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Salary: USD 170,000 - 200,000 / annual
Robinhood is seeking an IT Financial Compliance Senior Manager to establish and maintain the company's financial and regulatory compliance, with a focus on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act requirements and IT general controls. This role is hybrid-based in Menlo Park, CA or New York, NY, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.
You will evaluate systems, databases, and processes to ensure strong control design and effective operation across infrastructure, change management, and financial data pipelines. Key responsibilities include:
• Design and maintain IT infrastructure controls, including environment segregation, access pathways, configuration baselines, and logging/monitoring aligned to SOX and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Platform, Infrastructure, and Security teams to align system architecture and operational processes with control objectives and audit evidence expectations.
• Assess new systems, tools, and services (cloud platforms, data stores, security tooling) to identify control gaps and define remediation actions.
• Lead IT SOX readiness and integration efforts for new acquisitions.
• Perform IT SOX assessments ahead of product launches and system upgrades/migrations.
• Lead IT change management and production access governance, including approvals, testing, deployments, rollback procedures, and least-privilege access controls.
• Map end-to-end data flows supporting financial and regulatory reporting, identifying key interfaces, transformations, and control points.
• Partner with Data Engineering and Finance teams to design and implement controls over data reconciliation, monitoring, and retention.
• Execute and oversee testing of IT general controls and application controls; evaluate deficiencies and coordinate remediation.
• Prepare and maintain control documentation, process narratives, flowcharts, and audit evidence.
• Serve as subject matter expert in IT controls during audits and translate regulatory requirements into technical implementation guidance.
• Identify opportunities to automate control execution and evidence collection; contribute to standardizing control frameworks and tooling.
This role plays a key part in ensuring financial reporting integrity and audit readiness while contributing to scalable compliance practices across the organization. You will work closely with Engineering, Security, Finance, and external auditors.
REQUIREMENTS:
• 8+ years of experience in IT audit, IT risk, IT compliance, infrastructure engineering, or related field, with strong exposure to SOX IT general controls and application controls.
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), networking, identity and access management, and modern deployment practices including CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.
• Hands-on experience with change management processes and tools, including version control workflows, ticketing systems, release management, and emergency change procedures.
• Experience designing or testing controls over data pipelines, including data transformations, reconciliations, and monitoring practices.
• Proven ability to collaborate with engineering teams to implement practical control solutions and explain control requirements in technical terms.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and project management skills, with ability to manage multiple initiatives and deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with experience working with external auditors and senior stakeholders.
