Senior Manager, SOX Compliance

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet. 

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Manager of DIO Compliance to own the design, implementation, and oversight of IT SOX controls across the organization.

This role operates as the second line of defense for IT SOX compliance, with responsibility for establishing and driving how compliance is implemented and governed across systems, processes, and transformation initiatives.

The position sits within a newly established compliance capability and plays a key role in ensuring compliance is proactively embedded into business and technology changes, reducing audit risk across the organization.

This is a senior individual contributor role without direct people management responsibility, with impact driven through cross-functional leadership and influence. The role offers exposure to senior leadership, control owners, and internal and external audit stakeholders. It requires strong SOX expertise, the ability to operate across functions, and experience building structure in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and ongoing effectiveness of IT SOX control frameworks across systems and processes

• Establish and maintain governance, documentation, and control standards supporting SOX compliance

• Act as the central coordination point between control owners, internal audit, and external auditors (second line of defense)

• Ensure control owners understand expectations, maintain effective controls, and are prepared to support audit requirements

• Lead coordination of audit readiness, including preparation for annual SOX audits and ongoing audit activities throughout the year

• Identify, assess, and drive remediation to closure for control gaps and compliance risks

• Monitor and report SOX compliance status to senior leadership and governance forums, providing structured insights to support decision-making

• Establish and drive governance to assess and monitor the impact of new systems, tools, and transformation programs on SOX scope, ensuring controls are defined and implemented early in delivery

• Partner across technology, finance, and audit functions to embed compliance requirements into operational and delivery processes

• Support alignment across teams by translating audit and compliance requirements into practical, understandable actions

• Define and evolve key elements of the SOX compliance operating model, including governance, processes, and ways of working

• Identify opportunities to improve consistency and efficiency in compliance processes, including automation and tooling

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regulatory requirements and industry practices related to IT SOX compliance

Qualifications

• Strong experience in IT SOX compliance, IT audit, or related governance functions within complex environments

• Experience working with SOX controls across enterprise systems (e.g., ERP and financial or operational platforms)

• Experience operating in or alongside second line of defense, internal audit, or external audit functions

• Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and audit partners

• Ability to translate technical, audit, and business requirements across different audiences

• Experience coordinating across technology, finance, and audit teams in global environments

• Ability to operate with autonomy and bring structure to complex or evolving environments

• Experience in external or internal audit environments (e.g., Big Four or similar) is considered valuable

• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISA, CPA, CISM, CISSP, CIA) are a plus

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to shape and mature SOX compliance within a newly established function

• Direct exposure to senior leadership and audit stakeholders

• Role directly contributes to maintaining audit compliance across critical systems and processes

• Work across complex systems and global operations

• Hybrid work model and collaborative team environment