Along with the VP, Internal Audit, primarily accountable and drives strategy for the success of UKG’s SOX implementation/financial control's optimization initiative. This is a strategic investment that will be a large scale, enterprise-wide transformation of UKG’s financial and technology controls, which support external GAAP financial reporting.

Directly, will manage multiple third-party partners involved in our SOX implementation, issues management process and IA’s assurance portfolio. Initially, will manage the site leader for our Weston, FL office (currently, our designated SOX compliance lead). Indirectly will manage multiple auditors, which will likely expand to additional direct reports over time.

Owns UKG’s internal audit issues management process (IA’s primary product), including defining and refining our issues management process, and is responsible for the quality of all issues and recommendations, review of all issues, including gauging their impact and value-add to the business, as well as their relevance, prioritization, completeness, conciseness and clarity.

In conjunction with other functions and advisors, is accountable from an Internal Audit standpoint, to completely and meaningfully map and maintain UKG’s risk universe, risk management activities, and assurance activities across UKG. Drives maintenance of IA’s Audit Universe and flexible, risk-based audit plan.

Secondary responsibilities:

Coordinates amongst multiple risk, compliance and assurance functions, as well as senior leadership, with like skills as the VP, Internal Audit in facilitating difficult/technical/complex conversations and in selling recommendations supporting necessary change at UKG.

Aligns Internal Audit’s issues management process and interaction with other issues management functions/activities at UKG (i.e., Certifications/GRC, Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Privacy Operations, TPRM, Security, Customer Operations, etc.).

Architects UKG’s GRC, integrated risk platform AuditBoard SOXHUB module and UKG’s financial controls standards, tools and templates, supporting SOX implementation/financial controls optimization. Thought leader on rationalization of risk and assurance tools used by multiple UKG functions, including AuditBoard and LogicGate.

Responsible for standardizing SOX training and stakeholder communications, and the quality thereof, to support consistent and superior development of IA staff, as well as SOX process owners, control owners, control participants and supporting a strong SOX and internal control environment at UKG.

Provides financial and IT controls technical facilitation and alignment amongst IA, Accounting/Finance, Certifications/GRC, Digital, EPIC, HR, Legal, and other relevant UKG functions, as well as external advisors and auditors.

Designs protocols for, and oversees monitoring of, SLA’s and project health over SOX implementation, internal audit and consulting activities, from origination through delivery.

Qualifications:

13-17+ years risk management consulting, Big 4 audit, Internal Audit, and/or compliance program management experience. 8+ years managing staff, directly and/or supervisory in matrixed environments. Must have led an IA function, or reported to the head of internal audit, in a company with a SOX compliance program for 4+ years.

Extensive, recent technical and coordinating responsibility with EY, as a company’s external auditor, relative to their ever-evolving SOX and financial statement audit standards, responsive to their regulator, the PCAOB (past 3+ years, at least).

Primary experience in SOX, Internal Audit, risk assurance, and SOC report audit coordination/evaluation (for the vast majority of career).

Extensive technical controls design and analysis experience. Not just best-in-class, but right-in-class balancing of efficiency and effectiveness. Must have a history of demonstrated accomplishments.

History of challenging assumptions and biases to land on the best business outcomes, balanced with risk management expectations.

Significant experience architecting and operating GRC platforms, building out ABI dashboards, and training staff to do the same, etc. (preferably, AuditBoard and/or LogicGate).

Must have proven cross-functional facilitation skills, with demonstrated successes.

Meaningful experience leading in environments with rapid change.

Must have CPA. Other assurance, risk and compliance designations preferable.

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