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Job Summary

The Lead IT SOX Analyst serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for IT controls within Vistra Corp’s SOX Compliance Program, providing leadership, strategic direction, and advisory expertise across technology systems. This highly visible role is pivotal in driving SOX readiness, control optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives, with a strong emphasis on SAP environments and transformational projects.

As a trusted advisor to technology and business leaders, this position partners closely with IT, Finance, Business stakeholders, and internal/external auditors to ensure robust governance, risk alignment, and audit readiness across Vistra’s technology landscape. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in IT control frameworks, audit management, and SAP IT SOX/Compliance reviews, enabling proactive guidance on SOX implications for IT transformations, system implementations, and Technology Services projects.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

•Lead design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of IT SOX control frameworks, processes, and documentation.

•Serve as a primary SOX Subject Matter Expert (SME) across IT systems, particularly SAP, ensuring compliance with regulatory and audit requirements.

•IT SOX planning, readiness, and monitoring activities to sustain compliance maturity and continuous improvement.

•Perform detailed SAP SOX reviews, including automated control design assessments, configuration evaluations, and change management oversight.

•Partner closely with Business Stakeholder, Technology Stakeholders, Security, and Identity teams to align future-state compliance and access control models for enterprise projects.

•Act as a key liaison between IT, Finance, Internal Audit, and external auditors to coordinate SOX testing and remediation deliverables.

•Ensure consistent execution and timely delivery of compliance reporting, dashboards, and executive-level presentations.

•Oversee the maintenance and governance of IT compliance repositories and documentation platforms.

•Provide expert analysis and recommendations to senior leadership regarding compliance processes, automation opportunities, and control optimization.

•Drive education and awareness of SOX expectations and best practices throughout the IT organization.

•Track and report SOX performance metrics year-over-year, highlighting areas of improvement and efficiency gains.

Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements

•6+ years of experience in IT SOX/ITGC compliance, audit, or related controls roles.

•Strong experience leading mock audits, remediation programs, and managing audit lifecycles.

•Technical knowledge across operating systems, databases, middleware, and enterprise applications.

•Excellent stakeholder management and written/verbal communication skills.

•CISA, CISSP, CPA, or similar professional certification.

•Experience supporting M&A due diligence or integration activities from a SOX perspective.

•Demonstrated experience with AuditBoard or similar compliance management tools.

•Hands-on experience implementing Continuous Control Monitoring / automation solutions a plus.

•Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and their control frameworks a plus.

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Job Family

Information Technology

Company

Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations

Irving, Texas

Texas

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Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.

Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.

Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.

As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/ .

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_It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws._

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at [email protected] to make a request.