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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[U.S.]Additional Information:

At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more.

We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.

–Zone A: $88,700 - $165,900

–Zone B: $81,300 - $152,100

–Zone C: $73,900 - $138,300

All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.

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