Role Overview

Design, implement, and maintain MediaAlpha’s SOX compliance program as a newly public company. This person will have broad exposure to the operations of the company, interacting with leaders across finance, legal, people operations, engineering, and with our external auditor and advisors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404 financial statement mapping, risk assessment and scoping process by identifying significant locations and critical processes and ensure an adequate scope and testing of financial statement-based risks.
• Assess risks and develop control processes ensuring SOX certification.
• Continuously evaluate the scope and effectiveness of compliance programs.
• Monitor strategies to remedy SOX deficiencies; report on status and clearance gaps to executive team.
• Manage internal controls within the organization and serve as a reliable and insightful resource for implementing controls within a business process in an efficient and effective manner.
• Coordinate the efforts between external auditors and internal business process / IT owners, including alignment on SOX planning, walkthroughs / testing, audit requests and deficiency evaluation.
• Participate in process reviews and identify opportunities for significant enhancements in operational efficiency, overall effectiveness and identifiable benefits to the company.
• Prepare and routinely present overall SOX progress, results, and recommendations to executive management.
• Manage the design documentation and assessment (i.e., narratives, flowcharts, risk control matrices, etc.), testing strategy/plan, and monitoring of ICFR, including tracking control gaps and remediation action plans to address weaknesses timely.
• Perform other tasks and projects as assigned in support of corporate objectives such as business process improvements, planning and execution of operational audit projects.
• Coordinate with advisors and external auditors to optimize their engagement according to budget. Lead the scoping, budgeting, tracking of budget versus actuals and status reporting as needed.

Requirements

• 10+ combination of audit experience in Big 4 and startup environment.
• Experience designing a new SOX 404 (b) compliance program with a newly public company.
• Experience in project management practices, including tooling and managing projects through a fast-paced and deadline-oriented SOX life cycle.
• Knowledge of COSO framework and experience applying the framework in a manner that supports SOX compliance and operational efficiencies.
• Prior experience presenting to executive management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• CPA, CIA, or CISA and knowledge of accounting principles.

Compensation

• Highly competitive salary and bonus program participation.
  High-quality health and dental care plans with no employee contributions and zero deductibles (in-network). Flexible spending account.
• Unlimited PTO.
• 401K company contribution program (after 90 days).
• Professional training and education reimbursements.
• Generous employee perks (e.g., mobile phone program, gym membership).