Controls Governance Leader — SOX & ICFR Expert

Moog Inc; East Aurora (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

401k matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flexible Spending and Health Savings

Flexible paid time off

Holiday and parental leave

Comprehensive health insurance

Job summary

Moog Inc, located near Buffalo, NY, seeks a Controls Governance Manager to maintain the enterprise control framework, including SOX and ICFR governance, control standards, documentation quality, and owner accountability. The role collaborates with Finance, Corporate IT, Internal Audit, and external auditors to ensure controls are clearly designed and evidenced.

The Manager sets standards, challenges design quality, and provides leadership reports on control health, remediation progress, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Systems, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in internal controls, SOX, ICFR, audit, controllership, compliance, risk management, or related finance roles.
• Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or other complex/regulated industries preferred.
• Strong knowledge of COSO, SOX 404, financial reporting controls, deficiency evaluation, control design, and audit evidence expectations.
• Experience with external auditors, Internal Audit, process owners, and IT control owners in a complex organization.
• Ability to challenge weak control design constructively and translate audit concepts into practical business guidance.
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or other relevant certification preferred.
• Experience with governance, risk, and controls platforms like AuditBoard, Workiva, ServiceNow IRM, SAP GRC preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the enterprise risk and control framework, including control standards, control attributes, risk-control mapping, ownership requirements, evidence expectations, and documentation quality standards.
• Lead annual SOX and ICFR governance activities, including scope support, control inventory updates, management certification support, and alignment with external auditor expectations.
• Drive control rationalization by identifying duplicative, low-value, outdated, or overly manual controls and recommending stronger, more efficient control designs.
• Own the deficiency governance process, including root cause discipline, action plan quality, owner accountability, aging analysis, escalation protocols, and executive reporting.
• Partner with business and IT control owners to improve control precision, evidence quality, exception handling, and remediation readiness.
• Support the development and maintenance of control-related policies, procedures, training materials, and control owner guidance.
• Maintain governance reporting for the Corporate Controller, Finance leadership, IT leadership, and Audit Committee input, including control health, open issues, overdue actions, and emerging risks.
• Administer or help administer the selected controls platform, including control library maintenance, workflow design, ownership data, deficiency tracking, and reporting dashboards.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit and external auditors while preserving clear role separation between management governance and independent testing.

Skills

Internal controls

SOX/ICFR

Risk management

Audit coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business/Information Systems

Tools

AuditBoard

Workiva

ServiceNow IRM

SAP GRC

Job description

Moog Inc, located near Buffalo, NY, seeks a Controls Governance Manager to maintain the enterprise control framework, including SOX and ICFR governance, control standards, documentation quality, and owner accountability. The role collaborates with Finance, Corporate IT, Internal Audit, and external auditors to ensure controls are clearly designed and evidenced.

The Manager sets standards, challenges design quality, and provides leadership reports on control health, remediation progress, and