SOX Controls Lead — Global Financial Risk & Controls

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior SOX Program Manager to lead the GFRC SOX program from Arlington, VA. You will drive control design, implementation, and ongoing assessment with engineering, finance, and IT teams to strengthen internal controls over financial reporting.

In this role you will manage audits with external auditors, refine risk methodologies, and partner across the enterprise to embed control requirements into system launches and business processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required.
• 4+ years of auditing business processes, information system, risk mitigation, program compliance or internal audits experience.
• 4+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience.
• Knowledge of IT general controls (ITGCs), including access management, change management, and IT operations.
• Experience with SOX scoping, risk assessment, control design, testing, and remediation.

Responsibilities

• Executing on SOX controls strategies, including maintaining and improving program policies and procedures.
• Contributing to deep dives on IT and business process areas to define the set of risks and controls in addressing financial reporting risk.
• Supporting continuous improvement of the SOX program through risk assessment updates, methodology enhancements, and process optimization.
• Supporting the quarterly 302 sub-certification process and related reporting.
• Assisting in the evaluation of identified control deficiencies and monitoring of remediation efforts.
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure control requirements are embedded into large-scale organizational programs.
• Driving control design and implementation with engineering, business, and accounting teams.
• Providing ongoing support to process owners/control owners and cross-functional teams to ensure controls are designed and implemented effectively.
• Advising engineering teams on ITGC requirements for access management, change management, and IT operations controls.
• Consulting on control solutions that balance compliance requirements with operational efficiency and scalability.
• Managing auditor inquiries and facilitating timely resolution of identified findings.
• Maintaining ongoing relationships with external audit teams to proactively address emerging compliance concerns.

Skills

ITGC knowledge

SOX

risk assessment

auditing

communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior SOX Program Manager to lead the GFRC SOX program from Arlington, VA. You will drive control design, implementation, and ongoing assessment with engineering, finance, and IT teams to strengthen internal controls over financial reporting.

In this role you will manage audits with external auditors, refine risk methodologies, and partner across the enterprise to embed control requirements into system launches and business processes.