Senior SOX Auditor – Business Process Controls

🕒 May 8

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Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2011

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Crypto • Finance • Fintech

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is a cryptocurrency platform that facilitates the buying and selling of over 200 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2011, Kraken provides a comprehensive suite of features for both beginner and advanced traders, such as advanced trading interfaces and margin trading. The platform emphasizes industry-leading security, deep liquidity, and 24/7 customer support, making it a trusted choice for users worldwide. Kraken caters to individual investors as well as institutional clients, offering services like OTC trading and custody. The company is committed to transparency with its proof of reserves and mission-driven values. Kraken operates globally, supporting clients in over 190 countries, with a quarterly trading volume exceeding $207 billion. However, users are advised of the high risk of crypto investments and the lack of regulation in some jurisdictions.

📋 Description

• Lead the execution of independent controls testing across business process areas including revenue, financial close, and treasury. • Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of key controls, document testing procedures and results, and ensure workpapers meet Internal Audit and external auditor quality standards. • Validate the completeness and accuracy of Information Used in Controls (IUC) and Information Produced by the Entity (IPE), ensuring the reliability of data underpinning control performance. • Build and maintain testing programs, templates, and workpapers that create a repeatable, scalable foundation for business process SOX testing. • Identify opportunities to leverage AI-enabled workflows and data analytics to improve testing coverage and efficiency. • Independently validate the remediation of open SOX findings, including material weaknesses and significant deficiencies, across business process control areas. • Evaluate control deficiencies by performing root cause analysis and assessing the severity and pervasiveness of exceptions to inform deficiency classification. • Assess whether management’s remediation actions are adequately designed and operating effectively before closing findings. • Track remediation progress, escalate delays or gaps, and report status to Internal Audit leadership and the Audit Committee as required. • Coordinate with the SOX Compliance team to ensure alignment on remediation expectations, timelines, and evidence requirements. • Serve as a trusted Internal Audit point of contact for business process control owners across Finance, Accounting, and Treasury. • Contribute to Internal Audit reporting to the Audit Committee, external auditor, and senior leadership on business process SOX testing coverage, findings, and remediation status. • Partner with the IT SOX tester and co-sourced resources to ensure coordinated testing coverage across the full SOX program.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in internal audit, external audit, or SOX compliance, with significant exposure to business process controls testing. • CPA certification required. • Experience in crypto, fintech, payments, or digital asset accounting — including revenue recognition for trading, staking, or custody services. • Strong knowledge of US GAAP, SOX compliance requirements, COSO framework, and PCAOB auditing standards as they apply to business process controls. • Hands-on experience testing controls across revenue, financial close, treasury, or other core financial reporting processes. • Experience operating across multi-entity structures or multiple jurisdictions. • Effective communicator who can translate audit findings and control observations for control owners, senior leadership, and external stakeholders.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off • Professional development opportunities