IT Compliance Manager- Hybrid- Genesco

The Ideal Candidate You are a collaborative, proactive IT Compliance Manager who helps establish and sustain a consistent, year-round approach to IT compliance and control governance across Genesco. Within IT and Delivery Governance, you partner with the CISPO to manage key aspects of the IT compliance program and ensure consistent execution across IT teams. You coordinate, guide, challenge, and escalate SOX and IT General Controls (ITGC) activities, helping IT teams understand responsibilities, identify control impacts before they occur, and incorporate compliance into technology changes and daily operations. You also facilitate Genesco’s IT Change Advisory Program across the US and UK, strengthening governance, documentation, and consistency across IT. How You Will Make An Impact Manage recurring SOX and ITGC compliance activities with the CISPO, including control requirements, ownership, evidence expectations, and executionHelp IT teams identify control gaps, risks, and changes affecting SOX or ITGC requirements, ensuring review, follow-through, and escalationCoach and support IT teams through SOX and ITGC testing, including control-owner engagement, evidence coordination, follow-up, and remediation support with Leadership, the CISPO, and Internal AuditEstablish and support SOX/ITGC review checkpoints for projects, enhancements, integrations, vendor transitions, access changes, and support model changes affecting controlsMaintain and develop IT compliance and governance documentation with internal and offshore suppliers, including control and process documentation, procedures, ownership information, evidence guidance, governance standards, and related materials; partner with control and process owners to keep documentation accurate and currentPartner with operational teams and control owners to assess control effectiveness, confirm controls provide value, and identify improvementsDevelop and maintain an IT compliance risk register for long-range planning, highlighting key risks and guiding investment prioritiesEnsure vendor-supported and outsourced processes maintain clear control ownership, accountability, documentation, and auditabilityFacilitate Change Advisory Board (CAB) activities for US businesses and remotely for the UK, including meeting coordination, agenda preparation, action tracking, follow-up, and escalationFacilitate Change Advisory Program steering committee activities and support ServiceNow stakeholder and Architectural Review Board (ARB) engagementReview documentation and other sources to identify technology changes with potential SOX or ITGC implications, ensuring stakeholder involvement, visibility, documentation, and follow-throughProvide oversight and constructive challenge, drive governance activities to completion, and escalate unresolved risks while maintaining accountability with control owners, process owners, change owners, and IT leadersBuild strong relationships across Security, IT leadership, technology teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to drive practical, sustainable compliance solutionsEmbed SOX and ITGC compliance into daily IT operations so control responsibilities are understood and executed consistently year-round, not only during audit cycles Experience And Skills You'll Bring 3–5 years of experience in SOX, ITGCs, IT compliance, technology controls, IT audit, or a related disciplineExperience in a publicly traded organization or environment operating under public-company-level SOX requirementsStrong understanding of ITGCs, including access management, change management, technology operations, and control evidenceExperience embedding, creating, maintaining, and improving compliance, control, process, or governance documentationExperience working with Security, technology teams, leadership, auditors, control owners, and third-party service providersAbility to interpret compliance and control requirements and translate them into practical expectations for technology teamsStrong communication, documentation, facilitation, organization, influence, and stakeholder-management skillsAbility to work independently, drive follow-through, constructively challenge stakeholders, and escalate risks when appropriateStrong relationship-building skills and the ability to balance compliance requirements with a collaborative, solutions-oriented approachPreferred: Experience working effectively with IT teams and IT Change Advisory Boards, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, Excel, outsourced technology providers, or cross-regional IT organizations Why You'll Love Working Here Day-one medical, dental, and vision coverageDay-one 401(k) eligibility with company match and rollover options for existing retirement accounts40% employee discount across all Genesco-owned brands and retail conceptsPaid time offNine paid holidays plus one floating holidayLife and disability insuranceFlexible spending and health savings account optionsEmployee Assistance Program (EAP) #hybrid