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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. We partner closely with business, technology, and assurance stakeholders to ensure financial reporting integrity and readiness for change. Within SRCO, the **SOX Strategy, Operations & Audit Excellence** team is responsible for end-to-end program governance, audit lifecycle execution, strategic transformation, and operational enablement.

We are seeking a **Lead** who thrives at the intersection of program management, process improvement, and technology. This high-impact individual contributor role reports to the Senior Manager, SOX Strategy, Operations & Audit Excellence. In this role you will oversee and drive strategic improvements to the overall SOX program and how we operate - including operational coordination and execution of Intuit’s SOX calendar and program protocols, training education plan across all stakeholders, and optimization opportunities across the SOX lifecycle. This is a high-visibility individual contributor role with broad cross-functional reach, supporting the transformation of how SOX is run at scale.

What you'll bring

+ 8-10 years of experience in SOX compliance, internal audit, external audit, program/project management, or related functions. SaaS or technology industry experience is strongly preferred.

+ Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline; CPA required. MBA or CIA a plus.

+ Must be able to be in office either our Mountain View, San Diego or Atlanta offices at least 3 times a week.

+ Strong understanding of internal control over financial reporting, risk assessment, PCAOB expectations and SOX audit requirements.

+ Excellent interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functionally and at all levels of management. Effectively navigates social dynamics of teams, groups, and organizations.

+ Proven leadership and process management skills, including the ability to think and lead multiple complex projects simultaneously, deliver on time, and with high quality.

+ Excellent analytical and organizational skills, time prioritization and risk assessment.

+ 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.

+ High attention to detail and quality, balanced with the ability to see the big picture and identify areas for process simplification.

+ Ability to 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.

How you will lead

+ Design and drive strategy for continuous improvement and transformation of SOX operations, including process simplification, optimization of walkthroughs, reliance and testing strategy, and tooling and automation.

+ Drive overall scoping and risk assessment process, including enhancements to increase efficiency and effectiveness, engagement with business stakeholders, and alignment with senior leadership, the SRCO team, external auditors and business stakeholders.

+ Manage co-source relationships, including SOW, overall audit status and reporting, quality control approach and evaluation, and any required changes or operating mechanisms to ensure a timely and quality audit.

+ Manage overall SRCO budget and monthly accruals. Regularly monitor and report on budget vs. actuals and proactively monitor any service changes that impact the budget and ensure monthly alignment with Sr. Leadership.

+ Design and manage the end to end document request process to ensure that requests are timely, status and quality concerns are monitored and reported regularly, and issues are escalated and addressed proactively with SRCO and business leaders. Drive implementation of enhancements to the process.

+ Develop and manage deficiency identification, documentation and and tracking process across stakeholders, including defining templates, SLAs, related reporting and dashboarding, and stakeholder education and alignment.

+ Make program level decisions based on data and SOX guidance and drive the end-to-end outcomes independently. Transparently communicate strategies, decisions, and trade offs cross-functionally to ensure alignment on the objectives and across teams.

+ 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 program, control environment and related financial risk.

+ Monitor the internal and external environment, evolving SOX Requirements, and updates under prevailing regulatory bodies (PCAOB). Incorporate these changes into current policies, program strategy and training as necessary. Maintain active relationships with professional colleagues outside the company in order to understand current best practices.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Intuit will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements of local law.