Senior SOX Risk Advisor

Come join Intuit as a Senior SOX Risk Advisor within the SOX Risk and Compliance Organization (SRCO). SRCO is a function in the Financial Integrity, Transformation & Governance (FITG) 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. In this high-impact role, reporting to the Senior Manager of SOX Risk Advisory, you’ll drive strategic SOX readiness projects and provide risk advisory expertise across many process areas to ensure compliance with SOX while enabling process excellence. You’ll play a key role in strengthening the control environment and maintaining Intuit’s financial integrity.

Support as an end-to-end process and control partner advising control and process owners on SOX requirements, risk assessment, control design, and optimization strategies. Participate in the readiness intake and assessment process of new initiatives or business transformations — including AI-enabled and automated processes — to identify the relevant financial statement risks, financial statement line items, and SOX implications with clear rationale. Develop and execute detailed project plans to ensure SOX readiness projects are delivered on time and with high quality, resulting in well-designed and effective controls. Draft risk and control matrices (RCMs), including key systems, tools, and service providers, based upon review of management’s artifacts (i.e. process documentation, dataflow diagrams, etc.) and walkthroughs across stakeholder groups. Design and execute testing to ensure control evidence and scope are sufficient and aligned with risk. Support the deficiency evaluation process including root cause analysis, management action plan development, and remediation monitoring and validation. Partner with process owners and control owners to drive awareness and understanding of SOX requirements and protocols, control design requirements, and enterprise control strategy. Challenge and optimize control design decisions while balancing business objectives and risk mitigation. Operate with an extreme sense of ownership and forward-looking mindset to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement within our control environment. Proactively lead and influence 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.

4+ years of relevant work experience in Big 4 Public Accounting, risk consulting, and/or in SOX industry experience, Fintech or Software industry experience preferred. BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance or related field. CPA required. CIA or MBA is a plus. Must be able to come to Atlanta, San Diego or Mountain View offices 3 times a week. Strong understanding of financial reporting risk, internal controls (business process and ITGC), and PCAOB requirements. Demonstrated ability to evaluate new processes or changes to processes, assess and identify potential financial reporting risks. Advise on optimal control design, including human-in-the-loop requirements when there is full or partial AI reliance. Proven ability to leverage AI tools and emerging technologies to rethink and redesign processes, reduce manual burden, and drive measurable efficiencies — applying an AI-first mindset to how SOX work gets done, not just what it governs. Must possess strong attention to detail, excellent organizational and multitasking skills in order to work flexibly across