Auditor, Controls & Compliance

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

$57K — $105K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-3+ years of public accounting and/or internal audit experience, with a strong preference for public accounting.
  • Certified CPA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent, or actively pursuing certification.
  • Working knowledge of internal controls and SOX Section 404, including testing and documentation practices.
  • Strong organizational skills and a self-motivated work ethic, with a commitment to delivering quality work on schedule.
  • Curiosity about processes and systems, with a keen interest in automation and data analytics.
  • Practical problem-solver who can offer value-adding solutions based on business context.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, adaptable to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in risk assessment and planning for the annual SOX cycle.
  • Conduct process walkthroughs with stakeholders to understand systems and controls.
  • Execute effectiveness testing on financial and IT controls, ensuring documentation meets audit scrutiny.
  • Identify and assess control deficiencies, collaborating on remediation plans.
  • Apply data analytics and AI to enhance control testing processes.
  • Provide practical insights from fieldwork to improve compliance execution.
  • Stay informed on audit trends and technology developments, flagging their implications for compliance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) plan with company match and tuition reimbursement options.
  • Generous paid time off, including holidays, sick leave, and parental leave.
  • Wellbeing programs, fitness initiatives, and complimentary gaming options.
  • Relocation assistance for candidates moving geographic locations.
Full Job Description
Job Title:
Auditor, Controls & Compliance

Requisition ID:
R027769

Job Description:

Your Mission

As an Auditor, you'll work across both business and IT processes to strengthen and mature the controls behind the games played by millions every day. You'll gain broad exposure across ABK, take meaningful ownership, and develop deep expertise in a dynamic, global gaming business.

You'll also help shape how we work next. Our team is evolving beyond traditional SOX execution, using Microsoft-enabled data, automation, and AI technology to build a more proactive and insightful compliance function.

This is an individual contributor role on a well-established, high-trust team with a strong learning culture. It is well suited to someone who wants to build lasting expertise in modern compliance and see the impact of their work compound over time.

What you bring to the table

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
  • Assist team leadership with risk assessment, scoping, and planning for the annual SOX cycle.
  • Perform process walkthroughs with business and IT stakeholders to develop a deep understanding of processes, systems, risks, and controls. Maintain clear, high-quality narratives, flowcharts, and control matrices.
  • Execute design and operating effectiveness testing across business and IT processes - financial controls, IT general controls, automated controls, and key reports - documented in workpapers that stand up to external auditor scrutiny.
  • Identify control deficiencies, assess root causes, and partner with process owners on pragmatic, sustainable remediation, including retesting management action plans.
  • Improve control testing and monitoring by applying data analytics, automation, and AI through Microsoft-enabled tools such as Power BI, Copilot, and Power Automate.
  • Leverage hands-on fieldwork to provide practical insights that improve SOX execution, effectiveness, and efficiency, and contribute to knowledge sharing across the team and with stakeholders.
  • Stay current on audit, SOX, and technology developments - including emerging risks across automation, systems, and AI - and proactively flag their implications for the program.


Minimum Requirements
  • 1-3+ years of public accounting and/or internal audit experience. A public accounting foundation is strongly preferred.
  • CPA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent - certified or actively pursuing. We value certification for the knowledge it builds and the professional commitment it reflects.
  • Working knowledge of internal controls and SOX Section 404, including walkthroughs, testing, documentation, and deficiency management.
  • A quick learner with a strong work ethic - self-motivated, organized, and accountable, with the ability to deliver high-quality work on time and raise issues early.
  • Genuinely curious about how processes and systems work, with a builder's instinct and an appetite for automation, data analytics, and AI.
  • Approaches issues methodically, considering business context, and recommends practical, value-adding solutions.
  • A clear and thoughtful communicator, in writing and in person, who works effectively with stakeholders at every level and adapts the message to the audience. Builds trust, asks good questions, and challenges respectfully when needed.
  • A collaborative team player - equally comfortable working independently and owning assigned areas - invested in the team and the bigger picture while continuing to grow individually.


Extra Points
  • Experience in gaming, entertainment, software, or technology, particularly exposure to revenue recognition, software development, or system-driven processes.
  • Familiarity with Oracle or similar ERPs, AuditBoard, Power BI, Copilot, Power Automate, Azure DevOps, or Archer.
  • Knowledge of ABK and Xbox games and franchises.


Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
  • Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
  • 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
  • Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
  • Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
  • If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.


Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $57,020.00 - $105,480.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.

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