Senior Manager, Risk & SOX Compliance

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office. 

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Risk & SOX Compliance who can bring  strong SOX compliance skills, is a great collaborator, and is passionate about delivering quality results and driving continual improvement in a dynamic, high-growth environment. Reporting to Director, Financial Reporting, you will serve as our resident Risk and SOX compliance expert, ensuring our internal controls scale seamlessly with the business. This role will coordinate SOX scoping, planning, testing timelines, evidence management, and auditor interactions across Finance, IT, and business teams, ensuring controls are executed, documented, and audit ready. In this role, you will fully own our SOX compliance framework. By ensuring controls are meticulously executed and audit-ready, you will be instrumental in maintaining robust internal controls and driving continuous improvement as we scale.

Your role:

We are seeking a Senior Manager of SOX compliance. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in SOX compliance, risk management and audit project management. This role requires a strategic problem solver with excellent leadership skills to ensure the delivery of high-quality audit outcomes across global operations.

• Lead the SOX 404 program lifecycle, including risk assessment, scoping, control design and testing.
• Partner across Finance, IT, and business teams to align internal control over financial reporting with US GAAP and regulatory requirements.
• Review business and system controls, track remediation of deficiencies and resolve audit findings promptly.
• Assess the implications of newly implemented applications, systems, and policies on the SOX compliance program.
• Implement automation and continuous monitoring to enhance compliance efficiency.
• Establish and maintain rigorous documentation standards for all internal controls, processes, and policies to ensure they are complete, accurate, and readily accessible for testing.
• Collaborate with external and internal auditors and provide comprehensive reports on SOX activities to senior leadership.
• Provide guidance and training on SOX compliance requirements.
• Mentor and develop team members to enhance their skills and capabilities.
• Participate in or oversee special projects and initiatives related to emerging technologies, process improvement, or system deployment.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in SOX compliance, risk management, and audit project management within a dynamic, high-growth environment, with a deep understanding of the COSO framework, SOX Section 404, PCAOB standards, and US GAAP. (Public accounting or global operations experience preferred).
• An innovative thinker with strong attention to detail who actively looks for ways to optimize, automate, and streamline compliance processes rather than just maintaining the status quo.
• A collaborative leader and clear communicator who can build strong relationships across Finance, IT, and executive leadership, while thriving both independently and as a team player.
• A self-motivated, organized professional with a "roll-up-the-sleeves" style, capable of prioritizing and managing multiple tasks simultaneously.

Benefits 

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• Paid sick leave and parental leave

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1 $170,000- $200,000
• Region 2 $154,700- $182,000
• Region 3 $139,400- $164,000

A recruiter can determine your Region based on your US location.