Security Controls Assurance Lead (SOX) in Ashington

• Anthropic’s Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team is the connective tissue that holds the company accountable to its security and control commitments
• We translate regulatory, customer, and voluntary obligations into controls that teams act on, and give leadership a bird’s-eye view of how well we’re meeting them
• We’re building toward continuous assurance, to challenge and evidence the performance of controls continuously rather than through periodic audits
• As Anthropic scales to meet public-company standards, the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) control environment over our technology stack is one of the most consequential things this team owns
• As part of Security GRC’s technical controls assurance function, you will be the voice on what the IT general controls must achieve to support SOX 404 compliance
• In partnership with Internal Audit, you will define control requirements and acceptance criteria for the in-scope engineering systems and infrastructure that underpin financial reporting
• You will pair with engineering as they design and implement against those requirements, and validate that what ships actually meets the bar before Internal Audit and our external auditors test it
• You are the product owner for control design methodology and continuous control monitoring, initially around ITGCs, but extending into other areas of security and compliance to drive visibility where and when we need it
• Define control requirements and acceptance criteria across the core ITGC domains of logical access, change management, computer operations, and program development for SOX in-scope systems, including home-built platforms where the control has to be designed into the system rather than bolted on
• Set the bar for in-scope systems from day one. As financially significant systems are built, migrated, or replaced, define what the system must provide (auditability, segregation of duties, change control, immutable logging, evidence retention) before go-live, so controls are not retrofitted after the fact
• Pressure-test changes for SOX impact during design. Review major infrastructure, system, and agent framework changes for control impact while decisions are still cheap, and maintain a clear view of which changes alter the SOX scope, key control population, or evidence requirements
• Own second-line control monitoring and evidence readiness. Stand up continuous controls monitoring and automated evidence collection for ITGCs (control testing, walkthrough preparation, population and completeness validation, and mapping to the common controls framework). Materially raise automated evidence coverage and cut audit prep time
• Drive control deficiency remediation with cross functional partners. Track and root-cause ITGC deficiencies surfaced by monitoring, Internal Audit, or external audit; partner with engineering owners on remediation design; and assess whether remediation actually closes the gap before re-testing
• Assess scope changes through a SOX lens. When new products, entities, systems, or integrations come into scope, provide technical and compliance assessment of their impact on control design, evidence requirements, and engineering effort before commitments are made
• Maintain alignment with the broader compliance portfolio. Where SOX ITGCs overlap with SOC 2, ISO 27001/42001, or other frameworks, ensure controls are designed once and evidenced once, and that changes made for one framework do not silently break another

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
• Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
• 22 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible paid time off and absence policies
• Mental health support for you and your dependents
• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Optional equity donation matching at a 1:1 ratio, up to 25% of your equity grant
• Retirement plans with competitive matching
• Life and income protection plans
• $500/month flexible wellness and time saver stipend
• Commuter benefits
• Annual education stipend
• Home office stipends
• Relocation support for those moving for Anthropic
• Daily meals and snacks in the office

Understand the role of the second line: you can advise and challenge engineering without taking ownership of their controls, and you know where the line sits between your monitoring and Internal Audit’s independent testingHave programming skills in Python or at least one systems language such as Go, Rust, or C/C++Have led or been a senior contributor to an ITGC program through SOX 404 readiness and/or at a public company, with a working command of PCAOB AS 2201, COSO 2013, and how external auditors scope, test, and evaluate technology controls and deficienciesThrive at the pace of a hypergrowth company. You’re comfortable making calls with incomplete information and reprioritizing as scope shiftsTranslate SOX and framework language into acceptance criteria engineers can build against, and translate engineering reality back into assurance language auditors and leadership can rely onAre a strong collaborator and communicator across Finance, Engineering, Internal Audit, and external auditorsUse Claude and other LLMs as daily working tools, and have grounded, specific views on which SOX assurance workflows AI can run today and which it can’t yetHave genuine engineering fluency, possibly from an earlier engineering career: you can read code and Terraform, follow a CI/CD pipeline end to end, and challenge a design on its technical meritsHave deep familiarity with developer platform, release engineering, cloud infrastructure, or ERP/financial systems control domainsDefault to getting the requirement designed into the system rather than papering over the gap with procedureTaken a company through a first-year SOX 404(a) and 404(b) assessment, including a first external ITGC auditDefined or assessed controls over home-built financially significant systems, usage-based billing, or revenue metering pipelinesStood up continuous controls monitoring or automated evidence programsMinimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experienceRequired field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experienceA combination of audit or advisory experience (Big 4 or equivalent, ideally IT audit) with in-house experience at an AI-forward tech company, in either orderExperience with SOC 1 reliance, service organization control mapping, and complementary user entity controlsCISSP, CISA, CPA, or equivalent certificationDefined or assessed controls for AI/ML systems or agents acting in production environmentsCurrently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our officesWe encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed

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