and executing remediation strategies to strengthen the control environment.
- Collaborate closely with the IT department to oversee the design, implementation, and testing of IT General Controls (ITGCs) and system-related controls, particularly around systems impacting ICFR.
- Serve as a key SOX team member for understanding and optimizing architecture related to upcoming system implementations as well as ensuring that SOX controls are properly designed and implemented to support accurate financial reporting.
Knowledge and Skills Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- MBA or MS in Information Systems or Accounting is a plus.
- CIA, CPA, or CISA certification is highly desired.
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in industry or public accounting, preferably a mix of Big 4 and corporate internal audit experience.
- Extensive knowledge and practical experience with IT General Controls (ITGC), application controls, and internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).
- Strong familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite) and CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce, Adobe eCommerce), including architecture and configuration as they relate to financial reporting.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
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Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
Salary : $130,000 - $150,000
