About the role
SOX Project Manager
- Location: Torrance, CA
- Work Model: 4 days onsite
- Lead and coordinate SOX compliance activities across multiple IT and business projects, ensuring adherence to Sarbanes-Oxley requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
- Evaluate project scope and determine SOX applicability, ensuring alignment with ITGC, ITAC, APD, PGC, and COP control requirements.
- Serve as the primary liaison between project teams, SOX Governance, Internal Audit, Compliance, and External Auditors.
- Conduct periodic reviews of SOX in-scope projects and support Design Effectiveness (DE) and Operating Effectiveness (OE) assessments.
- Identify, document, and track SOX control deficiencies, compliance gaps, remediation plans, and corrective actions.
- Facilitate audit readiness activities, including evidence collection, documentation reviews, and support for internal and external audits.
- Maintain project governance artifacts such as organization charts, RACI matrices, RAID logs, resource plans, cost plans, project schedules, and financial forecasts.
- Ensure compliance with PMO governance standards, project management methodologies, and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and maintain SOX compliance documentation, dashboards, status reports, process maps, and workflow documentation.
- Provide regular compliance status updates, risk assessments, and audit findings reports to leadership and key stakeholders.
- Coordinate and collaborate with Project Managers, PMO teams, Business Stakeholders, Compliance teams, Internal Audit, and external audit firms to resolve control and compliance issues.
- Support ongoing risk and controls management activities, including access reviews, risk assessments, monitoring control effectiveness, and driving continuous compliance improvements.
Good to Have
- SOX certifications
- PMP certifications
- Auto finance industry knowledge
Mandatory Skills
- Benefits Management
- Project Financial Management
- Project Governance
- Risk/Crisis Management
- Stakeholder Management