IT Financial Compliance Senior Manager, Robinhood
$150-200k
Salary dependent on location
3+ days a week in office
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Be an early applicant
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$150-200k
Salary dependent on location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in IT audit, IT risk, IT compliance, infrastructure engineering, or a related field, with strong exposure to SOX IT general controls and application controls
- Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (such as AWS, GCP, or Azure), networking, identity and access management, and modern deployment practices including CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code
- Hands-on experience with change management processes and tools, including version control workflows, ticketing systems, release management, and emergency change procedures
- Experience designing or testing controls over data pipelines, including data transformations, reconciliations, and monitoring practices
- Proven ability to collaborate with engineering teams to implement practical control solutions and explain control requirements in technical terms
- Strong analytical, documentation, and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and deadlines
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with experience working with external auditors and senior stakeholders
What the job involves
- We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems
- We’re looking for bold thinkers
- Sharp problem-solvers
- Builders who are wired to make an impact
- Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers
- We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do
- Expectations are high, and so are the rewards
- The Financial Compliance team’s mission is to establish and maintain the company’s financial and regulatory compliance, including requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) and related frameworks over internal controls, IT general controls, and financial reporting
- This team works closely with Engineering, Security, Finance, and external auditors to ensure systems, processes, and data meet regulatory expectations while supporting business growth!
- As an IT Financial Compliance Senior Manager, you will evaluate systems, databases, and processes to ensure strong control design and effective operation across infrastructure, change management, and financial data pipelines
- You will partner closely with engineering and business teams to identify control gaps, implement practical solutions, and support compliance with SOX and other regulatory requirements
- This role plays a key part in ensuring financial reporting integrity and audit readiness while contributing to scalable compliance practices across the organization
- This role is based in our Menlo Park, CA, New York, NY, and Chicago, IL offices, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week
- At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams
- Design and maintain IT infrastructure controls, including environment segregation, access pathways, configuration baselines, and logging and monitoring aligned to SOX and regulatory requirements
- Partner with Platform, Infrastructure, and Security teams to align system architecture and operational processes with control objectives and audit evidence expectations
- Assess new systems, tools, and services (such as cloud platforms, data stores, and security tooling) to identify control gaps and define remediation actions
- Lead IT SOX readiness and integration effort for new acquisitions
- Perform IT SOX assessments ahead of product launches and system upgrades/migrations to ensure timely compliance
- Lead IT change management and production access governance, including approvals, testing, deployments, rollback procedures, emergency changes, and least-privilege access controls across production environments
- Map end-to-end data flows supporting financial and regulatory reporting, identifying key interfaces, transformations, and control points to ensure completeness and accuracy
- Partner with Data Engineering and Finance teams to design and implement controls over data reconciliation, monitoring, and retention across reporting pipelines
- Execute and oversee testing of IT general controls and application controls, evaluate deficiencies, identify root causes, and coordinate remediation with engineering and operations teams
- Prepare and maintain control documentation, process narratives, flowcharts, and audit evidence to support internal and external audits
- Serve as a subject matter expert in IT controls during audits and translate regulatory requirements into clear, technical implementation guidance for engineering teams
- Identify opportunities to automate control execution and evidence collection and contribute to standardizing control frameworks, tooling, and documentation across the organization
Our take
For years, traditional brokers ruled the share trading realm, charging hefty fees that locked out everyday investors. Robinhood emerged as a disruptor, offering commission-free trading and opening the door to a new generation. Since then, expectations have continued to evolve, with investors looking not just to lower costs, but for simpler tools, clearer information, and guidance that makes the market easier to understand.
Robinhood was built to meet those changing expectations, designed from the start as a mobile-first platform that makes investor more accessible and less intimidating for people at every stage of their financial journey. Through its app, users can trade stocks and other financial instruments while benefiting from a clean interface and built-in educational support, helping them move from curiosity to confidence without unnecessary complexity.
Recently, Robinhood has strenghtned its impact too, particularly in the UK. With the launch of AI-powered Digests within its Robinhood Cortex assistant that helps users understand what's driving stock movements in plain English, while upcoming options trading and expanded educational resources add flexibility and depth. Together, these steps position Robinhood as a platform evolving alongside its users, blending technology and education to stay ahead in an ever-changing investment landscape.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2021
$2.4bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jan 2021
$1bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $5.6bn
Company HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Vlad Tenev
(Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman)Studied Mathematics at Stanford University, where they met Baiju. Dropped out of a PhD to start Robinhood. Alongside Robinhood, Vlad is also the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Harmonic.
Baiju B.
(Co-Founder)Studied Mathematics and Physics at Stanford University, where they met their Vlad and co-founded Robinhood in 2012. Baiju is also the Founder and CEO of Aetherflux.
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