Senior IT Auditor – SOX & Internal Controls Lead

Workday; United States; Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Job summary

Workday is seeking a highly motivated Senior SOX IT Auditor to join the SOX and Internal Controls team in Pune. You will lead risk-based IT control assessments and testing to ensure financial reporting integrity and audit readiness, partnering with Technology, Finance, and external auditors.

The role requires strong technical audit expertise, collaboration, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while driving process improvements within a flexible work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, Audit, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in IT audit, SOX compliance, internal controls, technology risk, or risk advisory.
• Strong working knowledge of SOX, IT general controls, automated application controls, and IT-dependent manual controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end, risk-based SOX testing for IT general controls, automated application controls, and IT-dependent manual controls.
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls across logical access, privileged access, change management, system development lifecycle, interfaces, job scheduling, data integrity, and key system configurations.
• Partner with control and system owners to understand end-to-end business and technology processes, identify financial-reporting risks, and define effective control activities.
• Review requirements, solution designs, implementation plans, and evidence for significant changes affecting SOX-scoped systems and processes.
• Evaluate UAT and associated documentation for SOX-scoped implementations and significant system changes, where applicable.
• Develop clear test plans, workpapers, evidence requests, testing conclusions, and issue documentation in accordance with internal methodology.
• Communicate control findings, root causes, and practical remediation recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
• Track remediation plans, validate corrective actions, and escape risks or delays as appropriate.
• Support quarterly and annual management SOX assessments, including coordination with external auditors.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on control design, documentation, evidence quality, and audit readiness.
• Contribute to continuous improvement through control rationalization, automation, analytics, and enhancements to GRC and audit-management processes.
• Coach and review the work of junior team members as needed.

Skills

SOX compliance

IT audit

Internal controls

Technology risk

Risk advisory

CISA

CIA

CPA

CISSP

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ERP systems

SaaS platforms

Cloud environments

Job description

Workday is seeking a highly motivated Senior SOX IT Auditor to join the SOX and Internal Controls team in Pune. You will lead risk-based IT control assessments and testing to ensure financial reporting integrity and audit readiness, partnering with Technology, Finance, and external auditors.

The role requires strong technical audit expertise, collaboration, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while driving process improvements within a flexible work model.