Senior SOX IT Analyst

Company Description

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Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a Fly Mate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.

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Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We’ve since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world.

Today we support more than 4,800 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies.

With over 1,200 global Fly Mates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices world-wide, we’re looking for Fly Mates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

We, at Flywire, are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented SOX IT Manager to play a key role in maintaining and enhancing Flywire’s SOX compliance program. This individual will serve as the central point of contact for addressing all ITGC inquiries, managing escalations related to SOX IT control issues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Operations, Internal Audit, and IT, to ensure the design and execution of effective internal controls.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, possesses a strong understanding of SOX and external audit requirements, and is passionate about fostering a culture of compliance and accountability.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in IT SOX audits, controls testing, and risk management, while fostering collaboration across departments. In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

• Liaise with the SOX Testing team (Internal Audit) and key stakeholders to ensure Flywire’s overall compliance with SOX Section 404 requirements.
• Collaborate with various teams for all matters related to SOX IT General Controls (ITGC)
• Respond to inquiries and escalations related to SOX ITGCs from internal and external auditors, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication
• Work in lockstep with SOX team to ensure scope alignment and audit support
• Drive efforts to improve SOX IT scoping strategies, develop a comprehensive understanding of applicable IT and business processes, and support the maintenance of integrated IT and business process, risk and control framework documentation
• Consult on the control design and implementation of required and repeatable ITGCs with process owners to meet regulatory requirements, including for new products, processes and system implementation launches ensuring appropriate internal controls are in place prior to launch
• Create and improve SOX ready documentation (e.g., narratives, flow charts, IT process & control descriptions)
• Evaluate and track reported control deficiencies, root causes, and planned corrective actions in conjunction with IT and business process owners to ensure timely and accurate resolution
• Contribute to regular reports to senior leadership, and other stakeholders on the status of SOX IT compliance, control issues, and remediation progress
• Strive to continuously improve the SOX program to be more efficient and effective through optimization and automation:
• Support the stand up of a continuous controls monitoring tool by ensuring SOX ITGC requirements are defined and in place to enable SOX readiness including automated ITGC evidence gathering and testing efforts
• Suppo…