The Opportunity

Adobe’s Risk Advisory & Assurance Services (RAAS) team is seeking a Senior Manager to lead our IT SOX compliance program and ensure the technology controls supporting financial reporting are well-designed, effective, and scalable.

This role requires deep expertise in IT SOX and IT general controls, including SAP and cloud environments, along with a solid grasp of enterprise systems, data flows, and end-to-end business processes.

Partnering with the Senior Director, RAAS, you will manage the IT SOX program. You will engage with IT, Finance, control owners, co-sourced testing providers, and external auditors to ensure the program remains efficient and effective.

How You Will Make an Impact

Strategic Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to IT, Finance, and business leaders, building strong relationships and applying forward-looking technology risk judgment to anticipate change, identify emerging risks, and shape decisions.

• Represent IT SOX within Adobe's broader assurance landscape, aligning with second-line and other assurance teams to reduce duplication and strengthen overall risk coverage.

IT SOX Program Ownership

• Own the IT SOX compliance program from planning and scoping through testing, remediation, and reporting, setting the annual audit strategy alongside SOX PMO, Finance, IT control owners, our co-sourced provider, and external auditors.

• Continually reshape the IT SOX roadmap and operating model, including capability and resourcing needs, to stay ahead of changes in Adobe's business and technology landscape rather than reacting to them.

• Be the trusted counterpart for our external auditor on IT SOX matters, shaping scope, reliance, testing approach, and evidence expectations to raise efficiency without giving up assurance quality.

• Own IT control deficiencies going beyond symptoms to root cause, weighing severity and financial risk, and validating that remediation actually holds up and prevents recurrence.

Systems, Controls & Technical Judgment

• Understand Adobe's financial systems, data, and cloud architecture from infrastructure to finance applications to know which controls matter most.

• Get ahead of major business and technology transformations by embedding risk and control thinking into the build rather than adding it retroactively.

Automation, Innovation & Training

• Drive automation, analytics, and continuous monitoring to improve program effectiveness, and assess how AI and automation affect the control environment.

• Train control owners and business partners on SOX responsibilities and control design, building control awareness across the organization over time.

People Leadership & Coaching

• Coach and develop audit professionals through clear priorities, feedback, growth opportunities, and leadership development.

• Build an inclusive, high-accountability culture focused on quality, collaboration, and continuous learning.

What you need to succeed

Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.

• CPA, CISA, CIA, CISSP, or equivalent professional certification preferred.

• 10+ years of progressive experience related to IT SOX, IT audit, or technology risk, ideally including Big Four or large public company experience.

• Hands-on experience with SAP environments, including SAP security, controls, and integration with SOX compliance programs. Experience with cloud technology and cloud control environments is strongly preferred.

• Experience managing outsourced or co-sourced audit relationships and coordinating with external auditors.

• People leadership experience in developing and growing a team.

Skills & Capabilities

• Solid understanding of IT general and application controls (ITGC/ITAC), the COSO framework, and SOX 404 requirements.

• Ability to reason about system architecture and data flows to make sound control scoping decisions across the technology stack.

• Ability to apply data analytics and automation to audit and control design.

• Strong root cause analysis and problem-solving skills, with a bias toward durable remediation over short-term fixes.

• Exceptional written, verbal, and executive communication skills, able to translate complex technical and control topics into clear, actionable guidance.

• High degree of integrity, sound judgment, and professional skepticism.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

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