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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026

IT SOX Scoping and Governance Analyst

Wise London senior full-time

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Description

We are looking for an IT SOX expert to join our Security Controls team, which plays a vital role in safeguarding Wise's complex IT landscape. The successful candidate will drive scope rationalization, dependency mapping, and control optimization.

Responsibilities:

  • Analyze and challenge existing IT SOX scope across applications and infrastructure
  • Identify duplicate, redundant, or over-engineered ITGCs/ITACs and propose enhancements
  • Establish RACMs (Risk and Control Matrices) and identify necessary ITGCs and ITACs for newly in-scope SOX applications and platforms
  • Document and maintain end-to-end dependency maps for management review
  • Support control testing (Design & Operating Effectiveness) across our cloud infrastructure and SaaS landscape
  • Partner with key stakeholders across Finance, Risk, Security, Platform to effectively communicate SOX 404 requirements and expectations

Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of experience in Technology Risk or IT Audit, with a dedicated focus on SOX
  • Deep knowledge of SOX 404 requirements, COSO framework, and IT control frameworks (NIST, ISO27001)
  • Demonstrable experience with first-time SOX audits in cloud-native environments
  • Understanding of how compliance frameworks map to dynamic infrastructures
  • Experience with AWS, Terraform, GitHub, Jira, Okta, and SailPoint is preferred
  • Ability to translate technical architecture details into audit-ready documentation
  • Strong communication skills to explain compliance requirements to engineers

Skills

Required

  • SOX
  • IT Audit
  • COSO framework
  • NIST
  • ISO27001
  • Cloud-native environments

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