Senior SOX Controls & Automation Advisor

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

The Cigna Group is seeking an Accounting Manager (Senior Advisor) to lead Enterprise SOX optimization, automation, and continuous controls monitoring. You will partner across Finance, Technology, Operations, Internal Audit, and external auditors to design scalable, technology-enabled control solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of SOX experience, Big 4 risk consulting, and a track record translating complex controls into practical business and tech outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business, Risk Management, or related field.
• 5–7 years of relevant SOX, internal controls, audit, risk consulting, technology risk, or controls transformation experience.
• Big 4 risk consulting, IT audit, assurance, or advisory experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of SOX, ICFR, COSO, PCAOB expectations, and control design principles.
• Hands-on experience with business process controls, ITGCs, AI controls, key report controls, documentation, testing, remediation, audit coordination, and advisory activities.
• Experience with SOX technology or GRC platforms, preferably Optro/AuditBoard or comparable tools such as Workiva.
• Experience with data analytics, reporting, dashboarding, automated testing, or control automation initiatives.
• Professional certification such as CPA, CISA, CIA, CRMA, or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Enhance SOX technology capabilities, including Optro (AuditBoard) reporting, dashboards, analytics, automated testing, and repeatable testing routines.
• Design and support continuous controls monitoring to provide scalable, data-driven insight into control performance and risk trends.
• Translate control failures, audit findings, process pain points, and recurring manual testing into automation and monitoring use cases.
• Partner with business, data, analytics, and Technology teams to define requirements, validate data sources, and support implementation.

Skills

SOX testing

Automation

Data analytics

Power BI

Excel

SQL

Python

ICFR

Audit coordination

stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/IS/Business/RMC

Tools

Optro/AuditBoard

Workiva

Power BI

Alteryx

SQL

Job description

The Cigna Group is seeking an Accounting Manager (Senior Advisor) to lead Enterprise SOX optimization, automation, and continuous controls monitoring. You will partner across Finance, Technology, Operations, Internal Audit, and external auditors to design scalable, technology-enabled control solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of SOX experience, Big 4 risk consulting, and a track record translating complex controls into practical business and tech outcomes.