FET Manager - SOX Program Management Office

Vistra Energy; Irving, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vistra Energy in Irving, TX is seeking a Finance Enablement & Transformation Manager, SOX PMO to lead the enterprise SOX compliance program across Finance, Technology, Internal Audit and External Audit stakeholders.

You will coordinate milestones, drive governance, and ensure timely delivery of control improvements and risk mitigation, enabling stronger finance data, reporting, and insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field.
• 7–10 years in Accounting, Audit, IT Audit, or related field with SOX experience in publicly traded companies.
• Familiarity with COSO and PCAOB standards; experience with GRC tools (AuditBoard, Workiva).
• Strong project management, leadership, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end execution of the annual SOX compliance program, ensuring key milestones are completed on time.
• Monitor program progress, identify risks and dependencies, proactively addressing issues impacting program execution.
• Coordinate identification, assessment, and reporting of control deficiencies.
• Develop and maintain SOX program dashboards, metrics, and executive reporting.
• Partner with SOX stakeholders to achieve SOX efficiency gains through control rationalization, automation, and AI.
• Facilitate SOX program meetings and governance forums.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

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

Tools

GRC tools

Job description

Job Summary The Finance Enablement & Transformation Manager, SOX PMO, manages the enterprise-wide Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance program. The primary objective for this role is to effectively coordinate and communicate across Finance, Technology, Internal Audit, and External Audit stakeholders to ensure program milestones are met timely. This role will be responsible for ensuring effective and efficient planning, execution, monitoring and continuous improvement of the annual SOX program compliance cycle.

Job Description

• Lead Finance transformation initiatives from planning through execution
• Drive process improvement, standardization, and operating model maturity to improve organization efficiency and scale
• Enable stronger Finance data, reporting, and insights
• Support Finance technology enablement and business adoption
• Strengthen governance, controls, and risk management within transformation efforts

Role Specific Accountabilities

• Manage the end-to-end execution of the annual SOX compliance program, ensuring key milestones are completed on time
• Monitor program progress, identify risks and dependencies, proactively addressing issues impacting program execution
• Coordinate identification, assessment, and reporting of control deficiencies
• Develop and maintain SOX program dashboards, metrics, and executive reporting
• Partner with SOX stakeholders to achieve SOX efficiency gains through control rationalization, automation, and AI
• Facilitate SOX program meetings and governance forums

Education, Experience & Skill Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field

Experience: 7-10 years in Accounting, Audit, IT Audit, or related field; Experience in publicly traded companies subject to SOX; Familiarity with relevant COSO and PCAOB standards; Experience with GRC tools (e.g., AuditBoard, Workiva, etc.)

Skills: Strong project management capabilities, managing multiple stakeholders and competing priorities; Strong leadership, problem solving and communication skills; Strong working knowledge of internal control concepts

Core Competencies / Key Metrics

• People Leadership & Talent Development: builds and develops high-performing teams, creating an inclusive and engagement team environment
• Executive Communication & Influence: communicates complex ideas clearly to senior leadership, influencing decision-making and driving alignment
• Continuous Learning & Innovation Mindset: stays informed on emerging trends in Finance, technology, and data, seeking opportunities to challenge the status quo and introduce ideas to progress transformation efforts
• Change Management & Adoption: champions change and leads through ambiguity, managing resistance and stakeholder concerns
• Data & Analytics Enablement: leverages data to model decision-making and the formation of recommendations, using data to measure success

Job Family: Accounting, Company: Vistra Corporate Services, Locations: Irving, Texas (Texas)

We are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country.

Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.

Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 5 renewable energy plans.

Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers. As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved.

Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/.

Vistra’s hardworking team is committed to its purpose, “lighting up lives, powering a better way forward” and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors.

Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com.

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