About the job

Our client, an ambitious international manufacturing business, is currently searching for a Senior Manager Internal Controls & Sox to join the team in Munich, Germany or Tyrol, Austria. This role will suit someone ambitious and hands-on. This role will require you to relocate to either site, or be happy travelling roughly 40% of the time to the sites.

In this role, you will help lead the execution of SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act) compliance activities across the business, ensuring robust internal controls and adherence to both global and local requirements. You will coordinate SOX-related activities, overseeing the design and effectiveness of internal controls while driving compliance with SOX 404.

You will also be responsible for the coordination of control assessments, testing, and remediation efforts. In addition, you will work closely with the IT General Controls (ITGC) team to ensure that ITGC frameworks adequately support Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICoFR) and SOX compliance.

The ideal candidate will be a certified accounting professional, with 10+ years’ in ICFR or external/internal audit, with experience guiding control owners. You will also have expert knowledge of COSO, SEC SOX 302/404, PCAOB. Ideally, you will be able to exhibit the aforementioned experience in mid-large international, US domestic filing industrial businesses.