About the RoleMcKesson is seeking a
Senior Director, SOX Governance & Enterprise Compliance to lead enterprise-wide Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) management, governance, and internal controls programs. This role provides strategic oversight for SOX compliance, advises executive leadership on SOX-related risks and opportunities, and drives major process transformation initiatives that strengthen compliance, efficiency, and business resilience.
This leader will partner across Finance, Technology, Internal Audit, Risk, Legal, and business leadership to mature McKesson's SOX governance model, improve control effectiveness, and enable scalable, technology-enabled compliance practices. The ideal candidate brings deep SOX and internal controls expertise, executive-level communication skills, and a proven ability to lead large-scale enterprise transformation in a complex organization.
What You'll Do- Oversee enterprise-wide SOX management, governance, compliance planning, and control oversight programs.
- Advise executive leadership on SOX risks, compliance matters, control gaps, remediation plans, and strategic opportunities.
- Sponsor major SOX process transformation, automation, and innovation initiatives that improve efficiency and control effectiveness.
- Establish governance frameworks, performance metrics, reporting routines, and accountability models for SOX compliance.
- Partner with Finance, Technology, Internal Audit, Risk, Legal, and business leaders to align SOX priorities with enterprise objectives.
- Lead cross-functional teams through complex change, ambiguity, regulatory expectations, and enterprise risk considerations.
- Provide executive-ready insights, recommendations, and updates related to SOX program health, risks, and remediation progress.
- Develop leaders, strengthen talent pipelines, and promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Minimum Requirements- Degree or equivalent experience. Typically requires 13+ years of professional experience and 6+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization, and people motivation skills (or equivalent experience).Critical Skills - Experience in a large, regulated, publicly traded, healthcare, distribution, financial services, or technology-enabled enterprise.
- Experience leading enterprise SOX compliance programs, internal controls over financial reporting, governance frameworks, or risk and compliance programs.
- Experience advising senior executives or business leaders on compliance risks, control effectiveness, remediation, and governance priorities.
- Experience leading large-scale process improvement, transformation, or automation initiatives.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams, senior stakeholders, and complex enterprise programs.
- Demonstrated experience with SOX testing, control design, control operations, issue management, and remediation oversight.
- Strong written and verbal executive communication skills, including the ability to translate complex compliance topics into clear business recommendations.
Preferred Skills/Experience- CPA, CIA, CISA, CRISC, CISM, or related certification.
- Knowledge of COSO, IT general controls, financial reporting controls, risk management frameworks, and audit practices.
- Experience with governance, risk, and compliance platforms or SOX workflow tools.
- Strong financial acumen, strategic planning ability, and enterprise operating model experience.
- Proven ability to influence without direct authority across executive, operational, technology, and audit stakeholders.
- Demonstrated commitment to inclusive leadership, talent development, and collaborative decision-making.
Candidate must be authorized to work in the U.S, now or in the future, without the support from McKesson. We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position$173,300 - $288,800
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