Sr Lead, Internal Controls Transformation & Operations

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day ICT program operations, ensuring effective execution of the SOX/ICFR program
• Execute SOX strategy under the direction of ICT leadership, translating objectives into governance structures, operating rhythms, and execution standards
• Establish and maintain functional policies, standards, templates, frameworks, methodologies, and program-level operating procedures
• Ensure consistency, quality, and discipline across process and technology workstreams
• Own enterprise SOX program planning and orchestration, including program-level Gantt and milestone planning/tracking, manage cross-workstream dependencies and critical path
• Lead program status reporting for senior leadership, including progress against plan, key risks and issues, execution capacity and trade-offs
• Provide clear, decision-useful visibility into program health and execution readiness
• Serve as the business owner for ICT functional platforms, including AuditBoard
• Own platform strategy, configuration standards, adoption, and roadmap
• Ensure ICT tool optimization, ensuring effective support end-to-end SOX execution, evidence management and reporting, and integration across process and technology assurance
• Drive continuous improvement in how technology enables efficiency, consistency, and scalability
• Own ICT functional budgeting and financial management, including annual resource budget planning, forecasting and spend management, and informing trade-off decisions across tools, co-sourcing, and internal capacity
• Ensure functional investments are aligned to program scalability and modernization priorities
• Act as a steward of cost discipline and value realization for the function
• Own ICT talent and capability strategy, including role clarity and skill expectations, development paths for process and technology leaders, succession planning and bench strength
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
• Co-source & external partner engagement support, particularly to support acquisitions, integrations, surge capacity during peak periods, and engage external auditors for SOC1s
• Ensure external partners operate within ICT standards, tools, and governance expectations
• Balance internal capability building with targeted external leverage

Experience & Qualifications

• 10–12+ years of progressive experience in public accounting (SOX, ICFR, or advisory), and/or enterprise SOX/ICFR program leadership
• Demonstrated experience running large, complex SOX programs, establishing governance standards and integrating execution discipline, and managing multi-workstream initiatives
• Ability to operate as a Senior Manager, exercising judgment in ambiguous, high-visibility environments
• Experience with SOX enablement platforms (e.g., AuditBoard or similar)
• Exposure to technology-enabled or data-driven control environments
• Experience supporting acquisitions or large-scale transformations
• Background in financial services, technology-enabled services, or other complex, regulated environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field
• CPA, CIA, CISA, PMP or similar certification preferred but not required