SOX Internal Controls Manager

The SouthState story is one of steady growth, deep community roots, and an unwavering commitment to helping our customers move forward. Since our beginnings in the 1930s to becoming a trusted financial partner across the South and beyond - we are known for combining personal relationships with forward-thinking solutions.

We are committed to helping our team members find their success while maintaining the integrity of our values: building trust, fostering lasting relationships and pursuing excellence. At SouthState, individual contributions are recognized, potential is cultivated and team members are inspired to achieve their greater purpose. Your future begins here!

SUMMARY/OBJECTIVES

The SOX Internal Controls Manager role is an integral part of the SOX Compliance program at SouthState Bank. The SOX Internal Controls Manager is a consulting-minded problem solver and individual contributor responsible for control design, remediation oversight, SOX risk assessments, and deficiency evaluation. The SOX Internal Controls Manager will partner with business, finance, credit, technology, and risk teams to evaluate issues, facilitate discussions, and develop practical solutions to control and governance challenges.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Control design & enhancement

• Partner with internal stakeholders to assess control implications of new products, system implementations, data migrations, model changes, and process transformations

• Identify opportunities to improve, simplify or automate controls while maintaining appropriate risk coverage

• Risk assessment & scoping

• Evaluate business processes, system interfaces, key reports, and data flows to identify financial reporting risks and support SOX scoping decisions

• Deficiency evaluation & remediation governance

• Assess control issues and deficiencies, identify root causes, and work with management to develop practical remediation plans

• Track remediation progress and perform remediation quality reviews

• Audit liaison & oversight

• Collaborate with external auditors on risk assessments and control design, ensuring control deliverables meet PCAOB/Big-4 expectations

• Training & continuous improvement

• Deliver training to control owners on control design, evidence expectations, and remediation best practices

• Leverage data analytics, automation tools, and AI-enabled solutions to improve control monitoring, documentation quality, risk assessments, and SOX program efficiency

COMPETENCIES

• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting processes, with ability to assess related control implications
• Experience working with loan and deposit lifecycles and broader banking processes, including familiarity with controls related to CECL, investments, loan valuations and credit administration
• Understanding of automated controls, system interfaces, report dependencies, and data flows within banking applications
• Demonstrated experience evaluating design of controls, performing root-cause analysis, and managing remediations
• Excellent project management, stakeholder management and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled solutions, and assess associated governance, control, and SOX implications

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA/CIA strongly preferred.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in public accounting (Big 4 preferred), SOX governance, internal controls, or related risk and compliance functions within the financial services industry. Experience in a public accounting or consulting environment is strongly preferred due to the collaborative, advisory, project-driven, and stakeholder-focused nature of the role.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS/CLASSES

Required annual compliance training.

RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING

New Employee Orientation

Supervisory Responsibility

This position may have supervisory responsibilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must be able to effectively access and interpret information on computer screens, documents, reports, and cash denominations, and identify customers. This position requires a large amount of time in front of a computer. This can be done sitting or standing with use of the right desk. This position requires lifting boxes and coin on a daily basis. This position requires the ability to drive a company vehicle to and from other locations. This position may require bending and reaching.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Telecommuting roles no matter if hybrid or 100% full time telecommuting must have a secure home office environment that is free from background noise and distractions. They must also have a reliable private internet connection that is not supplied by use of cellular data (hot spot). Cable or fiber connections are preferred. Requirements are subject to change, as new systems and technology is delivered.

TRAVEL

This position may require travel outside of local area.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled/veterans.