Lead IT Auditor

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely - even if they're daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy.

We do what we love - driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together - lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always.

Want in? Join the #VTeamLife. What you'll be doing... As the Principal IT SOX Lead, you will lead the IT Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance lifecycle across Verizon IT applications. You will serve as the strategic bridge between IT engineering and executive leadership, maintaining high-stakes financial control integrity.

Your core mission is to modernize compliance: replacing manual checklists with automated controls, auditing modern CI/CD pipelines, and serving as the primary audit liaison between internal and external auditors.

SOX Program Ownership: Architect and execute the IT General Controls (ITGC) roadmap for financial reporting systems across planning, testing, evidence collection, and final certification.

Control Automation: Design and implement automated control validation mechanisms to eliminate manual processes, reduce human error, and scale compliance efforts.

Audit Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Serve as the lead liaison for the CIO, Internal Audit, Finance, and external auditors to streamline testing and align governance standards.

Technical Remediation: Partner directly with system owners to evaluate deficiencies and design technically viable, automated remediation plans.

Agile Project Management: Direct cross-functional compliance initiatives, tracking deliverables, managing resources, and mitigating project timeline risks.

Executive