Senior SOX Control Analyst

Digital Outsource Services; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Outsource Services in Cape Town is seeking a qualified compliance professional to lead SOX assessments, enhance control frameworks, and engage with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 4-7 years of experience in financial controls or audit.

Key responsibilities include risk assessment, control design, and continuous improvement of SOX processes. The company values integrity, innovation, and teamwork, ensuring a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• 4 - 7+ years’ experience in SOX compliance, internal audit, or financial controls.
• Strong understanding of SOX and COSO frameworks.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess key financial reporting risks.
• Support the design and implementation of controls.
• Perform proactive quality assurance reviews of key processes.

Skills

SOX compliance

Financial controls

Communication skills

Project Management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business

Professional certifications like CPA, CA(SA), CIA, CISA

Tools

PowerBI

Workiva

Job description

What you’ll do

• Risk Assessment & Scoping: Identify and assess key financial reporting risks, including risks arising from Digital platforms, Payments and transactional flows, Regulatory and jurisdictional requirements.
• Lead or actively drive annual SOX scoping and risk assessment exercises; evaluate the impact of emerging risks on the control environment.
• Control Design & Framework Enhancement: Support the design and implementation of controls aligned to COSO principles; independently assess the adequacy of existing control structures and recommend improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement of the SOX control framework; support the integration of controls into new systems, processes, or business initiatives.
• Process Reviews & SOX Impact Assessments: Perform proactive quality assurance reviews of key processes and controls; assess SOX implications of changes due to accounting or regulatory updates, process or policy changes, system implementations or enhancements, organisational restructuring.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure controls evolve alongside business changes.
• Deficiencies and Issue Resolution: Assess control deficiencies/observations, support development of remediation plans, track remediation activities, validate remediation actions, maintain oversight of deficiency trends, collaborate with control owners.
• SOX Programme Delivery, Governance and Documentation: Support maintenance of SOX PMO governance, ensure timely delivery of evidence and documentation, coordinate SOX activities across stakeholders.
• Reporting, Training & Policy Management: Prepare status updates, memos, dashboards, metrics; contribute to materials for management and audit committee reporting; support creation and maintenance of SOX and internal control policies; develop and deliver training materials; provide insights into control effectiveness.
• Audit & Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with Internal Audit and External Auditors; own responses to audit queries; act as liaison; provide guidance on SOX requirements.
• Continuous Improvement & Automation: Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, and automate controls; support use of systems and data analytics; drive improvements in efficiency, scalability, quality.

What you’ll bring

• Clear, confident communication (written and verbal) and ability to breakdown complex ideas.
• Collaborative mindset; work smoothly with cross‑functional teams.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to high‑quality work.
• Adaptability; stay sharp, productive and positive in fast‑moving environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 4 - 7+ years’ experience in SOX compliance, internal audit, or financial controls.
• Strong understanding of SOX and COSO frameworks.
• Experience in a listed or multinational environment.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Project Management – skilled in managing multiple stakeholders, timelines, audit deliverables.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, CA(SA), CIA, or CISA.

Desirable Skills

• In-depth knowledge of sports betting markets, odds calculation, betting types and market trends.
• Previous experience in the online gaming or casino industry with strong understanding of player behaviour and industry regulations.
• Familiarity with gambling regulations and compliance requirements in various jurisdictions.
• Experience with ERP systems and SOX tools such as Workiva, Optro, PowerBI.
• Experience working with external and internal audit teams.

Additional Information

Our culture is underpinned by core values: Adaptability, Ownership and accountability, Initiating action, Resilience, Team orientation, Integrity, Innovation.

This role requires trust and honesty. Access to customer financial details; a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done.