Sox Readiness Manager

**Job Category **:Finance and Operations

**Job Details**:
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**Job Title: SOX Readiness Manager**

**Your Impact**
- Work cross-functionally to support a changing SOX landscape and drive process improvement - we are strategic advisors to the company
- Provide end-to-end business knowledge and expertise to assist in SOX readiness activities and SOX program maturation activities
- Bring your knowledge and experience designing, implementing and testing internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) per the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to respond to identified risks
- Partner with the business to ensure SOX documentation, including flowcharts, narratives, and controls are appropriately designed and complete
- Work effectively in a dynamic, high growth environment, think quickly and creatively, recognize interrelationships early and enable innovation
- Drive breakthrough solutions, encourage shifts in approach, and build the momentum to help excel Salesforce to $50 billion and beyond

**Minimum Qualifications**
- 5+ years of related audit & accounting experience, preferably gained in both public accounting and private industry
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other finance related degree or equivalent experience
- Professional certification including CPA, CISSPA, CISA, and/or CIA
- Previous experience supporting a company’s SOX program and crafting and implementing a system of internal controls, including experience in a large-scale management-led SOX organization
- Strong background in public company SOX compliance requirements, accounting, and finance processes, including a solid understanding of the concepts of control design and operational efficiency
- Familiarity with financial systems as they relate to reviewing and improving internal controls
- Solid understanding of computer systems and integration capabilities
- SOX and ITGC knowledge and experience in implementation and managing of automated controls
- Ability to quickly develop strong working relationships with internal departments, including those in international locations, IT personnel, internal and external auditors
- Prior experience leading teams, including improving and reinforcing performance in others and facilitating their skill development by providing clear, specific performance feedback

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Consulting/ Big4 experience is preferred
- Previous controls automation and/or cloud security related experience (internal/external) is a plus
- A customer service approach to help business process owners navigate the SOX program, especially with non-accounting business partners
- Comfortable in both individual contributing roles and cross-functional team management roles, depending on what is required by the business at the time
- Ability to communicate effectively and influence, interact, and partner with cross-functional and remote teams
- A willingness to challenge status quo and drive continuous improvement through change
- Self-motivated, able to manage change, and ability to work under tight deadlines and thrives in a high-growth and challenging environment with strong multi-tasking, analytical and decision making skills
- Critical thinking self-starter with strong leadership and project management capabilities, including leading projects through a fast-paced life cycle
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