Sr. Manager, SOX Governance Asia

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SOX Compliance and Internal Control Governance

• Support the execution of the Company’s SOX compliance program across APAC, including participation in walkthroughs, support testing through coordination, deficiency evaluation, remediation tracking, and management reporting.
• Partner with Global SOX and regional control owners to ensure consistent application of internal control standards, policies, and documentation requirements across markets.
• Maintain a strong understanding of key business processes, financial reporting risks, and control requirements across APAC brands, markets, and functions.

Risk Assessment, Control Design, and Deficiency Management

• Identify and assess financial reporting, operational, compliance, and system-related control risks across the region.
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of key controls and recommend practical enhancements to strengthen control coverage and process discipline.
• Support root-cause analysis of control deficiencies, align remediation plans with process owners, and monitor timely closure of action items.

Business Partnership, Training, and Control Advisory

• Serve as a trusted control partner to APAC finance and business teams by providing timely guidance on control requirements, process changes, , and remediation expectations.
• Support control considerations for new initiatives, system changes, process transitions, market expansion, and shared service activities.
• Design, coordinate, and deliver targeted SOX and internal control training for APAC control owners and business stakeholders, including control responsibilities, evidence requirements, deficiency prevention, and remediation practices.
• Promote control awareness, accountability, and ownership through ongoing training, communication, and practical guidance to control owners and business stakeholders.

Data Analytics, Technology, and IT-Dependent Controls

• Leverage data analytics and reporting tools to identify risk indicators, control exceptions, process trends, and opportunities for stronger monitoring.
• Coordinate with IT, IT compliance, Global SOX, and process owners to assess control implications of system changes, automated controls, IT-dependent manual controls, and key reports.
• Support the evaluation of technology-enabled process improvements that enhance control effectiveness and operational efficiency.

Stakeholder Coordination and Reporting

• Coordinate with Global SOX, external auditors, consultants, and regional stakeholders to support testing timelines, evidence quality, issue resolution, and remediation progress.
• Communicate control observations, risks, remediation status, and key themes clearly and professionally to business unit management and senior leadership.
• Drive consistent documentation, disciplined follow-up, and timely escalation of significant control matters across APAC.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline required.
• CPA, CIA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in SOX compliance, internal control, internal audit
• Strong knowledge of SOX 404 requirements, the COSO internal control framework, financial reporting risks, control design, walkthroughs, testing, deficiency assessment, and remediation.
• Experience working in a multinational, matrixed organization; retail, consumer goods, or multi-brand experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of business process controls, IT-dependent manual controls, automated controls, and key report controls.
• Ability to work effectively across APAC markets and partner with global, regional, and local stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Mandarin.
• Ability and willingness to travel within APAC as business needs require.

Leadership Capabilities

• Demonstrates sound judgment, integrity, independence of thought, and strong ownership of control outcomes.
• Applies a risk-based mindset to prioritize issues, assess business impact, and recommend practical solutions.
• Communicates complex control matters clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Influences cross-functional partners without direct authority and builds trust as a value-added control advisor.
• Operates effectively in a fast-paced, multi-market environment with strong project management, follow-through, and stakeholder management skills.
• Promotes a culture of accountability, transparency, continuous improvement, and sustainable control discipline.

Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
 
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.    

Tapestry is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under the consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.

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