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Accounting Manager – Enterprise SOX Optimization and Automation (Senior Advisor)
Cigna Health And Life Insurance Company · 🇺🇸 3 Locations
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- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 14 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest May 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 30 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Cigna Health And Life Insurance Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Data Science Advisor” (Data Scientists) in CT: $123k–$140k, median $132k. Most were filed at wage level III (50%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
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The US Department of Labor certified 14 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest May 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 30 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Position Summary The Cigna Group is seeking an Accounting Manager (Senior Advisor), Enterprise SOX Optimization and Automation , to support Enterprise SOX modernization and help advance a more technology-enabled, risk-focused, and scalable SOX program. This experienced individual contributor will serve as a SOX controls and automation subject matter expert, partnering across Finance, Technology, Operations, Internal Audit, and external auditors to optimize control design and enable sustainable automation and continuous monitoring capabilities. The role will focus on SOX program technology, reporting, analytics, automated testing, continuous controls monitoring, control rationalization, process mapping, and controls advisory support for enterprise transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings 5–7 years of SOX experience, preferably through Big 4 risk consulting, and can translate complex control requirements into practical business and technology solutions. Key Responsibilities SOX Technology, Reporting, Analytics, and Automation • Enhance SOX technology capabilities, including Optro (formerly AuditBoard) reporting, dashboards, analytics, automated testing, and repeatable testing routines. • Design and support continuous controls monitoring to provide scalable, data-driven insight into control performance and risk trends. • Translate control failures, audit findings, process pain points, and recurring manual testing into automation and monitoring use cases. • Partner with business, data, analytics, and Technology teams to define requirements, validate data sources, and support implementation. Control Rationalization, Optimization, and Automation • Lead SOX control rationalization and optimization with process owners, control owners, Technology partners, Internal Audit, and external auditors. • Assess controls to identify duplication, excessive manual effort, limited risk coverage, and opportunities to improve precision, efficiency, automation, and sustainability. • Recommend control redesign options that reduce manual or detective controls while maintaining alignment with SOX, COSO, PCAOB, and internal expectations. • Prepare clear documentation, decision support, and stakeholder-ready recommendations for optimization opportunities. Process Mapping, Risk Identification, and Control Design • Perform process mapping and analysis to identify financial reporting risks, data dependencies, system touchpoints, control points, and control design requirements. • Develop and maintain process narratives, flowcharts, risk and control matrices, control documentation, and implementation materials. • Advise on automated business process controls, IT-dependent or automated controls, and key report controls. • Evaluate key reports, spreadsheets, and system-generated data used in SOX control performance. Transformation, System Change, and Control Advisory Support • Provide SOX impact assessments and control design advisory support for transformation projects, system implementations, process redesigns, technology enhancements, and AI adoption. • Assess risks related to data integrity, system changes, access, interfaces, configurations, and technology-enabled financial reporting processes. • Advise teams on integrating control requirements before go-live for new processes and technology changes. • Support interim control design, implementation readiness, and testing considerations during phased rollouts or transition periods. Stakeholder Influence, Guidance, and Communications • Serve as a trusted controls advisor to Finance, Technology, and Operations stakeholders. • Translate technical SOX requirements into practical business and technology guidance. • Develop guidance, training, communications, templates, and pla