Senior Manager, SOX

The posting, as Corcept Therapeutics wrote it

For more than 25 years, Corcept has been singularly focused on the science of cortisol, a powerful hormone that when unregulated, can play a role in a broad range of diseases.

Our commercial portfolio includes treatments for hypercortisolism and oncology, and the company has discovered more than 1,000 proprietary selective cortisol modulators and glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. With advanced clinical trials in patients with hypercortisolism, solid tumors, ALS and liver disease, Corcept is unlocking the power of cortisol modulation to help address some of the most devastating diseases patients face today.

Corcept is headquartered in Redwood City, California. To learn more, visit www.corcept.com .

The Senior Manager, SOX will support the Director, SOX in managing and continuously improving the company’s Sarbanes-Oxley compliance program, with particular emphasis on internal controls over financial reporting, information technology general controls, automated controls, key reports, interfaces, and third-party service organizations. This role partners closely with Finance, Internal Audit, Information Technology, business process owners, and external auditors to maintain an effective, risk-based control environment. The Senior Manager also leads remediation activities, advises on systems and business changes, develops team capabilities, and communicates program status and emerging risks to the Director, SOX.

This is a hybrid role requiring on-site presence 3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the annual SOX 404 program, including internal control risk assessment, planning, PBC audit request coordination and collection, and scheduling of annual walkthroughs and operating-effectiveness testing for financial processes and in-scope IT applications
• Maintain and review the Risk Control Matrix (RCM), process narratives, flowcharts and supporting workpapers to ensure clear linkage among financial reporting risks, controls, and audit evidence
• Lead the execution of walkthroughs and control testing across logical access, change management, computer operations, backup and recovery, system development life cycle activities, automated system controls, configurations, batch jobs, interfaces, and key reports
• Evaluate control deficiencies, determine root causes and potential impact, support severity assessments, and partner with control owners to develop and monitor the status of remediation plans and open deficiencies
• Maintain the inventory of key reports for in-scope applications, including report ownership, control linkage, and testing status
• Advise process owners on SOX governance requirements for new systems, upgrades, and significant process changes, including control ownership, documentation expectations, approval requirements, and post-implementation monitoring
• Develop and deliver training on SOX, internal controls over financial reporting, information technology risk, documentation standards, and control-owner

[…]

• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to learn new systems, processes, and technical requirements quickly
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and deliver high-quality work with limited supervision in a fast-moving environment
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience with accounting software (NetSuite, Coupa) and 3PL business model

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business, or a related field
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or other relevant professional certification
• 8+ years of progressive experience in SOX compliance, internal audit, external audit, information technology audit, or internal controls, including experience in Biotech industry
• Big 4 public accounting or similar experience

The pay range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this headquarters-based position is $193,770 – $227,880; the pay ultimately offered may vary based on legitimate considerations, including geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
For information on how Corcept collects, uses, discloses, protects, and otherwise processes personal information and an explanation of the rights and choices available to you with respect to your personal information, please refer to our Privacy Notice link .

Corcept appreciates the commitment and hard work of all our team members as we strive to discover and develop novel treatments for patients with serious unmet medical needs.

Please visit our website at: https://www.corcept.com/

Corcept is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Corcept will not conduct interviews via text message or messaging platforms and will not ask you to download anything as part of your interview. Though we use third-party tools to help with advertising our jobs, please be vigilant in checking that the communication is in fact coming from Corcept.