Finance Sox Lead

WPR; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WPR in the United Kingdom is seeking a Finance SOX Specialist to lead the day-to-day activities, strengthen the control framework, and provide assurance over financial reporting. You will work with Finance, Technology, Risk, Internal Audit and External Audit teams to ensure controls are designed and operating effectively.

The role requires ACA/ACCA/CIMA with 3 years PQE, extensive SOX experience, and strong stakeholder management in a large multi-system environment.

Qualifications

• Fully ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with minimum 3 years PQE.
• Strong knowledge of COSO framework and SOX methodology.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance SOX control framework and SME roles.
• Maintain control documentation and evidence requirements.
• Administer SOX controls in the GRC tool and coordinate evidence.
• Coordinate walkthroughs, testing, and audits with multiple teams.
• Improve finance process and EUC documentation for SOX compliance.
• Manage remediation and status reporting for audit findings.

Skills

SOX expertise

Finance controls

Stakeholder management

GRC coordination

Audit coordination

Multi-system environments

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

GRC tool

Job description

This role will lead day-to-day finance SOX activity, support the development and maintenance of business process controls, coordinate audit and testing activity, and work closely with Finance, Technology, Risk, Internal Audit, and External Audit teams to ensure controls are appropriately designed, evidenced, and operating effectively.

The successful candidate will be responsible for strengthening the finance control framework, supporting SOX compliance, and providing strong assurance over the processes and systems that underpin accurate and reliable financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the Finance SOX Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing leadership and oversight across the finance SOX control framework, including key business process controls, entity level controls, IT-dependent manual controls, IT Application Controls (ITACs), and Information Produced by the Entity (IPE).
• Owning and maintaining finance SOX control documentation, ensuring risks, controls, control owners, process narratives, flowcharts, evidence requirements, and control attributes are accurate, clear, complete, and audit ready.
• Administering finance SOX controls within the GRC tool, including control updates, risk and control assessments, evidence management, deficiency tracking, remediation monitoring, and audit request coordination.
• Serving as the primary Finance point of contact for SOX compliance, coordinating closely with Finance process owners, Technology, Risk, Internal Audit, and External Audit teams to support walkthroughs, testing, audits, and assurance activities.
• Improving Finance documentation, including process documents, EUC documentation and checklists, ensuring documentation is up to date and SOX compliant.
• Partnering with control owners to ensure control evidence is timely, complete, accurate, and aligned to agreed SOX methodology, including completeness and accuracy requirements for key reports and IPE.
• Coordinating and managing finance SOX and audit activities, including planning, walkthrough scheduling, evidence provision, query management, status reporting, and timely resolution of audit issues.

Qualifications

• Fully ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent) qualified with minimum 3 years PQE

Required Skills

• Extensive experience in SOX (Section 404) requirements, including control design, operation, testing, evidence requirements, and deficiency management
• Strong understanding of financial reporting processes, risks, and controls, with the ability to challenge and support Finance process owners effectively
• Knowledge of internal control frameworks such as COSO, and experience applying SOX methodology in a practical finance environment
• Experience coordinating remediation and control improvement activities
• Strong stakeholder management across Finance, Technology, Risk, Internal Audit, and External Audit teams
• Experience working in large-scale, multi-system global environments