Job Description Summary:

Overview

The Director I, IT Governance and Compliance leads a team within the second line of defense, reporting to the Senior Director, IT Governance and Compliance. This role is responsible for the overall leadership and execution of IT General Controls (ITGC) activities that support the organization's SOX compliance program and annual integrated audit. The Director ensures controls are properly designed, consistently executed, and meet PCAOB standards — driving a culture where compliance excellence is achieved the first time, every time.

This is a role for a leader who can grow, think, and create. Someone passionate about control practices, energized by complexity, and skilled at translating rigorous SOX and PCAOB requirements into practical, scalable programs that move at the speed of the business. This leader partners with Senior Directors, IT and Business leadership, and Audit teams to keep ITGCs effective across a dynamic and constantly evolving technology landscape — and builds the kind of team that makes that possible.

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Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Program Leadership: Define and execute the team's strategic direction in alignment with enterprise SOX program objectives and PCAOB standards. Establish priorities, operating cadences, and performance goals that drive consistent, high-quality compliance outcomes. Provide senior leadership with regular reporting on program status, control health, and risk exposure.

• Scoping & Risk Assessment: Lead ITGC scoping activities, including system-level risk assessments and identification of in-scope systems and IT dependencies. Oversee control design assessments for new and materially changing systems. Review and approve IT control strategies to ensure alignment with financial reporting risks, SOX requirements, and PCAOB standards.

• Quality Assurance: Own the quality assurance framework for ITGC execution across the team, ensuring control activities meet established standards for accuracy, completeness, and consistency. Lead real-time monitoring and structured review of control evidence to validate that controls are operating as intended and in accordance with SOX and PCAOB requirements. Identify patterns and systemic issues in control execution, drive root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to continuously raise the bar on execution quality.

• Control Deficiency & Remediation: Oversee the identification and escalation of control deficiencies arising from quality assurance activities, evidence reviews, and audit interactions. Direct root cause analysis and partner with IT leadership to develop and approve remediation plans. Track remediation actions through to resolution and validate the effectiveness of corrective actions.

• Audit Support: Serve as a senior point of contact for internal and external audit teams. Oversee the delivery of complete and accurate audit evidence and responses. Direct follow-up on audit inquiries and information requests within the team's scope.

• Documentation & Tools: Ensure the accuracy and completeness of IT SOX documentation, including ITGC inventories, IT dependencies, control design documentation, and SOX technology maps. Drive adoption of documentation standards and tools to support audit readiness, quality assurance, and program sustainability.

• People Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of managers and analysts. Build capability, foster accountability, and create an environment where people can grow, solve hard problems, and do their best work in compliance. Seek out achievers and visionaries — and give them the support to improve constantly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Management, or related field; Master’s preferred.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in IT risk management, compliance, IT audit, or controls implementation, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.

• Hands-on experience with SAP ITGC’s and the SAP GRC tool.

• Proven experience in ITGCs, policy development, compliance with SOX, and quality assurance activities.

• Strong knowledge of IT policies, SOX, control operations, and industry best practices.

• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, influence stakeholders, and communicate complex requirements to diverse audiences.

• Experience collaborating with IT, audit, and business teams in a large organization.

• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Preferred professional certifications: CPA, CISA, CISM, or similar.

What We’ll Do For You

• Innovation: We embrace a culture of experimentation and innovation, providing you the opportunity to contribute to new, different, or better ways of doing things.

• Agile Work Environment: We embrace agile, with a management team that believes in removing barriers, so you are empowered to experiment, iterate, and innovate.

• Industry Leaders: Collaborate with leaders in the industry. Our team is composed of professionals who are experts in their fields, providing an environment where you can learn, grow, and make a significant impact.

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Skills:

Cybersecurity Compliance, Information Security Risk Management, IT Leadership, IT Security Auditing, Quality Assurance (QA)

Pay Range:

$171,000 - $198,000

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:

30

Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

March 18, 2026

Shift:

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

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