Director, IT SOX

The role

You will be a hands-on technical contributor and key executor of the IT SOX compliance program. You will focus on IT General Controls, IT Application Controls, and system risk assessments.

What you will do

• Advise on the design of a control environment for an AI-first company
• Partner with Engineering, Security, IT, and DevOps teams to assess controls
• Assess new system implementations and changes
• Identify automation and tooling opportunities to improve control efficiency
• Assist in scoping and planning for annual SOX IT assessments
• Execute IT SOX testing across ITGCs and ITACs
• Perform system and process risk assessments
• Own control documentation and ensure audit-ready evidence
• Evaluate IT automated controls
• Scale the IT SOX program as the company grows

Required qualifications

• Hands-on IT audit or IT SOX compliance experience
• Deep working knowledge of ITGCs, ITACs, and IT risk assessment methodologies
• Experience auditing highly automated DevOps environments
• Experience designing, testing, and documenting controls across access management, change management, and computer operations
• Ability to operate in a high-pace, rapidly changing environment
• Ability to guide and direct the work of internal team members and/or co-sourced partners
• Ability to work independently on complex, ambiguous workstreams
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Clear, effective communicator
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Field of study relevant to the role

Nice to have

• 12+ years of hands-on IT audit and SOX compliance experience, including time in a Big 4 or comparable environment
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments (GCP, AWS, and/or Azure)
• Experience scaling a compliance program to public-company standards
• Track record of scaling an audit or SOX program through periods of rapid growth
• Familiarity with enterprise systems such as Workday, Salesforce, or GitHub
• Experience evaluating SDLC controls in modern software development environments
• CISA, CIA, CISSP, CPA, or equivalent certification
• Genuine enthusiasm for working in an AI-first environment

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation
• Parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas, but not for every role and candidate

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.