SOX Lead – Global Controls & Compliance

Job Title

SOX Lead â“ Global Controls & Compliance

Job Description Summary

The SOX Lead, reporting to the Global SOX 404 Controls & Compliance Associate Director, is responsible for leading and coordinating SOX 404 compliance activities across designated regions. The role oversees business process testing in Singapore, including planning, execution oversight, and issue resolution, while serving as the key liaison between control owners and external auditors to ensure alignment on deficiencies, remediation, and closure. It also drives readiness activities in India for SOX compliance by 2027, including developing controls, creating process flows, onboarding and confirming new control owners, and documenting processes and controls in Workiva.
This position is critical to advancing Cushman & Wakefieldâ™s SOX program, ensuring global consistency, audit readiness, and continued program maturity.

Job Description

About the Role:

• Regional Oversight (Singapore): Lead and manage SOX business process control testing, ensuring quality, timeliness, and compliance with audit standards.
• Audit Intermediary: Act as the primary liaison with KPMG, coordinating walkthroughs, testing updates, deficiency discussions, and remediation tracking.
• India SOX Readiness (2027): Drive the design and implementation of new SOX controls, develop process flows, confirm control ownership, and ensure complete documentation in Workiva.
• Documentation & Governance: Maintain accurate process documentation, risk assessments, testing evidence, and remediation logs while supporting global governance and SOX compliance training.
• Team Leadership & Reporting: Provide guidance to testing teams, oversee execution consistency, track remediation progress, and contribute to global SOX project management and status reporting.

About You:

• Bachelorâ™s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field; CPA, CA, CIA, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of SOX 404 requirements, internal controls, and audit methodologies, with proven experience in control testing and remediation.
• Demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with external auditors and senior stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on compliance matters.
• Experience in designing and implementing internal controls, developing process documentation, and using SOX compliance tools (e.g., Workiva).
• Excellent leadership, project management, and communication skills, with the ability to guide teams, manage deadlines, and contribute to global governance initiatives.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

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That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

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