Principal IT SOX Lead

About the role

When you join Verizon you want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always.

As the Principal IT SOX Lead, you will lead the IT Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance lifecycle across Verizon IT applications. You will serve as the strategic bridge between IT engineering and executive leadership, maintaining high-stakes financial control integrity. Your core mission is to modernize compliance: replacing manual checklists with automated controls, auditing modern CI/CD pipelines, and serving as the primary audit liaison between internal and external auditors.

Responsibilities

• SOX Program Ownership: Architect and execute the IT General Controls (ITGC) roadmap for financial reporting systems across planning, testing, evidence collection, and final certification.
• Control Automation: Design and implement automated control validation mechanisms to eliminate manual processes, reduce human error, and scale compliance efforts.
• Audit Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Serve as the lead liaison for the CIO, Internal Audit, Finance, and external auditors to streamline testing and align governance standards.
• Technical Remediation: Partner directly with system owners to evaluate deficiencies and design technically viable, automated remediation plans.
• Agile Project Management: Direct cross-functional compliance initiatives, tracking deliverables, managing resources, and mitigating project timeline risks.
• Executive Reporting: Translate complex audit findings and risk metrics into actionable briefings for executive leadership and steering committees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, or a related technical field or four or more years of work experience.
• Six years of progressive experience in IT compliance, IT internal/external audit, or technical systems engineering (military equivalent experience accepted).
• Hands-on understanding of CI/CD pipelines, software development lifecycles (SDLC), database architecture, and cloud/infrastructure security.
• Advanced knowledge of SOX audit frameworks, US GAAP/SOX requirements, and ITGC evaluation techniques.
• Executive Storytelling: Skill in translating raw audit data and technical risks into clear, business-focused insights for C-suite leaders.

Qualifications

• Experience driving complex solutions and analytics to provide ongoing and automated monitoring of key risks.
• Built relationships with program leads, developer, operations and CISO teams to understand how to develop plans that effectively manage security risks.
• Agile software development and project management experience.
• Performance-oriented and self-directed with the ability to drive change and manage multiple projects.
• Experience across the Security and Compliance domain and the ability to apply this knowledge to drive cross-organizational initiatives.
• Ability to design technically sound control improvements before submission to risk and audit partners.
• Certified Sarbanes-Oxley Expert (CSOE) or Certified Sarbanes-Oxley Professional (CSOP).
• Certified in Sarbanes-Oxley (CSOX) or Sarbanes-Oxley Trained Professional (SOTP).
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

Schedule

This is a hybrid role with a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, as set by your manager. Scheduled weekly hours: 40.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc.

Pay

The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $120,500.00 - $231,000.00. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours. The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience.