SOX Compliance Director
Palmetto Clean TechCharlotte, North Carolina
Full Time
Posted February 27, 2026
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Job Description
The SOX Compliance Director at Palmetto is responsible for leading and managing the company's Sarbanes-Oxley compliance program, including controls design, testing, remediation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure financial reporting integrity and readiness for audits.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and lead the company's Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404 compliance program, including scoping, risk assessment, controls documentation, testing, and remediation.
- Develop and maintain process narratives, risk and control matrices (RCMs), flowcharts, and controls inventory across financial processes.
- Design, execute, or oversee controls testing procedures in accordance with PCAOB standards and manage testing timelines aligned with audit cycles.
- Identify control deficiencies, assess severity, and collaborate with process owners to implement timely remediation.
- Serve as the primary SOX subject matter expert and advisor to cross-functional process owners in Accounting, Finance, Tax, IT, Legal, and HR.
- Partner with IT and business systems teams to assess and strengthen IT general controls (ITGCs) and application-level controls across enterprise platforms.
- Collaborate with FP&A and the broader accounting team on financial reporting controls, including period-end close and financial statement preparation.
- Prepare SOX status reports, key metrics, and deliver controls training and awareness programs to organizational stakeholders.
- Stay current on SEC, PCAOB, and COSO framework developments and communicate implications to the SOX program.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- CPA certification required
- At least 8 years of progressive experience in SOX compliance, internal audit, or external audit, with a minimum of 3 years in a SOX program leadership role
- Deep familiarity with PCAOB auditing standards, COSO 2013 framework, and SEC reporting requirements
- Experience building or significantly scaling a SOX program in a pre-IPO or newly public company
- Demonstrated ability to assess and document complex business processes and design effective controls
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and meet non-negotiable deadlines
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable presenting to senior leadership and external auditors
- Experience working with cloud-based ERP systems, with NetSuite experience considered a plus
- Experience evaluating IT general controls (ITGCs)
- Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check
Benefits & Perks
unlimited PTO
medical coverage
dental coverage
vision coverage
paid parental leave
retirement plans
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