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Jacobs

Global SOX Director - US Remote

Jacobs, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75215


You’re following your purpose and there’s still more to come. Bring your expertise and leadership skills and explore all that you and your team can accomplish across our global company. As a critical part of Jacobs’ Corporate Accounting department, you’ll join a group of strategically focused professionals who work with process owners worldwide. You’ll guide your team to oversee process owners in the preparation and updating of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) narratives, flowcharts and internal control matrices, organizing and assisting in the SOX testing process, and providing input for remediation of identified control weaknesses and exceptions.

Here are some other ways that you’ll contribute to your team’s success:

• Direct the global SOX compliance program. Review SOX testing, evaluate and determine the significance of exceptions, and report to executive management.

• Prepare quarterly updates on the status of the SOX program for the Audit Committee and present to the Audit Committee biannually.

• Coordinate the planning of the annual SOX program with all SOX stakeholders including Internal Audit, external audit teams in multiple countries, and process owners.

• Oversee the design of SOX controls and test plans. Ensure the controls address the relevant risks.

• Evaluate control impacts of system migrations or other SOX related projects.

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you’re interested in a rewarding career working with the industry’s best and most innovative professionals, then Jacobs is where you belong. As a passionate leader, you’ll leverage your people management skills to help your team members discover what drives them, nurturing their purpose and guiding them forward.

• Bachelor’s in Accounting or Finance

• CPA or CIA designation

• Knowledge of COSO

• Familiarity with COBIT and ITGCs

• Experience with SOX compliance and internal controls in a public company environment

• Experience designing and testing SOX controls

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience managing others

• Big 4 audit or consulting experience

• Experience performing multiple projects, working with diverse teams including team members who do not necessarily report into this function

• Experience interacting with executive management

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.