GOAT Group is seeking to hire a Director, SOX and Internal Controls.
This hire will play a key role at the company, reporting to the Corporate Controller.
You will leverage your cumulative knowledge to work directly with our co-sourcing audit firm, management and our external auditors to create an internal controls/audit program and then oversee the ongoing annual SOX program.
You will bring a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluating the effectiveness of the Company’s governance, risk management, compliance and control practices.
You will help us operate like a public company and collaborate across functional teams such as Finance, Legal, IT, Security and all functional leadership.
In this role you will:
- Develop annual audit plans and schedules using a risk-based approach, creating a pipeline of projects for short-, medium-, and long-term, related to operational compliance, regulatory compliance, and controls over financial reporting
- Allocate sufficient flexibility in the audit plan to accommodate risk profile changes or respond to urgent events, while maintaining appropriate coverage of high risk areas
- Develop and maintain a strong knowledge of the Company’s systems, operations, practices, and business issues.
- Understand Company structure and functional responsibility
- Act as the “go-to” person for risk management (Risk Leader) and internal controls within the organization providing reliable and insightful guidance for implementing controls within a business process in an efficient and effective manner
- Oversee operational and compliance audits, including the scoping, testing and documentation of the results
- Communicate identified findings and propose recommendations to management and the Audit Committee; track the remediation and closure of findings
- Oversee all public company readiness activities with respect to the Company’s internal control environment
- Ensure appropriateness of internal control documentation for financial processes, IT applications, and ITGC’s, including planning documents, narratives, process maps, walkthroughs, and tests of controls
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with the external independent auditor, providing direction and oversight to the assistance provided to the external auditor over internal control and financial audits
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with the management teams of all major functional areas, ensuring a holistic understanding of key risks and processes of the organization
- Proactively advise management on key risk areas and drive remediation plans balancing risk mitigation with pragmatic processes
- Interact professionally and frequently with external auditors, regulators, compliance agencies/contractors, legal counsel, court appointed parties etc.
Create a collaborative working relationship with all external stakeholders
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with executive management and the Audit Committee, ensuring appropriate oversight to key corporate risks, processes, and controls
We are looking for:
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting
- CIA, CPA, CISA or other relevant professional certification highly desired
- 8+ years of Sarbanes-Oxley audit experience
- Demonstrated experience managing audits within a complex operational and regulatory environment
- Experience with high volume eCommerce platform enterprises preferred
- Experience interacting with external auditors, general counsel and regulators
- Advanced knowledge of public company internal control requirements
- Advanced understanding of financial and business processes and the risks surrounding those processes
- Strong understanding of IT risks and controls and their overall impact to financial control environments
- Strong supervisory and time management skills.
- Experience managing a team that is a mix of professional staff and third party consultants
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong analytical, organizational, and presentation skills
GOAT is the global platform for the greatest products from the past, present and future.
Since its founding in 2015, GOAT has become the leading and most trusted sneaker marketplace in the world.
Through its unique positioning between the primary and resale markets, the company offers styles across various time periods on its digital platforms and in its retail locations, while delivering products to over 30 million members across 170 countries.
The company is backed by strategic investor Foot Locker, Inc.
as well as some of the leading names in venture capital including D1 Capital Partners, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Matrix Partners, Upfront Ventures, Webb Investment Network and Y Combinator.
We encourage you to apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement.
We look for people who are passionate about what we do, not just those who check off all the boxes.
GOAT Group will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, if applicable.
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