Senior Director, Internal Audit – Business SOX Program & Transformation

Y99000 General Electric Company; Evendale (OH); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance Provided

Job summary

GE Aerospace seeks a senior leader to transform the business process SOX program into a risk-based, technology-enabled function. You will shape strategy, lead global teams, and advise executives while driving control integration across business processes and IT.

Expect significant interaction with CFOs and governance bodies. You will manage a ~10-person team across the US and Europe, deliver innovation in testing, and partner with IT leadership to ensure timely remediation and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or STEM field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in SOX/ICFR, internal audit, risk advisory or controllership.
• 8+ years leading teams and managing complex programs.
• Active CPA, CIA, CISA or equivalent certification.
• Proven track record leading SOX or controls transformation and executive-facing communication.
• US-based with ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the business process SOX roadmap aligned to strategy and operating model.
• Lead risk assessment, scoping, control rationalization and testing oversight.
• Drive innovation in testing via automation, data analytics, and continuous controls monitoring.
• Lead a ~10-person global team across US and Europe and coordinate external resources.
• Partner with IT SOX leadership to integrate controls across ITGCs, ITACs, and reports.
• Communicate status and risks to executives and contribute to Audit Committee materials.

Skills

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

SOX/ICFR experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business or STEM

Master’s degree or MBA

CPA, CIA, CISA or equivalent certification

Job description

Job Description Summary

Lead the transformation of GE Aerospace’s business process SOX program into a world-class, risk-based and technology-enabled program, playing a key role in shaping the global SOX strategy with the Internal Audit SOX Executive and leading implementation. This senior leader has decision authority over business process scoping, testing and deficiencies, personally develops a global team, advises business executives, and drives innovation and IT integration. The goal is to make SOX simpler, smarter and more valuable to the business.

Business SOX Strategy & Transformation

Shape and deliver the business process SOX roadmap, aligned to the global SOX strategy and operating model.

Lead business process risk assessment, scoping, control rationalization, and limited oversight and review of controls, and recommend changes to the SOX Executive.

Deliver innovation in testing through automation, data analytics, AI-enabled testing and continuous controls monitoring.

Optimize operations using FLIGHT DECK (or Lean) principles: standard work, simplification and a lower cost of compliance.

Partner with the IT SOX Senior Director on an integrated approach across business process controls, ITGCs, ITACs, and key reports.

Build controls into system implementations, acquisitions and business transformations early in each project.

Executive Partnership & Customer Service

Act as a trusted advisor to business Controllers, SOX Governance and business CFOs, with clear, concise and actionable communication.

Report business SOX status, risks and trends to the SOX Executive, CAO and SOX Governance, and contribute to Audit Committee materials.

Make the final judgment on business process deficiency evaluations.

Bring in the SOX Executive for high-visibility deficiencies or aggregation risk that could lead to a significant deficiency or material weakness.

Lead deficiency identification and closure strategy with control owners and SOX Governance, influencing with authority to get timely resolution.

Manage the day-to-day external auditor relationship on business controls and carry out the reliance strategy.

People Leadership & Talent Development

Lead a ~10-person global team of managers and staff across the US and Europe (Budapest), plus co-source and vendor resources.

Hands‑on developer of talent: personally coach managers and staff through regular feedback, stretch assignments and career conversations.

Attract, develop and retain top talent, and build succession for each manager role.

Develop managers into leaders, building capacity and accountability across a dispersed, virtual team.

Build an inclusive, engaged, high‑performing culture based on Respect for People, Continuous Improvement and Customer Driven behaviors.

Manage the business SOX resource plan, contribute to the budget to actual process, and co-source performance within the approved budget.

Industry & Functional Leadership

Take part in peer benchmarking, industry forums and professional networks, and bring leading practices into the program.

Link with Controllership, Digital Technology and Compliance to anticipate emerging risks and regulatory change.

Partner with Assurance & Advisory and Technology & Innovation leaders to coordinate coverage and adopt department technology.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a STEM field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in SOX/ICFR, internal audit, risk advisory or controllership.
• 8+ years leading teams
• Active CPA, CIA, CISA or equivalent professional certification.
• Proven track record leading SOX or controls transformation (e.g., rationalization, automation, process redesign).
• Demonstrated ability to influence and present to executive-level leaders.
• US-based, with the ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Desired Characteristics

• Managing diverse teams: Experience managing managers and geographically dispersed teams.
• Talent builder: track record of developing people who were promoted into larger roles, and coaching across cultures and time zones.
• Customer-service mindset: executive presence and a calm, confident, concise communicator who builds trust quickly and can influence cross-functionally.
• Transformation mindset: thinks in terms of integration and risk rather than detailed testing; comfortable challenging the status quo.
• Technology fluency: working knowledge of ITGCs, ERP environments (e.g., SAP, Oracle), IPE, and controls automation and analytics/AI tools.
• Industry presence: active external network; peer benchmarking groups or professional associations (IIA, AICPA, ISACA).
• Experience: Big 4 or regional accounting firm and/or industry experience at a large, complex multinational public company; Aerospace, industrial or manufacturing preferred.
• Lean leader: Lean/continuous-improvement experience; applies FLIGHT DECK (or Lean) principles to drive measurable results.
• Leadership style: high EQ and humility, works well in a matrixed organization, and acts with unyielding integrity.

Education

Master’s degree or MBA.

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.

GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

About GE Aerospace

At GE Aerospace, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft.

At GE Aerospace, respect for people is core to our culture and commitment to FLIGHT DECK, our proprietary lean operating model.

We attract, develop, and retain industry-leading talent from all backgrounds and cultivate communities where people are respected and empowered to reach their fullest potential.

For the people of GE Aerospace, their work isn't just a job. It's their passion and purpose. We work and win as one team, accountable to each other and our customers, and we are always finding a better way to climb higher together.

We were meant to fly.