SOX Programme Manager

SOX Programme Manager
UK Remote with ad-hoc travel
Competitive market rate, Outside IR35
6 months with strong chance of extension

An excellent opportunity for an experienced SOX Programme Manager to lead and coordinate a complex SOX compliance programme within a large-scale technology environment. This role requires strong stakeholder leadership, structured programme oversight, and the ability to ensure control owners are accountable and audit-ready.

With a broad landscape of systems and stakeholders in scope, this individual will play a critical role in driving alignment across technology, finance, and operational teams, ensuring controls are understood, evidenced, and operating effectively.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate the end-to-end SOX programme across technology and business control owners.
• Act as the central point of accountability for SOX delivery, ensuring milestones, testing timelines, and audit requirements are met.
• Engage directly with control owners to ensure responsibilities are clearly understood and executed.
• Track control performance, evidence submission, remediation progress, and testing readiness.
• Proactively identify delivery risks and drive mitigation plans across stakeholder groups.
• Facilitate regular governance forums, steering updates, and stakeholder communications.
• Ensure consistency in documentation, reporting, and audit artefact quality.
• Work closely with Internal Audit and external auditors to align on scope, testing plans, and expectations.
• Challenge delays or gaps constructively, ensuring accountability across all levels of seniority.
• Drive continuous improvement in programme structure, reporting, and compliance processes.

Requirements:

• Proven experience delivering SOX programmes in complex, multi-system environments.
• Strong understanding of SOX compliance, IT General Controls , and financial reporting controls.
• Demonstrable experience managing senior stakeholders and influencing control owners.
• Excellent communication skills - able to engage technical teams, finance stakeholders, and auditors with equal confidence.
• Strong governance and reporting capability, with experience tracking programme-level risks and dependencies.
• Ability to drive ownership and accountability without direct line management authority.
• Experience working within large annual SOX audit cycles.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.