Role Overview

We are seeking a proven leader to establish and scale our internal controls function. As Director of Internal Controls, you will architect the company’s end-to-end control environment — designing the control framework, operationalizing SOX-aligned processes, and embedding risk-based controls into core financial, operational, and technology workflows. This role is critical to maturing our finance infrastructure, enabling growth at scale, and ensuring disciplined governance across a global, rapidly evolving business.

Responsibilities:

• Build the internal controls program from zero: design the methodology, roadmap, and standards to implement a scalable IC framework that aligns to COSO and industry best practices.

• Develop and document key policies, control narratives, and risk/control matrices across financial reporting, accounting processes, treasury, payroll, procurement, revenue, and key operational areas.

• Partner with business and functional leaders (Accounting, FP&A, Legal, Procurement, IT, HR) to operationalize controls as part of process design.

• Proactively identify and mitigate material weaknesses and significant deficiencies - establish root-cause remediation plans, design corrective controls, build repeatable monitoring mechanisms, and drive accountability with owners.

• Lead risk assessments, materiality thresholds, and control scoping exercises to ensure prioritization of high-risk areas and sustainability at scale.

• Establish governance cadence: testing plans, deficiency remediation, metrics/KPIs, stakeholder alignment, and board/audit committee reporting.

• Design and manage internal controls technology ecosystem — including automation opportunities (BlackLine, Workiva, Netsuite governance, access management, workflows, etc.).

• When applicable, lead audit engagements; own auditor coordination, remediation plans, and maturity roadmaps.

• Recruit, develop, and mentor a high-performing team as the control landscape expands.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in internal controls, audit, risk management, or related fields, with a strong foundation in financial operations.

• Demonstrated track record of creating an internal controls program from scratch - preferably at a high-growth, multi-entity, international, or PE-backed company.

• Deep understanding of COSO, internal audit methodologies, process risk analysis, and operational/IT control dependencies.

• Strong command of accounting processes (Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Hire-to-Retire) and how they intersect with ERP, data architecture, and automation.

• Ability to translate controls into practical business process design.

• Experience partnering with auditors, executive leadership, and cross-functional operators to drive compliance and accountability.

• Excellent program management skills - roadmap planning, stakeholder comms, issue resolution, execution reliability.

• CPA, CIA, CISA or other relevant certification preferred.