SOX Auditor - IT Controls Manager

Kraken

Job Overview

Location

Canada

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As a SOX Auditor - IT Controls Manager at Kraken, you will lead the independent testing of IT general and application controls within a crypto exchange environment, ensuring the reliability of financial reporting and supporting the Audit Committee, external auditors, and regulators.
• Day to day, you will execute ITGC SOX controls testing across access management, change management, and system operations; validate remediation of SOX findings; engage with IT, engineering, and security stakeholders; and build scalable testing programs using AI and data analytics to improve efficiency.
• You will join Kraken’s Integrated Assurance team within Risk & Audit, a mission-driven, fully remote organization with team members in 70+ countries, dedicated to advancing global crypto adoption through industry-leading security, compliance, and innovation in digital asset custody and trading platforms.
• In this role, you will gain deep expertise in SOX compliance within complex, rapidly evolving blockchain-native infrastructure, develop leadership in IT audit program ownership, and contribute to building a technology-forward assurance function at the forefront of financial and crypto innovation.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in IT audit, internal audit, external audit, or SOX compliance with significant exposure to IT general controls testing
• CISA and CPA certifications required (candidates with one certification actively pursuing the other will be considered)
• Experience in crypto, fintech, payments, or technology-intensive environments with complex, rapidly evolving infrastructure
• Hands-on experience testing ITGCs across access management, change management, and system operations
• Strong knowledge of ITGC frameworks, SOX compliance requirements, COSO, COBIT, and PCAOB auditing standards as they apply to IT controls

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work with Krakenites in 70+ countries speaking over 50 languages
• Opportunity to build and scale an IT SOX testing program from the ground up in a high-impact crypto exchange environment
• Access to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support resources
• Merit-based hiring culture that values diverse talents, backgrounds, and perspectives
• Commitment to equal opportunity and inclusion, including consideration of qualified applicants with criminal histories per San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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About Kraken

Kraken is a global cryptocurrency exchange established in 2011, offering spot and futures trading for Bitcoin, Ethereum and 200+ digital assets. Headquartered in San Francisco with entities worldwide, it serves retail and institutional clients, providing custody, staking, an NFT marketplace and OTC desk. The platform emphasizes security, regulatory compliance and educational resources.

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