Associate Director, Internal Controls and SOX Compliance

Vaxcyte

Vaxcyte

Legal
San Carlos, CA, USA
Posted on Feb 5, 2025
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Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, periodontitis and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.
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Summary:
The Associate Director of Internal Controls and SOX Compliance will oversee our Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance program, ensuring all internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) are designed, implemented, and maintained to meet regulatory requirements. This role will report to the Director of Accounting. Key duties include leading SOX compliance, assessing control risks, driving and tracking SOX remediation initiatives, and communicating compliance status to senior management and external auditors. This role will collaborate closely with Internal Audit.

Essential Functions:

  • Act as a hands-on leader and SOX compliance subject matter expert who works with cross-functional process owners, IT, and accounting to help achieve ongoing design, review control documentation, and remediation of controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
  • On-going project management of the SOX program, including overseeing the coordination efforts between Internal Audit team members, external auditors, and business process owners.
  • Maintain on-going communication with Internal Audit on the completion of a comprehensive risk assessment, documentation, risk mitigation guidance, and related reporting for key enterprise initiatives, across various technologies, platforms, and environments including those relative to business technology integrations.
  • Collaborate with Internal Audit on the assessment of internal controls to finalize and track remediation of identified control gaps.
  • Provide strategic thinking, thought leadership, and guidance on identifying gaps in key controls and design a proactive risk assessment (both for manual and ITGC controls for current processes and the evolving environment due to upcoming ERP implementation).
  • Partner with control owners to perform management assessment of risk over internal controls and identify opportunities for control improvement and design of new controls.
  • Maintain and enhance SOX controls documentation to ensure they reflect the current environment and comply with SOX requirements, including testing documentation and systems diagrams.
  • Monitor business changes and update SOX controls accordingly to maintain compliance with evolving regulations.
  • Implement process improvements to streamline SOX compliance activities and enhance efficiency.
  • Conduct and/or manage special projects (insurance, other compliance topics, etc.) and ad hoc requests to support the senior leadership team and other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/ Accounting.
  • Public accounting experience required; CPA preferred.
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in internal audit, public accounting, or SOX/Risk compliance.
  • Strong understanding of SOX regulations and internal control frameworks, including, but limited to, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the COSO Framework, SOC, and SEC guidance for management's assessment of internal controls over financial reporting.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite applications.
  • Effective communicator with good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent project management skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional leaders and others in the company.
  • Ability to work independently with general direction and guidance.
  • Ability to prioritize and multitask in an ever-changing environment.
Reports to: Director, Accounting
Location: San Carlos, CA
Compensation:
The compensation package will be competitive and includes comprehensive benefits and an equity component.
Salary Range: $187,000 – $204,000 (SF Bay Area). Salary ranges for non-California locations may vary.
Vaxcyte, Inc.
825 Industrial Road, Suite 300
San Carlos, CA 94070
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.