Accounting Manager – Enterprise SOX Optimization and Automation (Senior Advisor)

Summary The Cigna Group is seeking an Accounting Manager (Senior Advisor), Enterprise SOX Optimization and Automation , to support Enterprise SOX modernization and help advance a more technology-enabled, risk-focused, and scalable SOX program. This experienced individual contributor will serve as a SOX controls and automation subject matter expert, partnering across Finance, Technology, Operations, Internal Audit, and external auditors to optimize control design and enable sustainable automation and continuous monitoring capabilities. The role will focus on SOX program technology, reporting, analytics, automated testing, continuous controls monitoring, control rationalization, process mapping, and controls advisory support for enterprise transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings 5–7 years of SOX experience, preferably through Big 4 risk consulting, and can translate complex control requirements into practical business and technology solutions.

SOX Technology, Reporting, Analytics, and Automation Enhance SOX technology capabilities, including Optro (formerly AuditBoard) reporting, dashboards, analytics, automated testing, and repeatable testing routines. Design and support continuous controls monitoring to provide scalable, data-driven insight into control performance and risk trends. Translate control failures, audit findings, process pain points, and recurring manual testing into automation and monitoring use cases. Partner with business, data, analytics, and Technology teams to define requirements, validate data sources, and support implementation. Control Rationalization, Optimization, and Automation Lead SOX control rationalization and optimization with process owners, control owners, Technology partners, Internal Audit, and external auditors. Assess controls to identify duplication, excessive manual effort, limited risk coverage, and opportunities to improve precision, efficiency, automation, and sustainability. Recommend control redesign options that reduce manual or detective controls while maintaining alignment with SOX, COSO, PCAOB, and internal expectations. Prepare clear documentation, decision support, and stakeholder-ready recommendations for optimization opportunities. Process Mapping, Risk Identification, and Control Design Perform process mapping and analysis to identify financial reporting risks, data dependencies, system touchpoints, control points, and control design requirements. Develop and maintain process narratives, flowcharts, risk and control matrices, control documentation, and implementation materials. Advise on automated business process controls, IT-dependent or automated controls, and key report controls. Evaluate key reports, spreadsheets, and system-generated data used in SOX control performance. Transformation, System Change, and Control Advisory Support Provide SOX impact assessments and control design advisory support for transformation projects, system implementations, process redesigns, technology enhancements, and AI adoption. Assess risks related to data integrity, system changes, access, interfaces, configurations, and technology-enabled financial reporting processes. Advise teams on integrating control requirements before go-live for new processes and technology changes. Support interim control design, implementation readiness, and testing considerations during phased rollouts or transition periods. Stakeholder Influence, Guidance, and Communications Serve as a trusted controls advisor to Finance, Technology, and Operations stakeholders. Translate technical SOX requirements into practical business and technology guidance. Develop guidance, training, communications, templates, and playbooks to strengthen control awareness and consistency. Prepare executive-ready updates on modernization progress, risks, issues, automation opportunities, and expected benefits.

Background and Experience Required Bachelor’s degree in