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Job Description

The Associate Director, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance and Controls oversees internal control over financial reporting for the Company. The SOX Compliance and Controls team is responsible for oversight and reporting on the internal control design. He/she will be responsible for the maintenance and preparation of clear, detailed and accurate SOX documentation, including narratives/process diagrams, control descriptions, risk control matrices and partners with Internal Audit in planning the SOX compliance testing program. He/she develops working relationships with cross-functional partners and various levels of management.

Essential Duties and Job Functions

• Act as Subject Matter Expert on internal controls during process, system or policy changes
• Mentor and develop SOX Compliance and Controls team
• Mentor and educate internal customers, companywide, in regards to internal controls and SOX compliance
• Partner with the business process owners during design, modification, or streamlining of process and controls
• Ensure appropriate documentation of internal controls analysis to comply with SOX requirements and/or internal policy
• Develop and produce reports on SOX related project status, trends, and remediation of deficiencies
• Recommend improvements to process, controls and/or test programs to improve process efficiency/effectiveness and/or control environment
• Partner with and/or be the liaison between business process owners and Internal Audit and
• External Audit during resolution of control findings
• Partner with IT SOX manager to ensure appropriate IT controls design
• Participate in special projects, as required

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• Bacheloregree in Business, Finance or Accounting
• CIA or CPA with a Big 4 public accounting firm is strongly preferred
• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience, a mix of private industry and public accounting or internal audit preferred
• Experience in designing, monitoring, or evaluating internal controls and SOX compliance programs for a multinational organization
• Strong planning, project management and analytical skills
• Excellent leadership, communication and influencing skills
• Experience with large ERP systems strongly preferred
• Experience in biotech or pharmaceuticals and/or in a large multi-national organization strongly preferred

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