Team Lead, SOX Compliance

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A day in the life of a Team Lead, SOX Compliance at VF looks a little like this.

As VF Corporation continues to develop and mature its overall Digital Technology (DT) Global SOX Compliance program, we are creating the position of Team Lead, SOX Compliance, which will report into the Senior Manager, SOX Compliance.  

This position will have specific DT SOX compliance responsibilities for VF’s Global SOX environment under the oversight of the Senior Manager, SOX Compliance who is responsible for the overall DT internal controls strategy for VF. This position will be responsible for partnering with the Senior Manager, SOX Compliance to maintain the DT internal controls strategy to ensure the right balance for an effective and compliant internal controls environment with resources and costs. This position will be responsible for providing guidance to the Global DT organization on IT General Controls, managing SOX projects and overseeing SOX control facilitation.  

The position will also participate in activities around DT internal and external audits. The position will be involved in determining impacts of mergers and acquisitions on the SOX landscape and be responsible for ensuring compliance risks are mitigated. The position will supervise multiple aspects of the DT Compliance department including the development of staff which may include coaching and supervising internal personnel as well as co-sourced staff providing services to DT Compliance in support of the SOX control framework. 

Let’s break down that day in the life a little bit more.

DT Control Design and Implementation  

• Partners with Global Internal Controls, Global SOX coordinators, DT Project Management Office (PMO) and other DT stakeholders, under the supervision of the DT SOX Compliance Leadership Team to understand initiatives and determine the impact to DT SOX controls 

• Participates in meetings with Global Internal Controls and external auditors to discuss the status of DT SOX impacted projects 

• Coach and supervise other team members on the completion of tasks associated to projects (IT Risk and Control Assessment, SOC Report Assessment, IT SOX Control Design, etc.)    

• Collaborates with DT Compliance and Technology teams to ensure controls are designed effectively and efficiently utilizing VF automation tools where possible   

• Completes review and sign off on the design of controls and collaborates with control owners for alignment 

• Collaborates with DT Control Owners to ensure proposed controls are designed effectively and implemented to start operating by agreed upon timeliness  

• Communicate open risks that need added to the risk register to DT Senior Leadership  

• Develop mitigation plans for any open risks at go-live  

• Participates in control walkthroughs with the testing team and external audit for all new or changed controls  

DT Control Facilitation, Monitoring and Reporting  

• Partners with the DT SOX Compliance Leadership Team to direct the DT internal controls strategy, to ensure the right balance for an effective and compliant internal controls environment, with resources and costs. 

• Develops training materials and leads training sessions for DT stakeholders on SOX related topics 

• Identifies improvement opportunities for SOX compliance processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness while maintaining a high standard of controls 

• Champion the continued development of SOX Compliance awareness within the DT organization 

• Stay informed on emerging technology risks and SOX Compliance best practices  

• Participates in meetings with the testing team and external auditors for the duration of th