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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Build and lead Gusto’s internal controls function, combining business process controls and IT controls under one program
- Develop the team needed to support business process and IT controls
- Own Gusto’s risk-based ICFR framework across financial processes, systems, and supporting data
- Lead scoping, control design, documentation, testing, issue evaluation, and remediation
- Strengthen the control environment for Gusto’s complex operations, proprietary systems, and evolving products
- Partner with Accounting, Finance, Product, Engineering, Data, Security, and Risk to embed control and auditability into products, systems, and processes
- Set the vision for an AI-forward internal controls function
- Apply AI and automation to risk identification, evidence evaluation, control testing, and monitoring
- Establish oversight for risks from AI-enabled financial processes and software development
- Lead relationships with external auditors on risk, scope, testing, evidence, and remediation
- Establish governance and accountability for internal controls
- Provide training across Gusto and report program health and effectiveness to senior management and the Audit Committee
Requirements
What you’ll need- 12+ years of progressive experience in a Big 4 accounting firm, internal audit, or SOX compliance role/program in a complex, scaling organization
- 5+ years of people leadership experience
- Professional certifications such as CIA or CISA; CPA, CIA, CISA, or comparable professional certification preferred
- Deep knowledge of US GAAP, COSO framework, and requirements supporting management’s ICFR assessment and external auditor attestation
- Breadth across business process controls and IT controls, with depth in at least one discipline
- Experience in a technology-driven environment with proprietary applications, automated controls, complex data flows, high transaction volumes, and evolving products
- Experience in fintech, payments, payroll, or financial services preferred
- Ability to establish a long-term strategy and operating model while resolving ambiguous risks, challenging conclusions, and guiding remediation
- Ability to influence senior leaders and translate technical and financial risks into practical decisions
- Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, external auditors, and the Audit Committee
- Experience experimenting with AI and automation for risk identification, evidence evaluation, testing, and monitoring
- Understanding of risks introduced by AI-generated code and AI-enabled financial processes
- Ability to establish practical oversight in partnership with Engineering and business teams
- Active engagement with AI tools relevant to the role and willingness to grow AI fluency
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive base pay
- Benefits
- Equity (RSUs)
- Hybrid work arrangement with non-office days when approved
- Secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection for approved non-office work
- Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans
- Equal opportunity employment