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# IT SOX Manager at Groupon

- **Company:** Groupon
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-09-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/groupon/jobs/4975803101

## Job description

Groupon connects 42 million customers with local experiences - restaurants, events, wellness and travel - and the million-plus merchants who deliver them. Our mission is to get people offline and into the real world at prices that make it possible. We're an AI-native company in the middle of a platform transformation, moving from a deals marketplace to an experience discovery platform that works for customers and merchants at the same time.

Ready to have a direct impact on the financial success of a public company?

Groupon is an experiences marketplace that brings people more ways to get the most out of their city or wherever they may be. By enabling real-time mobile commerce across local businesses, live events and travel destinations, Groupon helps people find and discover experiences––big and small, new and familiar––that make for a full, fun and rewarding life. Groupon helps local businesses grow and strengthen customer relationships––resulting in strong, vibrant communities. With employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success. Does that sound like a great way to grow your career? Let's get into the details:

This position will function at an IT SOX Manager level reporting to the Internal Audit Director. The core responsibility of this role is to assess IT general controls and application controls for design effectiveness and operating effectiveness. Beyond IT SOX testing, this role performs business process control testing and partners closely with Finance and Accounting — we're looking for someone who understands the financial reporting side of the controls they test, can work cross-functionally with accounting teams, and has the range to expand into operational audit work as the team's mandate grows.

As an IT SOX Manager you must have audit experience and the ability to interact with management at all levels. This position requires excellent communication skills as well as an understanding of COBIT, COSO, generally accepted accounting principles, and IT audit techniques.

## RESPONSIBILITIES

- Manage the IT general controls (ITGCs) and application controls within the financial reporting risk and control matrix (RCM).
- Scope systems into SOX control testing based on risk assessment, including new and migrating platforms.
- Create process narratives to map out financial reporting processes.
- Lead control walkthroughs and assess design effectiveness of controls.
- Develop control test procedures, inclusive of testing attributes.
- Test the operating effectiveness of IT general controls, application controls, entity-level controls, and business process controls.
- Review SOX control testing workpapers prepared by senior and staff auditors to ensure adequate documentation supports conclusions.
- Evaluate the severity of control deficiencies (deficiency, significant deficiency, material weakness) and draft management's position memos.
- Monitor remediation status of IT SOX control failures to ensure corrective action has been taken.
- Own coordination with external auditors, including the reliance process, PBC management, control design and gap discussions, and new system implementation reviews.
- Partner with Finance and Accounting on integrated audits and cross-functional initiatives, connecting IT controls to their financial statement impact.
- Leverage AI tools and data analytics to scale control testing — anomaly detection, reconciliation validation, workpaper drafting — with appropriate guardrails for SOX and financial data.
- Train and mentor control owners and internal audit team members on IT SOX best practices.

## QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant equivalent
- 6+ years of proven audit experience, including experience leading SOX testing or supervising audit staff
- CISA, CISM, CIA, CPA, CMA, or Chartered Accountant preferred
- Solid grasp of finance and accounting fundamentals — able to trace IT controls to financial reporting risk and flex into business-process or operational audit work
- Systems savvy; experience with NetSuite, Workday, BigQuery, or Keboola is a plus; AuditBoard experience is a plus
- Comfortable working with data warehouses and writing SQL queries (BigQuery a plus)
- Experience applying AI or data analytics to audit work is a strong plus
- Microsoft Office proficiency; high level of comfort with Excel is required
- Pro-active doer; innately curious, enthusiastic attitude, desire to continually challenge existing processes and improve them
- Energized by a fluid, fast-paced environment

[Groupon](https://www.groupon.com) is an AI-First Company We’re committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working and AI plays a key role in how we get there. We encourage candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process where it adds value, and we’re always keen to hear how technology improves the way you work. If you’re passionate about AI or curious to explore how it can elevate your role you’ll be right at home here.

Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world’s largest local e-commerce marketplace, click [here](https://www.groupon.com/articles/about). You can also find out more about us in the latest [Groupon new](https://www.groupon.com/articles/press)s as well as learning about our [DEI approach](https://www.groupon.com/articles/dei). If all of this sounds like something that’s a great fit for you, then click apply and join us on a mission to become the ultimate destination for local experiences and services.

Beware of Recruitment Fraud: Groupon follows a merit-based recruitment process without charging job seekers any fees. We've noticed an increase in recruitment fraud, including fake job postings and fraudulent interviews and job offers aimed at stealing personal information or money. Be cautious of individuals falsely representing Groupon's Talent Acquisition team with fake job offers. If you encounter any suspicious job offers or interview calls demanding money, recognize these as scams. Groupon is not responsible for losses from such dealings. For legitimate job openings (and a sneak peek into life at Groupon), always check our official career website at [Groupon Careers](https://www.grouponcareers.com/)

## About Groupon

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Groupon operates a global marketplace that connects consumers with local experiences, services, and goods, using AI-driven technology to match supply and demand.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Ticker: GRPN on Nasdaq)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: Andrew Mason, Brad Keywell, Eric Lefkofsky

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Local commerce marketplace / e-commerce / digital advertising
- Target customers: B2C (consumers seeking local experiences, travel, and goods) and B2B/SMB (local merchants seeking customers and growth).
- Mission or purpose statement: "We get people offline through quality local experiences at great value."

## Products & Services
- **Groupon Marketplace (Core Platform)**: A web and mobile platform offering daily deals, vouchers, and bookable experiences for restaurants, travel, activities, beauty, and goods. This is a two-sided marketplace.
- **Groupon Merchant Platform (B2B)**: Tools for local businesses to list offers, manage inventory, schedule appointments, and process payments, designed to help them attract new customers and manage operations.
- **Groupon+**: A feature that allows users to earn cashback directly on credit cards for purchases at partner merchants, streamlining the deal redemption process.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: As of early 2025, Groupon's market capitalization is roughly $400–800 million USD, reflecting a significant decline from its peak but steadying during a turnaround.
- **Key Metric (Revenue/User Base)**: Annual revenue for 2024 was approximately $485 million USD. The company serves tens of millions of active customers globally.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Given its public status, major institutional shareholders include hedge funds and asset managers. Key partners include thousands of local merchants in over a dozen countries (USA, Canada, Europe, Middle East).
- **Growth Signals**: Currently in a "transformation" phase, shifting from a deal-a-day model to a more curated, AI-driven marketplace. Growing AI-generated codebase (over 50% of code is AI-generated) and adopting agentic-first development.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale and Local Supply**: A massive, pre-existing network of millions of local merchants across multiple geographies, providing a supply moat that is difficult to replicate.
- **AI-Native Operating Model**: Groupon is aggressively transforming into an "AI-native company," using AI for supply demand matching, coding (agentic development), and internal operations, aiming to out-execute competitors through automation and efficiency.
- **Proven Brand Recognition**: Despite past struggles, Groupon remains a globally recognized brand for "deals" and local discovery, providing a level of consumer trust that new entrants lack.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Native Transformation**: The entire company is restructuring around AI. Engineering teams use agentic-first development, and all employees are expected to leverage AI tools to remove low-value work.
- **Product-Led Growth**: Shifting focus from a sales-driven model to a product-led one, where better matching and curation through AI drives natural user acquisition and conversion.
- **Lean & Disciplined Operating Model**: A deliberate "do more with less" philosophy. The company is simplifying its tech stack, reducing complexity in its operations, and focusing only on projects that move core metrics.
- **Global Local Focus**: Prioritizing the massive, complex, and underserved local commerce market.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: "Extreme Ownership," "Speed Over Comfort," "Impact Obsessed," "Simplify to Scale," and "Disciplined." The pace is described as fast, real, and high-standard.
- **Work Environment**: A hybrid model with defined in-office days for collaboration and decision-making, with a subset of roles approved for fully remote work. Modern offices in central locations.
- **Career Growth & Impact**: A company in active transformation means employees can have immediate, visible impact on the business. Promotion is based on performance, not politics.
- **Notable Perks & Benefits**: Competitive compensation, purpose-driven work (helping local businesses), opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI tech, internal recognition programs, and anniversary milestone rewards. Benefits vary by location.
- **Engineering Culture**: Engineers build, orchestrate AI agents, and work on genuinely hard problems in local commerce. Over 50% of code is AI-generated, and the engineering culture is focused on building and shipping quickly.

## Sources
1. [Groupon Company Information](https://www.grouponcareers.com/why-groupon)
2. [Groupon Careers / Our Teams](https://www.grouponcareers.com/our-teams)
3. [Groupon Candidate FAQs & Work Policy](https://www.grouponcareers.com/candidate-faqs)
4. [Groupon LinkedIn](https://in.linkedin.com/company/groupon)
5. [Groupon Job Listings](http://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/groupon)

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