Assistant Manager, Financial Reporting Controls SOX- (ITGC)

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Your role at Clorox:

The Assistant Manager, FRC SOX IT will support the Company’s IT SOX compliance program, with a focus on strengthening and maintaining the Information Technology General Controls (ITGC) environment in alignment with SOX requirements. This role serves as a key partner to cross-functional process owners, providing guidance on IT control design, execution, and testing.

As a hands-on contributor, you will help ensure the Company’s ITGC framework remains effective, while supporting readiness for new processes and systems. You’ll play a critical role in IT scoping and rationalization, overseeing SOX applications and key reports, ensures successful completion of external audits through managing requests and relationships, and partnering with internal stakeholders to assess control impacts from system implementations and emerging technologies.

In this role, you will:

• Support the IT SOX compliance program, including ITGC planning, scoping, and rationalization activities.
• Maintain and monitor master data for ITGCs, SOX applications, and key reports to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Provide guidance to process and control owners on ITGC design, operation, and testing approaches.
• Assist in the design, implementation, and testing of ITGCs for new or changing systems, supporting change management initiatives to ensure effective controls are built into processes and sustained post-implementation.
• Perform analysis of identified control deficiencies, including root cause assessment, risk evaluation, and supporting remediation efforts with control owners.
• Support external audit readiness by coordinating requests, preparing documentation, and representing the company during walkthroughs and discussions.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure timely and effective remediation of issues raised by auditors or identified through internal reviews.
• Assist in continuous improvement efforts by identifying opportunities for efficiency, consistency, and enhanced control practices within the IT SOX framework.

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What we look for:

Experience:

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience working with ITGCs in a SOX business environment
• Experience in big 4 public accounting experience preferred

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley Regulation and recent PCAOB requirements specific to ITGCs
• Ability to lead cross-functional change initiative and form solid business relationships across functions
• Demonstrated success with developing and/or managing systems implementations that result in an effective ITGC environment as well as process efficiency and effectiveness
• Ability to assess processes and systems to identify key control activities, determine whether they are functioning properly, and identify and implement improvements to drive efficiency and effectiveness
• Ability to project manage multiple workflows concurrently
• Strong verbal and written communication, including the ability to influence others when it comes to communicating and developing processes with appropriate internal control considerations
• SAP knowledge highly preferred
• Workday highly preferred
• Auditboard highly preferred

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance, or Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting or other related field
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and/or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) preferred, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

Workplace type:

Hybrid - 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home

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