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OpenAI · 3 days ago

Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management

San Francisco

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$240K/yr - $240K/yr

8+ years exp

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a Senior Manager to shape and scale the readiness frameworks for their SOX/ICFR program while collaborating with various teams to ensure financial process integrity and audit readiness.

Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Define and evolve a consistent SOX/ICFR readiness framework across FRM efforts (shared standards, key checkpoints, and what “done” looks like)

Create clear roles, decision paths, and escalation routes so work moves quickly and consistently

Maintain a consolidated view of priorities, progress, and risks, translating it into crisp leadership updates and decision asks

Partner with workstream leads and co-sourced teams to ensure outputs are consistent, high-quality, and leadership-ready

Stand up program frameworks and playbooks for emerging priorities, including but not limited to M&A, hardware, and systems build-outs

Run targeted assessments for new/changed areas and translate them into clear expectations, owners, and timelines

Qualification

SOX/ICFR experienceInternal controls expertiseFinancial process transformationStakeholder managementExecutive communicationControl design/testing methodologiesM&A transaction controlsBachelor's degreeERP/GRC tooling familiarityDocumentation skills

Required

A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field

8–12+ years of experience in SOX/ICFR, internal controls, internal audit, or financial process transformation—ideally with time in a high-growth environment

Demonstrated the ability to build programs: operating models, governance, workplans, stakeholder cadences, and durable artifacts

Experience supporting M&A or transaction-related controls (deal governance, integration controls, valuations/supporting documentation, close/readiness)

A strong understanding of ICFR, COSO, and control design/testing methodologies (preventive vs detective, automated vs manual, ITAC/ITGC familiarity)

Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication, and the ability to drive decisions and outcomes across competing priorities

Strong writing and documentation skills (narratives, decision logs, playbooks, RCMs) with a bias toward clarity and usability