SOX Coordinator

An exciting role is now open at America's Socially Responsible Bank! The SOX Coordinator is responsible for administering and facilitating the Bank's Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program, including planning, risk assessment, process understanding, internal control design, and documentation. This role provides a unique opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the Bank’s business and IT processes while working closely with the Finance team, Enterprise Risk team, Internal Audit team, and cross-functional business units to identify, design, and document Amalgamated Bank’s internal control environment. The role provides the opportunity to be on the forefront of key business decisions with regards to system conversions, new product implementation, and other key changes to the organizations internal control framework. This position will report to the Chief Accounting Officer and work in partnership with key stakeholders, business process owners, control owners, co-sourced SOX resources, and the external and internal auditors.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Support development, improvement and maintenance of an effective control environment that complies with the testing and reporting requirements of SOX 404 including entity level, process level and information technology general controls.
2. Utilizing the Workiva SOX Compliance software to develop and manage the SOX project lifecycle, including the build out of risk assessments, identification of SOX significant systems, documentation of various business processes, and identification of key controls for testing by Internal Audit.
3. Coordinate with various department heads to assess the adequacy and completeness of controls to ensure SOX 404 objectives, quarterly/annual deliverables, and timelines are met.
4. Work closely with Internal Audit (including co-sourced providers) to support design of testing, coordinate audit requests, and ensure timeliness of any remediation testing.
5. Provide subject matter expertise on control design and implementation, and guidance for remediation efforts related to any exceptions identified by either regulators, internal audit, or external audit.
6. Serve as a liaison between process owners, internal audit (including co-sourced providers) and external auditors by developing strong working relationships. 
7. Proactively identify and monitor process and system changes that have a direct impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures to ensure SOX impacts are considered.
8. Maintain SOX repository of internal policies, risk assessments, process narratives, flowcharts, control inventory, SOX applications, and key reports. 
9. Provide periodic SOX status dashboards and executive summaries to business units and the Company’s SOX Committee and Audit Committee of the Board.
10. Coordinate quarterly SOX sub-certification exercise.
11. Develop training as necessary to periodically educate management on SOX compliance and latest developments. 
12. Participate in ad-hoc projects as necessary.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required; MBA or Masters degree in Accounting a plus.
2. Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) preferred.
3. Minimum 5 years of financial/SOX or operational audit experience from either Big 4 accounting firm or internal experience within the Banking industry. 
4. Experience using Workiva, Microsoft Visio, and/or Microsoft Power BI preferred.
5. Excellent knowledge of US GAAP, SEC rules and regulations, COSO Internal Control Framework, and FDIC reporting requirements in addition to SOX compliance programs.
6. Excellent interpersonal, organizational, time management, and communication skills.

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The starting base salary for this role is between $92,000.00 – $150,000.00. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferrable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Amalgamated Bank is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, Minorities / Females / Individuals with Disability / Veterans. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply. View our Pay Transparency Statement. Submission of a resume or any information regarding your qualifications does not constitute a promise or offer of employment. At Amalgamated Bank, we consider an applicant to be someone who has interviewed at least once, in person, with the hiring manager. Amalgamated Bank does not sponsor applicants for work visas.

As part of our commitment to health and safety, all team members currently working in our office space are required to show proof of vaccination. To be considered for any position at Amalgamated Bank where permitted by applicable law (including any applicable reasonable accommodation, medical or religious exemption), candidates must have received the COVID-19 vaccine prior to their start date. Upon commencement of employment, new team members must provide proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Salary : $92,000 - $0