Senior Lead Analyst - Accounting - SoX

Principal Financial Group; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Financial Group in Pune seeks an experienced SOX/ICFR coordinator to document, update, and maintain control narratives, risk matrices, and flowcharts aligned with SOX 404. You will liaise with BU owners, internal and external auditors, and the Corporate SOX team to ensure compliance, governance standards, and remediation actions.

This role requires 8–11 years of experience, CPA/CA/CIA/CISA certifications, and strong communication and process-thinking skills to support ICFR and US GAAP

Qualifications

• 8–11 years of experience in SOX/ICFR roles.
• CPA/CA/CIA/CISA final or intermediate certification.
• Strong understanding of SOX 404 and ICFR.
• Experience with process narratives, RCMs, and flowcharts.
• Knowledge of COSO framework and ERP familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Ensure documentation aligns with SOX 404 and internal control frameworks.
• Identify and document key risks, control objectives, key controls, and SOX assertions.
• Assess control design effectiveness and identify gaps or redundancies.
• Update documentation for system changes, reorganizations, or regulatory updates.
• Collaborate with process owners to validate accuracy and completeness.
• Ensure documentation reflects US GAAP, company policies, and SOX standards.
• Liaise between process owners, internal/external auditors, and SOX teams.
• Support walkthroughs and explain documented processes to auditors.
• Incorporate audit feedback into updated documentation.
• Maintain templates, version control, and naming conventions.
• Support annual SOX scoping, refresh, and certification cycles.
• Work overlap hours with US, especially during key SOX milestones.
• Drive standardization, scalability, and documentation quality globally.
• Support BU-specific activities as needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Process documentation

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

CPA / CA / CIA / CISA - Final / Intermediate

Tools

ERP systems

Financial tools

Job description

Additional Information

Shift Time - 1.30 PM - 10.30 PM

Responsibilities

About Principal: understand who we are

With more than 19,000 employees worldwide, Principal helps people and companies in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and North America build and protect their financial well-being. We’ve been doing this for 143 years. A FORTUNE 500 company, we are known for our innovative ideas and real-life solutions that help customers make financial progress, no matter their income or portfolio size.

Principal Global Services (PGS) is the global business services (GBS) for Principal Financial group with offices in India and the Philippines and 3500+ employees.

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Role Purpose

The SOX BU coordinator role is responsible for documenting, highlighting, updating the risk involved in various processes. Work as a liaison between BU and Corporate SOX Team / Auditors to align the expectations and adhere to the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance requirements. The role ensures that process narratives, risk and control matrices (RCMs), and flowcharts accurately reflect current operations and support effective internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).

Key Responsibilities

SOX Process responsibilities

Ensure documentation aligns with SOX 404 and internal control frameworks (e.g., COSO).

Identify and document key risks, control objectives, key controls, and SOX-relevant assertions (completeness, accuracy, existence, valuation, cutoff).

Assess control design effectiveness during documentation and identify gaps or redundancies.

Assess & Update documentation for process changes due to system implementations, reorganizations, or regulatory updates.

Work closely with process owners and coordinators to validate accuracy and completeness of documentation.

Ensure documentation reflects US GAAP, company policies, and SOX standards.

Stakeholder & Audit Support

Act as a liaison between process owners, internal audit, external auditors, and SOX teams.

Support walkthroughs by explaining documented processes and controls to auditors.

Incorporate audit feedback and remediation actions into updated documentation.

Governance & Quality

Ensure documentation standards, templates, and naming conventions are followed consistently.

Maintain version control and audit trails for all SOX documentation.

Support annual SOX scoping, refresh, and certification cycles.

Work at US overlap hours in general and concurrent hours during key SOX milestones (walkthroughs, audit cycles, close periods)

Drive standardization, scalability, and documentation quality across global processes.

BU specific responsibilities

Support business specific activities as may be needed.

Qualifications

Experience

• 8 – 11 years of experience

Education & Certifications

• CPA / CA / CIA / CISA - Final / Intermediate

Technical / Functional

• Strong understanding of SOX 404 and Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR).
• Hands‑on experience with process narratives, RCMs, and flowcharts.
• Knowledge of key finance processes
• Familiarity with COSO framework.
• Experience working with ERPs and other financial tools.

Soft Skills

• Excellent process thinking and documentation skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and interviewing skills.
• Attention to detail with the ability to simplify complex processes.
• Good written and verbal communication.