Financial Audit Manager

A World-Changing Company

Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

The Role

As a Financial Audit Manager, you'll report to the Head of Financial Audits and partner together to build and mature our SOX and Financial Compliance Internal Audit program. You'll be responsible for managing activities relating to financial compliance with applicable laws and regulations, particularly requirements as defined by Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

This role involves extensive collaboration with teams across Palantir, including Finance, IT and Legal. In partnership with the Systems and Technology Audit team, you’ll work on maturing the SOX compliance program and execute against it in a high-growth environment. You will be responsible for providing continual oversight of an efficient and effective internal control testing framework, evaluating control deficiencies, interacting with external auditors, and identifying practical and appropriate approaches for control remediation.

Our ideal candidate will have a solution-oriented mindset and risk-based approach to identifying, evaluating, and addressing critical SOX 404 compliance risks, operational business risks and the relevant governance processes.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage SOX compliance activities and milestones - including annual planning for the program (risk assessment and determining scope), walk-throughs, documenting and analyzing procedures and controls, preparing and reviewing appropriate work papers, and continuously working to enhance the SOX program to become more efficient and effective.
• Coordinate with co-sourced providers, external auditors, internal leaders and process owners to ensure engagement and timely execution of audit work and the SOX compliance program including alignment on SOX planning, walk-throughs/testing, audit requests, and deficiency evaluation.
• Assist stakeholders in system implementation and control redesigning efforts that improve the control environment and address control deficiencies.
• Drive education and training of control owners so they better understand internal controls framework and their responsibilities for internal controls over financial reporting.
• Manage financial compliance and operational audits, including but not limited to, audit risk assessment - scoping, planning, fieldwork, execution, and reporting.
• Participate in process reviews and identify opportunities for improvements in operational efficiency and overall effectiveness of the processes and controls.
• Research and stay current on new technical literature applicable to the internal control process (e.g. PCAOB guidance, SEC, COSO etc.).

What We Value

• Technology industry experience.
• Ability to audit customized systems with a focus on high-risk areas such as revenue, cost allocations, and commissions.
• Experience with integrated audit and knowledge of IT SOX.
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity and coordinate multiple project assignments simultaneously in a fast-paced. environment.
• Strong project management skills including the ability to communicate independently with key stakeholders.

What We Require

• Minimum 6 years audit experience, between industry and/or a public accounting firm.
• Professional certification such as CPA, CA or CIA.
• Ability to work at least twice a week from Palo Alto office.