Senior IT Internal Audit Manager SOX & AI Controls (Remote)

Block; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Family planning

Job summary

Block is seeking a Senior Manager, IT Internal Audit to drive the SOX program and define how AI is integrated into IT audit practices. You will oversee ITSOX controls, lead cross-functional audits, and shape AI governance while maintaining audit quality across cloud, SaaS/PaaS, and on-prem environments.

You will partner with the SOX Lead and audit teams to advance AI-enabled audit methodologies and ensure independent, credible results for senior finance and engineering stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing and testing SOX controls at a well-disciplined organization with a focus on systems across cloud, SaaS/PaaS, or on-premises environments, including reliance on SOC 1 / SOC 2 reports.
• BA/BS in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Advanced understanding of internal or external SOX/audit methodologies and risk management within a complex technology, financial services, or regulated business.
• Experience auditing and/or using Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI systems and tools, including building or contributing to an AI audit or AI governance framework.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to summarize complex issues succinctly for a wide range of internal and external executive audiences.
• Strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, problem-solving, and analytical skills, with the ability to make sound business decisions on complex technology problems.
• A proactive leadership style with a strong drive for results and unquestionable integrity and discretion in a fast-paced, evolving risk environment.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of assigned audit projects within the Technology Internal Audit team, developing and tracking timelines, partnering with internal and external resources, and reporting on conclusions and observations.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in SOX technology compliance across multiple systems, environments, and business units.
• Drive delivery of the internal audit plan in accordance with established methodology and agreed quality standards, while meeting or exceeding key performance indicators.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external partners (process owners, co-sourcing partners, and external auditors) and proactively anticipate their needs.
• Help drive consistency, efficiency, and quality excellence across our SOX program, including managing special audit projects on an ad-hoc basis.
• Partner with the SOX Audit Lead and Business Process Audit Managers to help build a formal methodology for auditing AI systems.
• Identify areas of the audit process that can benefit from AI, and deliver AI-enabled solutions and efficiencies while maintaining audit quality, independence, and reliability of results.

Skills

SOX controls

ITGCs

AI governance

Project management

Risk assessment

Communication

Education

BA/BS in Accounting

Tools

LLMs

Job description

Block is seeking a Senior Manager, IT Internal Audit to drive the SOX program and define how AI is integrated into IT audit practices. You will oversee ITSOX controls, lead cross-functional audits, and shape AI governance while maintaining audit quality across cloud, SaaS/PaaS, and on-prem environments.

You will partner with the SOX Lead and audit teams to advance AI-enabled audit methodologies and ensure independent, credible results for senior finance and engineering stakeholders.