Senior Manager, SOX360

Salesforce, Inc.; Indianapolis, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the management-led SOX 360 Program Office.

The role focuses on reducing long-term testing burden, overseeing outsourced testing, and building a best-in-class CCM, with a shift toward continuous monitoring as the roadmap matures. You will partner with control owners, AI and tooling teams to implement monitoring solutions, leverage data analytics to improve testing precision, and drive program ROI while ensuring audit readiness and compliance

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in SOX compliance, internal audit, or risk & controls.
• Proven track record of building or implementing Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM).
• Hands-on comfort with data analytics/visualization tools.
• Ability to negotiate with senior stakeholders and external partners under deadlines (SOW, vendor SLAs).
• Deep understanding of PCAOB standards and the COSO framework.
• Experience bridging accounting/finance with IT/data teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Continuous Monitoring strategy and roadmap.
• Oversee outsourced management testing and vendor relationships.
• Partner with process owners, engineering, and tooling leads on CCM solutions.
• Drive full-population assurance and data analytics to reduce sampling.
• Build business cases and track metrics; communicate ROI and cost efficiencies.
• Align CCM outputs with external auditors and IPE considerations.
• Manage testing budgets, SOW negotiations, and vendor SLAs.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver testing improvements and automation.

Skills

SOX compliance

Internal audit

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Project management

COSO framework

PCAOB standards

Automation planning

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/IS/CS

Tools

Data analytics tools

Dashboards

RPA

Analytics pipelines

Job description

We are seeking a dedicated and forward-thinking Senior Manager to join our management-led SOX 360 Program Office team. The role will report to the Senior Director of the SOX team and in this role, you will reduce the long-term testing burden of our control environment while ensuring our testing function runs cleanly, efficiently, and on time. This role is split between overseeing our outsourced management testing operations and building a best-in-class business process Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) program — with the balance shifting toward continuous monitoring as the roadmap matures. The ideal candidate pairs deep SOX/internal audit technical fundamentals with a builder's mindset: comfortable evaluating which controls are ripe for automation, partnering with control owners, AI, and tooling teams to implement monitoring solutions, and leveraging data analytics to increase testing precision, reduce reliance on point-in-time sampling, and optimize program spend. **What You'll Actually Be Doing** *Continuous Monitoring Strategy & Implementation (the growth engine of this role)** **Build & Own the Business Process Continuous Controls Monitoring Roadmap:** Systematically assess in-scope controls to identify viable candidates for automated or system-based testing. Sequence them into a multi-year plan to measurably reduce overall manual testing effort.* **Design & Implement Solutions:** Partner with process owners, engineering, and tooling leads to build continuous monitoring solutions—ranging from exception-based dashboards and automated queries to fully automated control testing.* **Drive Full-Population Assurance:** Champion data analytics to shift the program from periodic sample-based testing toward ongoing full-population monitoring, enabling earlier issue detection and control precision.* **Build Business Cases & Track Metrics:** Quantify the ROI for continuous monitoring investments (effort saved, risk coverage, testing velocity) and socialize results with leadership. Track continuous monitoring coverage as a standing metric of program health.* **External Audit Reliance Alignment:** Partner with external auditors to ensure continuous monitoring outputs, automated scripts, and Information Produced by Entity satisfy audit reliance standards. *Outsourced Testing & Vendor Optimization** **Testing Oversight:** Serve as the primary point of contact overseeing our outsourced management testing provider, ensuring testing completes successfully, on time, and to a high quality standard.* **Stakeholder Engagement & Pushback:** Push back on and effectively negotiate testing approaches, scope, and timelines with external auditors, outsourced firms, and internal control owners. Proactively remove bottlenecks and resolve stalled controls.* **Vendor Optimization & Budget Management:** Own day-to-day vendor management, Statement of Work (SOW) negotiations, and testing budget oversight. Partner collaboratively with vendor leadership to ensure continuous monitoring innovations directly convert into reduced billable testing hours and program cost efficiencies. **External Audit Alignment:** Act as key liaison between the outsourced testing firm and our external auditors on Continuous Controls Monitoring reliance, data completeness/accuracy, and automated testing strategy**You're Our Person If...*** 8+ years of progressive experience in SOX compliance, internal audit, or risk & controls, including direct experience managing or interfacing with external audit/testing firms (Big 4 or equivalent) — preferably in a fast-paced tech or SaaS environment* A proven track record of building or implementing Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) — a track record of measurably reducing manual testing effort, not just familiarity with the concept* Hands-on comfort with data analytics/visualization tools and evaluating which controls are automation-ready* Demonstrated ability to hold firm and negotiate effectively with senior stakeholders and external partners under deadline pressure, including SOW negotiations and vendor SLAs* Deep understanding of PCAOB standards and the COSO framework, including how external auditors evaluate Information Produced by Entity (IPE) when relying on automated controls and data analytics* Demonstrated ability to bridge traditional accounting/finance and technical engineering/IT/data teams **Even Better If...*** Recent Big 4 public accounting experience* CPA, CIA, CISA, or CDPSE certification* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Finance, or Computer Science (or equivalent experience)* Experience building home-grown continuous monitoring solutions or GRC/audit tooling integrations (dashboards, RPA, analytics pipelines)* Self-motivated, thrives in a high-growth environment with strong multi-tasking, analytical, and decision-making skills* Critical thinking self-starter with strong leadership and project management capabilities, including leading projects through a fast-paced life cycle