Senior IT SOX Compliance Lead

EngineersOfAI; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Senior Manager, IT SOX to join its Internal Audit team. You will be a hands-on technical contributor and lead the IT SOX program across IT general and application controls, partnering with Engineering, Security, and Finance to mature the control environment in an AI-first company.

The role demands comfort with ambiguity, the ability to operate in a fast-paced setting, and a track record of delivering audit-ready evidence, scalable test approaches, and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Hands-on IT audit or IT SOX compliance experience in a fast-paced technology environment.
• Deep working knowledge of ITGCs, ITACs, and IT risk assessment methodologies.
• Experience auditing highly automated DevOps environments (CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, automated deployments).
• Experience designing, testing, and documenting controls across access management, change management, and computer operations.
• Demonstrated comfort with ambiguity and the ability to operate effectively in a high-pace, rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to effectively guide and direct the work of internal team members and/or co-sourced partners.
• Ability to work independently on complex, ambiguous workstreams while communicating proactively with senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Advise on design of control environment for AI-first company, including controls over highly automated DevOps pipelines and emerging agentic identity models
• Partner with Engineering, Security, IT, and DevOps teams to assess the design and implementation of scalable and sustainable controls
• Assess new system implementations and changes
• Identify automation and tooling opportunities to improve control efficiency and monitoring, and contribute to the development of continuous monitoring capabilities
• Assist in scoping and planning for annual SOX IT assessments
• Execute IT SOX testing across IT General Controls and IT Application Controls, including access management, change management, and computer operations
• Perform system and process risk assessments to identify control gaps and recommend remediation
• Own control documentation and ensure audit-ready evidence is current and complete
• Evaluate IT automated controls and support the shift from manual to automated control reliance
• Scale the IT SOX program as the company grows — rationalizing scope, standardizing testing approaches, and building repeatable processes that keep pace with new systems and entities
• Guide and direct the day-to-day work of internal team members and co-sourced partners: setting priorities, reviewing workpapers, and ensuring quality and consistency across the testing program
• Build strong working relationships with process and control owners across the organization
• Translate technical control requirements for non-technical stakeholders and vice versa
• Support SEC cybersecurity disclosure requirements and related risk monitoring efforts
• Coordinate with external auditors on IT SOX matters, including evidence requests, walkthroughs, and testing schedules
• Track and assist with remediation of audit findings; communicate status to the Head of IT SOX and relevant stakeholders

Skills

ITSOX experience

ITGCs

ITACs

DevOps audits

Access management

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Senior Manager, IT SOX to join its Internal Audit team. You will be a hands-on technical contributor and lead the IT SOX program across IT general and application controls, partnering with Engineering, Security, and Finance to mature the control environment in an AI-first company.

The role demands comfort with ambiguity, the ability to operate in a fast-paced setting, and a track record of delivering audit-ready evidence, scalable test approaches, and collaboration with