Sr. Manager, IT SOX Compliance

Company: Poshmark
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

This role requires Hybrid in-office 3x/week in our Redwood City HQ when we return to office.
Poshmark is seeking a Senior Manager, IT SOX Compliance to assist and participate to establish and support our SOX compliance implementation efforts. We're the largest social commerce marketplace for fashion where anyone can buy, sell, and share their personal style. With over two million Seller Stylists and millions of shoppers, Poshmark brings together a vibrant community every day to express themselves and share their love of fashion
As the Senior Manager, IT SOX Compliance, you will work to assist and drive our internal policies and SOX compliance implementation by partnering with cross functional teams to design, develop and test against established SOX compliance controls. The visibility across the functions provides valuable insights into process and controls as you work with various business process owners. The ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders, outsourced consultants, and external auditor to further define and document robust controls and processes to establish best practices monitoring and review process to mitigate risk and ensure SOX compliance. The candidate must have strong experience with Sarbanes Oxley, COSO framework and PCAOB requirements, be detailed oriented, hands on, have strong technical and communication skills. This position requires management capabilities to communicate with and educate finance and non-finance personnel on internal controls, financial policies, and reporting requirements.
The role reports to Senior Director, SOX Compliance and Governance. You will be responsible for establishing, coordinating, and directing the overall IT SOX program within the team, including resources, timing of required activities such as walkthroughs, testing and reporting based on agreed upon timing with external auditors and Management. This role will be primarily responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing company-wide IT SOX Compliance efforts and other special projects.
You will have the opportunity to work closely with our growing Finance team, as well as cross functionally with leadership on our Operations, Marketing, Product, Data, and Engineering teams. Seeking someone with attention to detail and the ability to pivot to keep up with the changing business landscape who also advocates best practices. The flexibility and ability to collaborate with the teams to execute and implement better controls in the most efficient way possible to ultimately enable quality reporting and accounting operations that support the growth of our business.
Responsibilities:

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• Assist in driving the SOX process from design, development, testing and walkthroughs over the company's SOX 404(b) implementation and adoption of company's internal control over financial reporting.
  
• Responsible for walkthroughs, testing, remediation, documentation, and reporting for IT controls, including IT General Controls, Automated Controls, Interfaces, Reports and End-User Computing Controls, IT tool testing etc.
  
• Lead IT SOX audits on general controls, application and interface controls, experience with ERP system experience is desirable
  
• Review SOX control documentation for completeness and accuracy of reports and Information Produced by the Entity (IPE).
  
• Evaluate risks and controls for new system implementations, assess the financial impact on SOX controls and provide solutions and recommendation to identified issues.
  
• Explore and support automation strategies for control testing
  
• Participate in process reviews and identify opportunities for significant enhancements in operational efficiency, overall effectiveness, and identifiable benefits to the company.
  
• Provide routine and educational training to the control owners to ensure a thorough understanding of the SOX program, control design and the impact of their controls on Poshmark's financial statements.
  
• Ownership for drafting and finalizing in partnership with internal and external audit deficiency remediation.
  
• Assist in providing regular reporting to senior management regarding control performance and findings.
  
• Manage and coordinate control testing performed by a third-party service provider and management attestation as to the effectiveness of the control environment.
  
• Review controls regularly to ensure adequate design. Provide guidance, identify improvements to control design and monitor remediation efforts.
  
  Requirements:
  
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  • 7-10 years of work experience, with 3+ years at a public accounting firm preferred, including experience in SOX/internal controls, internal/external auditing, operation, and process improvement
    
  • -Minimum experience of seven years in internal or external auditing, with emphasis on IT auditing, preferably with a multi-national company or Big 4 accounting firm. -
    
  • Bachelor's degree is required in a related field, information systems, computer science, business, finance, or accounting preferred. One of the following professional certifications required: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP); Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)
    
  • A strong understanding of the ITGC areas and the IT governance framework (COBIT)
    
  • Strong understanding, expertise, and experience in PCAOB standards, SOX, COSO Framework, SEC, and US GAAP.
    
  • Experience with risk areas including, financial, operational, compliance and cybersecurity
    
  • Demonstrated experience in conducting risk assessments, internal audit projects and executing internal control audits
    
  • Ability to meet stringent deadlines in a fast-paced environment, demonstrates sense of urgency and should be results driven.
    
  • Demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership with focus on continuous improvement.
    
  • Strong project management skills and able to work independently and effectively within a team environment.
    

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