Head of SOX Testing

About the team (Finance Risk & Control) Finance Risk & Control partners with Finance and the wider business to strengthen the control environment, support SOX compliance, and improve how risks and controls are designed, operated and evidenced. We’re a distributed team across the UK and Estonia, and we’re building a SOX testing hub in Hyderabad to increase consistency, quality and scalability of our testing programme. What you’ll be doing (responsibilities) Own the SOX business process controls testing programme (end-to-end)

• Build and run the annual and interim testing plan across all in-scope business process controls.
• Plan when testing occurs and ensure sequencing reflects process dependencies, change activity, and auditor timelines.
• Deliver both Design Effectiveness and Operating Effectiveness testing to a consistently high standard.

Methodology, quality, and audit readiness

• Own and continuously improve the testing methodology, templates, sampling guidance, and evidence standards.
• Perform QA reviews to ensure testing is complete, well-documented, and auditor-ready.
• Ensure consistent conclusions and a strong “why” behind pass/fail outcomes.

Auditor partnership and external reporting

• Be a key interface for the external auditor on business process testing: align approach, share results, coordinate walkthroughs/re-performance support, and respond to questions efficiently.
• Present testing outcomes clearly in governance packs and formal forums.

Manage external resources / co-sourcing

• Manage external testing resources: onboarding to Wise methodology, allocation, progress tracking, and quality/performance oversight.
• Ensure external capacity reduces bottlenecks without creating rework or inconsistencies.

Issue management and remediation governance

• Oversee how issues are agreed (severity, impact, root cause) and ensure remediation plans are practical, measurable, and owned.
• Track progress and coordinate re-testing / closure requirements.

Minimise burden on the business

• Build a low-friction evidence request process and smart scheduling to reduce disruption for process owners.
• Drive clarity and predictability: stakeholders know what’s needed, when, and why.

Build the Hyderabad testing capability

• This is the first testing hire in Hyderabad; you’ll help build the operating model and then hire/lead a team of 6+ testers.
• Coach and develop the team; embed standards, consistency, and stakeholder partnership.
• Integrate day-to-day delivery with the UK/Estonia Finance Risk & Control team.

Innovation: AI/data-enabled testing in BAU

• Identify opportunities to use AI and analytics to improve coverage, speed, and quality (e.g., evidence extraction, population testing, exception flagging).
• Implement in a controlled, explainable way that auditors and internal stakeholders can rely on.

Themes, insights, and SOX capability-building

• Identify trends across testing results and recommend improvements (control design, execution, monitoring, evidence).
• Help build SOX understanding across the business through guidance, coaching and practical support.