Senior Manager, IT Internal Audit

Block; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Block is seeking a Senior Manager, IT Internal Audit to lead the IT SOX program and advance AI governance across the organization. You will own IT audit projects, assess controls, and partner with Finance, Accounting, and Engineering to strengthen risk management in a fintech-friendly environment.

You will drive AI-enabled audit methods, mentor teams, and communicate complex findings to executives, ensuring high-quality, independent results in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing and testing SOX controls.
• BA/BS in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Advanced understanding of 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 for executive audiences.
• Strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• A proactive leadership style with integrity and discretion in a fast-paced 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 KPIs.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external partners 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/ITACs

AI audit / AI governance

Project management

Communication skills

Education

BA/BS in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Job description

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

The Role

Block is seeking a Senior Manager, IT Internal Audit to help develop and execute our Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program and to shape how Internal Audit approaches Artificial Intelligence (AI). Partnering with the Internal Audit SOX Lead, other Internal Audit Managers, and process owners, you will own IT audit projects and portions of the SOX program while helping the team build a formal methodology for auditing AI systems and applying AI to make the audit process more effective. You are a subject matter expert in IT SOX compliance, controls design, risk assessment, IT General Controls (ITGCs) and Automated Controls (ITACs), process flow mapping, controls testing, and the evaluation of deficiencies and remediation plans. Additionally, you also have strong project management skills, superior analytical ability, and the business acumen to interact credibly at all levels, including senior members of Accounting, Finance, and Engineering, ideally within a fintech or financial services environment.

You Will

• 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.

You Have

• 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.
• A 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.

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with our recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidat