Job Description
Job Title: Senior IT SOX Compliance Analyst
Division: Governance, Risk & Compliance IT Controls
Position Summary
We are seeking a Senior IT SOX Compliance Analyst with strong experience in SOX IT General Controls (ITGCs) to support and strengthen the organization's internal control environment across a large, global enterprise.
This role acts as a senior individual contributor and subject matter expert, partnering closely with IT control owners, Internal Audit, External Audit, and GRC leadership to ensure IT controls are properly designed, executed, documented, and monitored. The ideal candidate brings deep IT audit knowledge, strong coordination skills, and a continuous improvement mindset to help mature SOX ITGC processes in a dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the end-to-end SOX ITGC lifecycle, including annual scoping support, control design assessments, walkthrough readiness, testing preparation, remediation tracking, and continuous improvement activities.
- Contribute to process maturity initiatives, helping evolve SOX ITGC practices from foundational to more standardized and repeatable processes.
- Facilitate and support control-related activities such as walkthrough coordination, control enablement sessions, and remediation follow-ups, ensuring alignment between control owners and audit expectations.
- Maintain and update the central SOX control repository, ensuring documentation is current, accurate, and clearly mapped to control owners and supporting evidence.
- Partner with Internal Audit and External Audit to align on scope, timing, evidence expectations, and testing approaches to enable efficient audit cycles.
- Assist in the development of SOX ITGC metrics and dashboards, providing insights into control health, remediation status, and audit readiness for leadership review.
- Proactively identify risks, delays, or gaps that may impact audit readiness and escalate concerns appropriately to GRC leadership.
- Support SOX impact assessments for new systems, integrations, or changes (e.g., ERP platforms, manufacturing, or operational systems), working with IT and process owners to evaluate control relevance and readiness.
- Provide guidance and advisory support to control owners on control objectives, evidence requirements, and audit expectations.
- Translate audit observations and feedback into actionable remediation steps, supporting tracking and closure activities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, MIS, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 57 years of experience in IT audit, SOX compliance, or IT risk management, preferably within a Big 4, external audit, or large internal audit environment.
- Strong working knowledge of IT General Controls (ITGCs) and familiarity with IT Application Controls (ITACs) supporting ERP and legacy systems, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial context.
- Direct experience with audit workflow and documentation platforms (e.g., AuditBoard or similar).
- Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Professional certifications such as CISA, CISM, CIA, or CPA (preferred).
About The Team
Work Authorization
No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability.
