Senior Manager, Controls & Compliance

At WHOOP, we are on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan. WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.

In this role you will shape and scale the control environment that underpins every financial and operational decision at WHOOP. By designing, testing, and continuously improving an agile SOX ready framework, you will safeguard assets, enable data driven growth, and ensure that new products, markets, and technologies launch on a foundation of integrity and compliance.

*This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.*

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design & Documentation: Own the end to end documentation of process narratives, flowcharts, and risk control matrices, ensuring alignment with COSO and SOX requirements.
• Risk Assessment & Partnership: Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Engineering, and People teams to identify emerging risks and embed scalable, tech enabled controls in new and evolving workflows.
• Testing & Remediation: Lead the annual controls testing plan, track deficiencies to timely remediation, and present clear, data backed findings to leadership and external auditors.
• Optimization & Automation: Identify opportunities to rationalize, automate, or otherwise enhance existing controls to support rapid business growth and global expansion.
• Culture & Education: Champion a culture of ethical conduct through training, guidance, and proactive communication that makes controls everyone’s responsibility.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree and CPA required, CIA, CISA or Master's degree a plus.
• 8+ years of experience in internal audit, SOX compliance, financial reporting, or a related field.
• Experience in a Big Four public accounting firm or similar audit/compliance role within the technology industry and a focus on IT processes and controls
• Deep knowledge of SOX, the COSO framework, and internal control evaluation methods, with hands on experience leading audits for complex, high growth organizations.
• Working with analytical software (such as Alteryx, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.) and an enterprise grade ERP controls (NetSuite a plus).
• Proven ability to assess end to end processes for financial, operational, and compliance risks and to translate findings into pragmatic recommendations.
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving, and communication skills, with the confidence to influence stakeholders at every level and across geographies.
• Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day to day tasks, ensuring AI assisted work aligns with the same high quality standards as personal contributions.

Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.

WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.