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Salary: USD 230,000 - 300,000 / annual
Anthropic is seeking an Audit Operations Lead to manage the external audit calendar and SOX 404 compliance program as the company scales toward an IPO. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Head of Business Controls, working closely with the SOX and Internal Audit team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own and manage the annual SOX audit calendar, including interim and year-end testing windows, walkthrough schedules, and key deliverable dates coordinated with external auditors
- Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditor requests, triaging, routing, and tracking each request to closure, including PBC (provided-by-client) lists and evidence deliveries
- Coordinate auditor walkthroughs and fieldwork with process owners and control owners to ensure efficient, non-duplicative evidence collection
- Track auditor findings, management responses, and deficiency follow-ups, reporting status to Internal Audit leadership
- Prepare control owners for auditor sessions and ensure timely evidence delivery without direct authority
- Lead the annual SOX scoping and risk assessment, including quarterly refreshes and support for the annual Fraud Risk Assessment under COSO framework
- Monitor BP and IT SOX testing and report status to leadership and external auditors
- Lead work with the business to improve control documentation and provide education on templates and SOX guidance
- Identify optimization and automation opportunities across the SOX lifecycle using AI-enabled workflows
- Support the rollout of the GRC platform for SOX, including control libraries, workflows, evidence requests, and testing templates
- Define data and reporting requirements for the platform and validate outputs
- Run the quarterly sub-certification process and report results to leadership
- Own comprehensive SOX program status reporting including dashboards, metrics, audit calendar progress, deficiency and remediation status, segregation of duties, SOC 1 reviews, and fraud risk assessment status
Requirements:
- Big 4 audit firm experience on SOX 404 or ICFR engagements, including managing audit calendars, PBC requests, and fieldwork with external audit teams
- Experience working directly with external auditor teams on requests, testing schedules, and findings from the company side
- Several years of hands-on SOX 404 experience, including scoping, risk assessment, control documentation, testing, and deficiency evaluation
- Working knowledge of COSO framework, ICFR, and PCAOB standards
- Experience developing or maintaining Risk and Control Matrices and process documentation or flowcharts
- Experience implementing or administering GRC systems
- Experience reporting program status, metrics, and issues to senior leadership
- Ability to get control owners to deliver on time without direct authority over them
- Clear writing and calm coordination under deadline pressure
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Preferred qualifications:
- In-house SOX experience at a pre-IPO or newly public company
- Experience running a fraud risk assessment
- CPA, CISA, or similar certification
- Comfort with SQL or data tools for reporting and experience building lightweight automations, including with Claude
