- Company Name
- Vercel
- Job Title
- Sr. Director of SOX and Internal Controls
- Job Description
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Job Title: Sr. Director of SOX and Internal Controls
Role Summary: Lead the organization’s SOX 404 compliance and internal control framework, focusing on billing, revenue, and payment systems to prepare for public company status. Provide strategic direction, develop automated and manual controls, and advise business and IT partners on compliance best practices.
Expectations: • Build and maintain a scalable SOX compliance program under the COSO framework.
• Mentor and grow a high‑performing compliance team.
• Deliver timely, accurate reporting to audit committee, external auditors, and executive leadership.
• Ensure controls over system access, change management, data integrity, and revenue recognition for subscription and usage‑based models.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, document and test SOX 404 controls, including scoping, risk assessment, control design, testing, and remediation.
- Partner with IT, Engineering, and Product to develop and monitor automated controls across billing, collection, and revenue recognition systems (e.g., Zuora, Stripe, NetSuite, SAP).
- Establish entity‑level controls, incident reporting frameworks, and reporting structures aligned with public‑company expectations.
- Lead annual and quarterly SOX risk assessments and controls certification processes.
- Prepare audit committee updates, external audit reports, and executive communications.
- Coordinate with external auditors on scoping, testing, and remediation, ensuring audit findings are closed.
- Advise business leaders on control trade‑offs and risk management strategies.
Required Skills:
- 15+ years in internal controls, SOX compliance and audit; 5+ years managing a team.
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP (ASC 606), revenue recognition for SaaS/usage models.
- Experience with high‑volume billing engines (Zuora, Stripe, Recurly, custom) and ERP/finance systems (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle).
- Familiarity with IT general controls and automated control implementation.
- Proven ability to design scalable automated controls and conduct risk assessments.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and analytical problem‑solving.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
- CPA, CIA, or CISA certification strongly preferred; Big‑4 audit experience advantageous.
San francisco bay, United states
Hybrid
Senior
27-11-2025