SOX Risk Architect & Compliance Leader

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

401(k)

Long-term incentives

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a SOX Risk Architect & Compliance Lead to drive IT risk management, governance and compliance programs across the enterprise. You will partner with internal audit, controls owners and BTS teams to implement SOX controls, automate evidence collection, and ensure regulatory alignment.

The role demands strong risk assessment design and mastery of COBIT, ISO 27001, and ITIL frameworks. The position requires exceptional communication with senior leadership and a proven track record

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Computer Engineering with 7 years experience; Or Master's 6 years; Or PhD with 2 years in IT compliance, IT risk, and/or IT audit.
• In-depth understanding of regulatory and contractual compliance, especially SOX.
• Advanced knowledge of risk assessment design and delivery.
• Experience communicating to committees, senior management and executives.
• Experience with IT processes, risk, and control frameworks (COBIT, ISO 27001, ITIL, Risk IT).
• Requires knowledge of outsourcing methodologies and working with professional services firms.
• Experience overseeing geographically distributed and culturally diverse workgroups.

Responsibilities

• Establish and oversee formal risk analysis and risk-assessment programs for IT systems and processes focusing on SOX controls.
• Drive technology enablement to automate SOX audit evidence delivery.
• Ensure and monitor compliance with SOX and other regulations.
• Liaise with Internal Audit, controls, internal/external auditors and BTS teams to remediate issues; track compliance-related issues.
• Participate in creating and maintaining AbbVie's risk, security & compliance policies and baselines.
• Maintain expertise on governance, risk, security & compliance trends to mitigate exposures.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable corporate and divisional policies.
• Review and provide input to improve procedures.

Skills

SOX compliance

IT risk management

Governance & controls

Risk assessment design

Regulatory awareness

Communication skills

Frameworks (COBIT, ISO 27001, ITIL, RM

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Master's Degree

PhD (with IT compliance/audit)

Tools

COBIT

ISO 27001

ITIL

Risk IT

Job description

AbbVie is seeking a SOX Risk Architect & Compliance Lead to drive IT risk management, governance and compliance programs across the enterprise. You will partner with internal audit, controls owners and BTS teams to implement SOX controls, automate evidence collection, and ensure regulatory alignment.

The role demands strong risk assessment design and mastery of COBIT, ISO 27001, and ITIL frameworks. The position requires exceptional communication with senior leadership and a proven track record