Accounting Manager - Enterprise SOX Optimization and Automation (Senior Advisor)

Cigna; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cigna Group seeks an Accounting Manager (Senior Advisor) to advance Enterprise SOX optimization and automation. You will partner across Finance, Technology, Operations, Internal Audit, and external auditors to design scalable controls, automate testing, and enable continuous monitoring.

Ideal candidates have 5–7 years in SOX, preferably with Big 4 risk consulting. Responsibilities include governance of SOX technology, data-enabled dashboards, and control design for transformation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business, Risk Management, or related field.
• 5-7 years of relevant SOX, internal controls, audit, risk consulting, technology risk, or controls transformation experience.
• Big 4 risk consulting, IT audit, assurance, or advisory experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of SOX, ICFR, COSO, PCAOB expectations, and control design principles.
• Hands-on experience with business process controls, ITGCs, AI controls, key report controls, documentation, testing, remediation, audit coordination, and advisory activities.
• Experience with SOX technology or GRC platforms, preferably Optro/AuditBoard or comparable tools such as Workiva.
• Professional certification such as CPA, CISA, CIA, CRMA, or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• SOX technology, reporting, analytics, and automation to enhance capabilities.
• Design and support continuous controls monitoring for scalable insights into performance and risk trends.
• Translate control failures and audit findings into automation and monitoring use cases.
• Partner with business, data, analytics, and Technology teams to define data requirements and support implementation.
• Lead control rationalization and optimization with process owners and auditors.
• Advise on process mapping, risk identification, and control design for automation and IT-dependent controls.
• Provide impact assessments and advisory support for transformation projects and system changes.
• Develop guidance and playbooks to strengthen control awareness and consistency.
• Prepare executive-ready updates on modernization progress, risks, issues, and benefits.

Skills

SOX controls

ICFR

COSO

PCAOB

AuditBoard

Data analytics

Automation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/IS

Tools

Optro/AuditBoard

Workiva

Data analytics tools

Job description

Position Summary

The Cigna Group is seeking an Accounting Manager (Senior Advisor), Enterprise SOX Optimization and Automation , to support Enterprise SOX modernization and help advance a more technology-enabled, risk-focused, and scalable SOX program. This experienced individual contributor will serve as a SOX controls and automation subject matter expert, partnering across Finance, Technology, Operations, Internal Audit, and external auditors to optimize control design and enable sustainable automation and continuous monitoring capabilities.

The role will focus on SOX program technology, reporting, analytics, automated testing, continuous controls monitoring, control rationalization, process mapping, and controls advisory support for enterprise transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings 5-7 years of SOX experience, preferably through Big 4 risk consulting, and can translate complex control requirements into practical business and technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• SOX Technology, Reporting, Analytics, and Automation

  Enhance SOX technology capabilities, including Optro (formerly AuditBoard) reporting, dashboards, analytics, automated testing, and repeatable testing routines.

  Design and support continuous controls monitoring to provide scalable, data-driven insight into control performance and risk trends.

  Translate control failures, audit findings, process pain points, and recurring manual testing into automation and monitoring use cases.

  Partner with business, data, analytics, and Technology teams to define requirements, validate data sources, and support implementation.

• Control Rationalization, Optimization, and Automation

  Lead SOX control rationalization and optimization with process owners, control owners, Technology partners, Internal Audit, and external auditors.

  Assess controls to identify duplication, excessive manual effort, limited risk coverage, and opportunities to improve precision, efficiency, automation, and sustainability.

  Recommend control redesign options that reduce manual or detective controls while maintaining alignment with SOX, COSO, PCAOB, and internal expectations.

  Prepare clear documentation, decision support, and stakeholder-ready recommendations for optimization opportunities.

• Process Mapping, Risk Identification, and Control Design

  Perform process mapping and analysis to identify financial reporting risks, data dependencies, system touchpoints, control points, and control design requirements.

  Develop and maintain process narratives, flowcharts, risk and control matrices, control documentation, and implementation materials.

  Advise on automated business process controls, IT-dependent or automated controls, and key report controls.

  Evaluate key reports, spreadsheets, and system-generated data used in SOX control performance.

• Transformation, System Change, and Control Advisory Support

  Provide SOX impact assessments and control design advisory support for transformation projects, system implementations, process redesigns, technology enhancements, and AI adoption.

  Assess risks related to data integrity, system changes, access, interfaces, configurations, and technology-enabled financial reporting processes.

  Advise teams on integrating control requirements before go-live for new processes and technology changes.

  Support interim control design, implementation readiness, and testing considerations during phased rollouts or transition periods.

• Stakeholder Influence, Guidance, and Communications

  Serve as a trusted controls advisor to Finance, Technology, and Operations stakeholders.

  Translate technical SOX requirements into practical business and technology guidance.

  Develop guidance, training, communications, templates, and playbooks to strengthen control awareness and consistency.

  Prepare executive-ready updates on modernization progress, risks, issues, automation opportunities, and expected benefits.

Qualifications

• Background and Experience Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business, Risk Management, or related field.
  • 5-7 years of relevant SOX, internal controls, audit, risk consulting, technology risk, or controls transformation experience.
  • Big 4 risk consulting, IT audit, assurance, or advisory experience strongly preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of SOX, ICFR, COSO, PCAOB expectations, and control design principles.
  • Hands-on experience with business process controls, ITGCs, AI controls, key report controls, documentation, testing, remediation, audit coordination, and advisory activities.
  • Experience with SOX technology or GRC platforms, preferably Optro/AuditBoard or comparable tools such as Workiva.
  • Experience with data analytics, reporting, dashboarding, automated testing, or control automation initiatives.
  • Professional certification such as CPA, CISA, CIA, CRMA, or equivalent preferred.

• Technical Competencies

  • SOX risk assessment, scoping, control rationalization, optimization, and lifecycle manage