General Position Summary:

Columbia Sportswear Company continues to evolve at a rapid clip, responding to external global dynamics as well as transforming our internal processes and systems to drive growth.  In this environment of fast and significant change, it’s critical for our risk management and internal controls programs to keep pace.  Our Global Financial Compliance (GFC) team plays an important role in partnering with the business and management to design and deploy a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program that mitigates the risk of material misstatement, while effectively responding to ongoing changes and shifts in dynamics.  Our program affects a variety of critical stakeholders – including the Audit Committee, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Information Officer and other members of the leadership team – as well as the investor community that relies on the accuracy and completeness of the financial information we report.

As our Senior IT Compliance Analyst, you will play a critical role in supporting the Columbia GFC team in maintaining an effective SOX program by monitoring and assessing IT control design and operating effectiveness. You will provide insights that help to optimize our processes and controls. You possess the ability to function independently, apply professional judgment, interface with all levels of management, and communicate complex matters clearly and succinctly. You will leverage your experiences and skills to help ensure that our SOX program maintains pace with our rapidly evolving business environment. You will also be energized by the opportunity to help continuously improve our program.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

You will serve as the primary lead of the annual SOX IT control testing program, which includes the following key responsibilities:

Build a strong understanding of our business and technology landscape to evaluate processes, identify risks, and assess effectiveness of IT controls that support financial reporting. Provide insights and recommendations to help ensure that SOX documentation remains current, including risk and control matrices, narratives, and process flowcharts. Lead control discussions and walkthrough meetings with control owners and performers for multiple processes across the company. Develop testing protocols and procedures. Perform testing to assess the design and operating effectiveness of IT internal controls. Clearly identify, communicate, and escalate issues and observations with key stakeholders, including Finance leaders, Internal Audit, IT Compliance, and the external auditors. Develop strong working relationships with the Portland-based GFC team, other members of the Bangalore-based SOX testing team, and the broader Accounting and Controllership teams. Assist in innovating the use of our SOX compliance tool, AuditBoard. Support and lead periodic issue and status communications. Leverage strong project/time management skills with the ability to handle and manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency.

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.