Senior Auditor - Finance and Operations
$184,000–$245,000 year
HybridSan Francisco, California, United States or San Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Plan and execute SOX walkthroughs and control testing across financial and operational processes, including Financial Close, Revenue, Billing, Procurement, Treasury, and Payroll. Review testing work from co-sourced or junior team members for quality and adherence to methodology, while coordinating evidence collection and remediation efforts with process owners. Identify control deficiencies, evaluate root causes, and partner with Finance and business leadership to design and validate effective remediation plans. Contribute to annual SOX scoping, risk assessments, and Enterprise Risk Management workshops, and prepare clear workpapers and findings summaries for the Audit Committee. Support external auditors during financial-process testing and provide guidance to junior staff on control requirements. This role is calibrated to Manager-level experience at a Big Four firm. The position requires presence in the San Francisco or San Jose office four days per week, with Tuesday designated as a work-from-home day.
Required Qualifications
- Presence in San Jose or San Francisco office location 4 days per week
- Tuesday work from home day
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 8+ years of progressive experience in internal audit, external audit, or accounting/SOX compliance
- Experience equivalent to Manager at a Big Four accounting firm
- Experience equivalent to internal audit professional with comparable scope and seniority in industry
- Experience reviewing and directing the work of junior staff
- Deep working knowledge of COSO framework
- Deep working knowledge of ICFR
- Deep working knowledge of internal audit methodology
- Deep working knowledge of IIA standards
- Experience independently leading testing of financial close
- Experience independently leading testing of revenue
- Experience independently leading testing of procurement
- Experience independently leading testing of treasury
- Experience independently leading testing of other core business-process controls
- Demonstrated experience in enterprise risk management
- Demonstrated experience in operational (non-SOX) audit work
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to independently evaluate financial and operational risk across complex, fast-changing processes
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to review and quality-check the work of junior team members or co-sourced resources
- Organized, detail-oriented mindset
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent process areas in a dynamic, fast-growth environment with minimal oversight
Desired Qualifications
- CPA or CIA certification
- Experience with usage-based, subscription, or long-term/take-or-pay revenue models
- Experience with ASC 606
- Prior experience in a fast-growth or pre-IPO organization
- Experience building or scaling a SOX program ahead of public-company readiness
- Experience with data analytics tools (e.g., SQL, ACL, Power BI, Python)
- Experience with audit management tools (e.g., AuditBoard, Archer, Workiva)
- Exposure to data centre, cloud infrastructure, or other capital-intensive business models
- Prior involvement in ERM program design or risk assessment workshops
- Experience presenting findings to senior leadership or an Audit Committee
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