Finance SOX Manager

Finance SOX Manager

Do you have strong experience in SOX compliance, internal controls, and audit within finance processes?

Are you ready to lead control testing, stakeholder engagement, and compliance excellence within Elsevier’s Finance team?

About our Team

At Elsevier, our team is dedicated to developing professionals with a strong foundation in finance control, auditing, and reporting disciplines. We tackle a variety of routine compliance challenges, empowering our members to apply their knowledge in practical settings while enhancing their problem-solving skills.

We foster an environment of continuous learning through mentorship, training resources, and collaborative experiences, ensuring our team stays current with industry practices and regulatory requirements. Together, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where innovative ideas are valued, and every member contributes to driving compliance and excellence within our organization.

About the Role

The SOX Manager is responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of internal controls in line with corporate objectives and regulatory requirements, including SOX and related standards. This role reviews, develops, implements, and maintains controls across processes, systems, financial statements, journals, and reports; identifies control gaps and drives timely remediation; ensures process documentation is regularly updated; and supports internal and external audit requirements, including management attestation activities. The role also manages a small team, sets priorities to address operational needs, and oversees team performance through objective setting, reviews, and pay recommendations, with decisions guided by policies, resources, and business plans.

Responsibilities

·       Lead the annual SOX testing lifecycle, including planning, coordination, execution, reporting, and close-out of management testing for key financial controls.

·       Own and maintain the internal controls framework, including RACMs, narratives, and flowcharts, ensuring accurate documentation across significant finance processes.

·       Ensure comprehensive control coverage across P2P, O2C, R2R, and other relevant finance processes in line with SOX, ICFR, and financial statement assertions.

·       Conduct walkthroughs for in-scope financial processes to identify key controls, assess risks, and validate assertion coverage such as completeness, accuracy, and existence.

·       Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of manual and automated controls to ensure they prevent or detect material misstatements.

·       Lead deficiency assessment, remediation planning, tracking, and re-testing to ensure timely resolution and effective control performance.

·       Act as the primary liaison with business stakeholders, management, external auditors, and internal audit teams to support smooth audit coordination and compliance alignment.

·       Manage SOX testing delivery and a small team, balancing individual responsibilities with oversight, review, stakeholder training, process improvement, transformation readiness, and ITGC collaboration.

Requirements

·       Hold a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or possess a professional accounting and/or auditing qualification.

·       Bring over 8 years of relevant experience in financial reporting, SOX compliance, internal controls over financial reporting, audit, compliance, or a similar field.

·       Demonstrate 2–3 years of leadership experience, including managing a small team of 2–4 people and engaging effectively with stakeholders.

·       Have strong working knowledge of key systems and tools, including advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Hyperion, Oracle, and an understanding of IT general controls.

·       Communicate effectively in spoken and written English with a high level of clarity and professionalism.

·       Work effectively within multi-location and global teams across different time zones.

·       Apply advanced stakeholder management and engagement skills to support collaboration, alignment, and effective delivery.

·       Demonstrate strong integrity and the ability to speak up, escalate potential control issues promptly, and quickly learn and apply enterprise AI tools to support technical workflows and business objectives.

This role requires to work in Hybrid mode and in shifts from 1pm-10pm (UK Shift Timings)

Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
● Comprehensive Health Insurance: Covers you, your immediate family, and parents.
● Enhanced Health Insurance Options: Competitive rates negotiated by the company.
● Group Life Insurance: Ensuring financial security for your loved ones.
● Group Accident Insurance: Extra protection for accidental death and permanent disablement.
● Flexible Working Arrangement: Achieve a harmonious work-life balance.
● Employee Assistance Program: Access support for personal and work-related challenges.
● Medical Screening: Your well-being is a top priority.
● Modern Family Benefits: Maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
● Long-Service Awards: Recognizing dedication and commitment.
● New Baby Gift: Celebrating the joy of parenthood.
● Various Paid Time Off: Take time off with Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, and Gazetted Public Holidays.
 

About the Business
 

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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