Principal, SOX Risk Advisory

Company Overview

Job Overview

The SOX Risk & Compliance Office (SRCO) is a newly established function, in the Controllership, Assurance and Operations organization, focused on enabling a modern, sustainable, and effective SOX program. SRCO plays a critical role in enabling Intuit’s continued growth with a strong foundation of financial compliance, risk management, and operational excellence. Within SRCO, the SOX Risk Advisory team acts as strategic advisors to business process owners, control owners, and our Technology Compliance and Risk Management Organization (TCRM) to ensure financial reporting integrity and readiness for business change.

We’re looking for a Principal to join the SOX Risk Advisory team, focused in the Monetization and end-to-end Revenue process areas. This is a high-impact individual contributor role reporting to the Director of SOX Risk Advisory. As a Principal, you will be a trusted partner to our cross-functional stakeholders - bringing deep process, risk, and controls expertise to help the company drive a scalable, well-designed control environment. You’ll play a key role in financial and technology risk assessment, readiness, control optimization, and change enablement for Intuit’s SOX program.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an end-to-end process and controls expert in the Monetization and Revenue process areas, advising control and process owners on SOX requirements, risk assessment, control design, and optimization strategies.
• Evaluate control changes, business process transformations, and new initiatives for SOX impact and provide clear, actionable recommendations.
• Drive coordination and program management for initiatives impacting SOX scope, including new scope, business changes, and optimization.
• Participate in walkthroughs for high-risk areas and changes to help ensure readiness and control design effectiveness.
• Partner with process owners, control owners, and TCRM to drive awareness and understanding of SOX requirements and protocols, control design requirements, and enterprise control strategy.
• Support the deficiency evaluation process including root cause analysis, management action plan development, and remediation monitoring and validation.
• Develop and review new and updated testing procedures to ensure control evidence and scope are sufficient and aligned with risk.
• Support and co-develop SOX training and enablement initiatives for control owners and key stakeholders.
• Proactively lead and influence cross-functionally and at all levels of management. Cultivate strong relationships with leaders in Accounting, Finance, and across the Business in order to facilitate timely, high-quality decision-making in connection with the SOX control environment and related financial risk.
• Lead with a transformational and forward-looking mindset to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement within our control environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in internal audit, SOX compliance, risk advisory, or public accounting. Experience in the Fintech or software industry is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. CPA required, CIA or MBA a plus.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting risk, internal controls (business process and ITGC), and PCAOB requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to assess process and control changes, evaluate risk, and advise on control and process design in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functionally and at all levels of management and effectively navigate the social dynamics of teams, groups, and organizations.
• Proven leadership and process management skills, including the ability to think and lead multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communications, presentation, and influencing skills. , Superior ability to clearly articulate a point of view and adjust communication style and content to suit audience needs.
• Ability to simplify complex concepts into clear and action-oriented communications and work through ambiguity, with confidence in making tough calls and leading through adversity with a sharp focus on driving the right outcomes.
• Ability to proactively look ahead, anticipate questions, independently assess risk, think critically and creatively to achieve the best outcome, and elevate issues to the right level internally and externally to resolve.
• Hands-on experience with SOX readiness, automation, or transformation initiatives is a plus.