Governance Risk & Control Manager

Meta; Austin, Menlo Park (TX, CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Governance Risk & Control Manager to lead a team within the Finance Governance Center of Excellence. You will partner with Finance stakeholders to assess and mitigate systems and process risks, focusing on ITGCs, SOX readiness, access control, and automated controls across financial platforms.

You will scale a governance function, develop talent, and apply responsible AI practices while communicating complex risk to senior leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in IT/systems risk management, IT or internal audit, or risk advisory.
• Experience leading teams across multiple concurrent work streams.
• Experience with risk assessment and control design for financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of risk and controls professionals.
• Collaborate with Finance BPOs, Enterprise Products, and Internal Audit to assess and mitigate risks.
• Oversee ITGCs, SOX readiness, access control, and change management.

Skills

SOX compliance

ITGC

COSO

COBIT

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

risk assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/MIS/CS

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Meta is seeking a Governance Risk & Control Manager to join our Finance Governance Center of Excellence. The CoE's mission is to enable Meta's Finance organization to scale durably – absorbing and accelerating a significant volume of technology and AI investment while keeping a strong, well-understood control environment.

You will lead a team of risk and controls professionals who partner with Finance Business Process Owners, Enterprise Products, and Internal Audit to assess and mitigate systems and process risks. Central to this role is managing systems risk, which encompasses ITGCs, SOX readiness across financial systems and data pipelines, access control, and change management. It involves overseeing automated controls within key financial reporting platforms, all anchored by a deep understanding of underlying finance processes.

As Meta's Finance AI governance framework matures, you and your team ensure that stakeholders across Finance understand what the requirements mean in practice and apply them consistently across diverse initiatives, allowing teams to move quickly with compliance designed upfront rather than retrofitted.

This is a leadership role with hands‑on expectations: you will develop the team while remaining directly involved in the most complex and ambiguous assessments.

8+ years of experience in IT/systems risk management, IT or internal audit, SOX compliance, or risk advisory, including integrated (process and system) audits Experience managing and developing a team of risk, audit, or business systems professionals across multiple concurrent work streams, or demonstrated experience leading engagement teams and formally developing others Demonstrated ability to identify risks and design, implement, and test controls to meet compliance requirements, with emphasis on control design and advisory rather than testing alone Working proficiency with SOX 404, COSO, COBIT, ITGC, and IT security and risk management standards Experience assessing risk in financial systems (ERP packages such as Oracle, SAP, and/or homegrown platforms), including data flows, integrations, and automated controls Understanding of core finance business processes (e.g., source-to-pay, order‑to‑cash, month‑end close, payroll, treasury) and how system risks affect them Experience communicating risk and technical trade‑offs in writing and in person to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership Experience operating in an environment with ambiguity and no existing playbook in a fast‑moving, cross‑functional environment Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews) Experience scaling a governance or compliance function, including building training and enablement for non‑specialist stakeholders Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements) Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies Experience with SQL and data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.) for risk sensing and continuous monitoring CPA, CIA, CISA, or CRISC Experience in Big Four public accounting and in‑house at a high‑tech or platform company Experience applying governance or control requirements to AI/ML, generative AI, or automation in a financial or regulated context Proficiency in executing both business process and system risk assessments