Senior Accounting Analyst, SOX Compliance

GXO Logistics, Inc.

Senior SOX Analyst maintaining effective SOX compliance program as GXO expands. Ensuring control design consistency and compliance within a growing organization.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensure consistency in control design, documentation standards, and execution across all regions by establishing clear expectations, reviewing control language for precision, and promoting alignment in how controls are evidenced and maintained
Oversee AuditBoard governance, including timely control updates, certifications, proper archiving of prior-year controls, user access oversight, and identification of system enhancements to improve efficiency and reporting accuracy
Drive the Annual Design Assessment (ADA) process by coordinating timelines, reviewing submissions for quality and completeness, challenging control design where necessary, and ensuring updates are appropriately reflected in the system
Evaluate the SOX impact of system implementations, organizational changes, process redesigns, acquisitions, and other business transformations to determine scoping implications, new control requirements, or modifications to existing controls
Ensure deficiencies are properly evaluated, supported with sufficient evidence, and aggregated in accordance with SOX methodology, including root cause analysis, severity assessment, and alignment with management’s conclusion
Support walkthroughs and PBC coordination by preparing documentation, aligning control owners on expectations, facilitating auditor discussions, and proactively addressing follow-up inquiries to minimize rework
Strengthen IPE governance and key report testing by ensuring completeness and accuracy procedures are clearly documented, reports are appropriately validated, and testing standards are applied consistently across manual and automated controls
Identify and deliver SOX training requirements by assessing knowledge gaps (particularly for new control owners), developing targeted training materials, and providing ongoing education to reinforce accountability, documentation standards, and control awareness

Requirements

What you’ll need

Three or more years’ experience with SOX 404 compliance and internal controls evaluation that followed a controls framework
ideal person will have either public accounting or combination of public & industry (public company) internal audit experience
prior experience of US owned groups
strong background in financial accounting and audit
advanced Excel skills
strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
able to work to tight deadlines, within a small team
proficient process facilitation, project management, and analytical skills
experience navigating and leading in environments of transformation/change

Benefits

Comp & perks

full health insurance (medical, dental and vision)
401(k)
life insurance
disability
opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

SOX 404 complianceinternal controls evaluationfinancial accountingadvanced Excelroot cause analysisprocess redesigncontrols frameworkaudit governancereport testingdocumentation standards

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillsattention to detailproject managementprocess facilitationteam collaborationcommunication skillstime managementtraining developmentadaptability