Associate Director, SOX

About the role

The Associate Director - SOX will lead the SOX IT testing team and the end-to-end delivery of GSK's Sarbanes-Oxley IT general controls programme, reporting to the Director, Compliance Operations. This is a leadership role accountable for the SOX IT controls capability, from scoping and testing through remediation and external audit coordination.

What you'll do

• Lead the SOX IT testing team, including its people, delivery and outcomes, planning and executing the annual testing cycle across in-scope systems
• Manage delivery against the SOX testing roadmap and escalate blockers early
• Develop team capability in SOX ITGC and IT audit testing through coaching, review and structured feedback
• Represent the SOX programme in CSO and Finance governance forums, including Risk boards and Audit Committee reporting
• Run the annual SOX ITGC testing cycle, covering access, change, operations and program development controls

What you need

• SOX
• Risk management
• Compliance
• Audit
• IAM
• Cloud security
• Any graduate

Good to have

• Internal audit
• SAP
• ERP
• CISA
• CISSP
• ISO 27001