Senior Manager, Internal Controls

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +38 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead Kin's Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Model Audit Rule (MAR) compliance initiatives.

• Own the annual internal control audit strategy and readiness roadmap.

• Supervise consultant-led testing, manage remediation efforts, and prepare management for SOX Sections 302 and 404.

• Guide external consulting partners through control testing, including scope, methodology, standards, deliverables, timelines, walkthroughs, evidence requests, testing windows, and validation of remediation.

• Review and critically assess partner work while maintaining integrated project plans and readiness dashboards.

• Monitor budget, resource capacity, dependencies, and deliverables.

• Address issues, eliminate obstacles, and escalate risks, delays, and quality concerns.

• Take ownership of the GRC platform implementation as the business owner, defining requirements, data standards, workflows, reporting, and user adoption.

• Collaborate with IT and security to evaluate IT General Controls, including access management, change management, and IT operations.

• Transform control testing status and results into reports for control owners, senior leadership, and the Audit Committee.

• Act as the primary internal-controls liaison for external auditors, consulting partners, and regulatory bodies.

• Mentor control owners on internal control obligations and formulate remediation strategies.

• Counsel business leaders on risks associated with new products, systems, and processes.

• Discover opportunities to leverage analytics, automation, and AI to enhance control monitoring, testing, evidence management, and reporting.

• Execute Workiva implementation, control-owner remediation, the 2027 audit plan, and MAR readiness to meet the carrier's premium growth needs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.

• CPA or CIA certification required.

• Over 5 years of progressive experience in internal audit, internal controls, or public accounting, with a concentration on SOX compliance.

• Practical experience applying internal control frameworks (e.g., COSO), GAAP, and statutory accounting principles (SAP).

• Proven experience overseeing external delivery teams, including defining scope, reviewing outputs, and holding teams accountable for quality and timelines.

• Experience presenting to executives, Audit Committees, and external auditors.

• Must be able to live and work full-time in one of the designated U.S. states.

• Familiarity with Workday and Workiva is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company equity through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

• 401(k) plan with a company match of up to 4% of eligible earnings.

• Multiple medical plan options available.

• Coverage for dental and vision care.

• Contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSA) funded by the company.

• Life insurance and short-term disability paid for by the company.

• Supplemental long-term disability, critical illness, accident, legal, and pet insurance options.

• Mental health support and confidential counseling services.

• Flexible paid time off (PTO) for exempt employees (most employees take 15–20 days annually).

• Eight company-observed holidays.

• Paid parental leave, offering up to 14 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 8 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.

• Opportunities for career mobility and internal growth.

• Professional development budgets available for certifications, conferences, and learning, subject to management approval.

• Remote-first work environment.

• Offices located in Chicago, IL and St. Petersburg, FL for team collaboration.