Senior Manager, Internal Controls & SOX

Kikoff
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 200,000 - 225,000 annuallyFunction: Finance & AccountingExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Lead Kikoff's SOX program as the primary owner, building and maintaining internal controls infrastructure in a pre-IPO environment. Report to the CFO, provide board-facing updates, and coordinate with third-party consultants, control owners across finance, engineering, and legal while working from the San Francisco office (hybrid schedule).

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Kikoff
Kikoff
4 months ago

Senior Manager, Internal Controls & SOX

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Job Summary

Lead Kikoff's SOX program as the primary owner, building and maintaining internal controls infrastructure in a pre-IPO environment. Report to the CFO, provide board-facing updates, and coordinate with third-party consultants, control owners across finance, engineering, and legal while working from the San Francisco office (hybrid schedule).
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and manage Kikoff's end-to-end SOX program, including scoping, risk assessment, control documentation, and remediation tracking.
  • •Serve as the primary liaison to third-party SOX consultants, coordinating workflows, managing deliverables, and ensuring quality and timeliness of their work product.
  • •Partner with control owners across accounting, finance, engineering, legal and ops to document, test, and maintain internal controls over financial reporting.
  • •Oversee the design and operating effectiveness testing of key controls, identifying deficiencies and driving remediation to closure.
  • •Prepare and present SOX program updates to the CFO and Audit Committee, including status reporting, deficiency summaries, and remediation progress.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 225,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of experience in internal controls, SOX compliance, or external audit, including Big 4 public accounting experience.
  • •Has supported or owned a SOX program through at least one full audit cycle, ideally in a pre-IPO or newly public company.
  • •Experience with, or strong familiarity in, highly automated processes, system implementations, change management, and automated/IT-dependent controls.
  • •Background at a high-growth technology or fintech company preferred.
  • •CPA license preferred; strong working knowledge of PCAOB standards, COSO framework, and SOX 302/404 requirements.
Experience:7+ yearsFintech
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Certifications:CPA
Languages:English

Company Brief

Kikoff
Kikoff provides a credit-building product that helps consumers build credit history and access affordable lines of credit through a mobile-first platform and educational tools to improve financial health.
Industry: Lending
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2019
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