Job highlights

- Manage the annual SOX compliance plan,including scoping,risk assessment,and maintenance of the master testing calendar

- Bachelor s degree in Accounting,Finance,Information Systems,or a related field

- . CPA,CIA,CISA,or similar professional credential strongly preferred

Responsibilities

- - Manage the annual SOX compliance plan, including scoping, risk assessment, and maintenance of the master testing calendar.

- Lead walkthroughs with process owners; develop and maintain narratives, flowcharts, and risk control matrices (RCMs).

- Execute and review detailed testing of key manual, automated, ITGC, and entity level controls; ensure work paper quality meets PCAOB standards.

- Evaluate control deficiencies, perform root cause analyses, determine severity, and partner with owners to design and track remediation plans to closure.

- Develop and maintain dashboards and metrics to communicate SOX status, testing progress, and remediation trends to stakeholders and the Audit Committee.

- Administer the enterprise GRC platform (e.g., Workiva, OneTrust): manage workflows, evidence repositories, and continuous monitoring capabilities.

- Coordinate external audit requests, align testing strategies, and negotiate sample rationalization to minimize business disruption.

- Advise control owners on design enhancements, segregation of duties conflicts, and automation opportunities (e.g., RPA, analytics).

- Maintain a common control framework mapping SOX controls to other standards (COSO, COBIT)



and related compliance requirements.

- Provide SOX training and promote a culture of compliance, continuous improvement, and agile practices across finance, IT, and business operations.

- Lead SOX impact assessments for M&A; integrations, recent system implementations, and other significant business changes.

- Mentor and review work of junior staff and co sourced partners, ensuring consistency and high quality across the SOX program.

Qualifications

- - Bachelor s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field; Master s degree a plus.

- 7+ years of combined SOX, internal audit, or Big 4 assurance/advisory experience with hands on exposure to ITGCs and automated controls.

- CPA, CIA, CISA, or similar professional credential strongly preferred.

- Deep knowledge of COSO framework, PCAOB guidance, and leading ERP/Cloud platforms (Workday, Salesforce, Zuora, GitHub).

- Proficiency with GRC/ICFR tools (Workiva, OneTrust, or similar) and data analytics platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SQL).

- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex processes, manage multiple priorities, and drive projects to completion under tight deadlines.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to translate technical control concepts for finance and non technical audiences and present to executives.

- Proven ability to influence cross functional stakeholders, mentor team members, and uphold high ethical standards.

📌 Lead Analyst, SOX Compliance (Hyderabad)
🏢 Genesys
📍 Hyderabad