Senior Manager, Internal Controls

About this role

QUICK SUMMARY

Own Kin's SOX and MAR readiness end to end: direct consultants, roll out Workiva, and build a scalable control environment that keeps pace with our fast-growing company. CPA or CIA required.

WHO WE ARE

Kin makes life simpler, more affordable, and better for homeowners — especially in the places where climate risks, rising costs, and outdated systems make it hardest. We start with smarter homeowners insurance and expand to everything homeowners need to thrive.

Using data, technology, and thoughtful human support, we're building products that are clear, fair, and help homeowners feel confident — so homeowners aren't left behind when they need help most.

Founded in 2016, Kin is a remote-first employer with Kinfolk across more than 35 states. We serve customers in 14 states (and counting). Our disciplined growth, strong customer satisfaction, and focus on long-term sustainability fosters outstanding growth, attracts marquee investors, and earns recognition and accolades, including:

- Built In Chicago's Best Places to Work, Midsize Companies (2021-2026)

- Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers (2026)

- Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

- Forbes' Fintech 50 (2023-2026)

- Great Places to Work Certified (2024-2026)

Most importantly, we're building Kin to be a place where people do meaningful work with real impact — for our customers, our communities, and each other. We're excited to tell you more about how you can contribute to our rapid growth, strong unit economics, profitability, and excellent customer ratings. To learn more about how we work and what we're building, visit kin.com http://kin.com and see how we work https://www.linkedin.com/company/kin-insurance/life/kin/.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We're looking for a Senior Manager of Internal Controls to lead Kin's Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Model Audit Rule (MAR) readiness programs. You'll own governance, technical direction, and quality oversight, and you'll coordinate the work of control owners, our external consulting partners, and our external auditors.

This role has real room to define and mature how internal controls work at Kin. We're growing, launching new products, and operating in a changing regulatory environment. We're investing in our control environment — implementing a new GRC platform and maturing our MAR compliance program — and this person will lead both efforts.This is an opportunity to build a scalable, mature control environment that senior leadership and the Audit Committee can rely on as Kin grows.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

- Lead the SOX and MAR compliance programs. You'll own the annual internal control audit plan and readiness roadmap, oversee consultant-led testing, manage remediation, and prepare management for SOX Sections 302 and 404.

- Direct our external consulting partners through control testing. You'll set scope and priorities and hold partners accountable for quality and delivery at every stage, including:

- Defining scope, methodology, standards, deliverables, and timelines

- Coordinating walkthroughs, evidence requests, testing windows, and remediation validation

- Reviewing and challenging partner work

- Maintaining integrated project plans and readiness dashboards

- Tracking budget, resource capacity, dependencies, and deliverables

- Resolving issues, removing roadblocks, and escalating risks, delays, and quality concerns

- Own the GRC platform implementation as business owner. You'll define program requirements, data standards, workflows, and reporting, drive adoption, and build toward a more automated control environment.

- Partner with IT and security to assess IT General Controls (ITGCs), including access management, change management, and IT operations, so that controls are properly designed, tested, and documented.

- Turn control testing status and results into clear, timely reporting for control owners, senior leadership, and the Audit Committee.

- Serve as a primary point of contact on internal controls for external auditors, consulting partners, and regulators.

- Coach control owners on internal control requirements and build practical remediation plans with them when issues come up.

- Advise business leaders early in the development of new products, systems, and processes so that new and emerging risks are caught before they become control gaps.

- Identifying opportunities to use analytics, automation, and AI to improve control monitoring, testing, evidence management, and reporting while maintaining appropriate governance and human review.

SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE

In your first 6 months at Kin, success is less about checking boxes and more about the impact you create. You'll use your skills and judgment to take ownership of meaningful work, improve how we operate, and help move Kin's mission forward. Along the way, you'll deliver outcomes that make a real difference for both Kinfolk and the homeowners we serve.

By the end of your first year, you should feel confident in your role, trusted as an owner, and proud of the progress you've helped make.

- Workiva is fully implemented and in active use for control testing. It has moved from "uploaded" to "in use," and it is ready for next year's testing cycle.

- Control owners have completed their remediation work, so controls are ready to be tested and to pass in the 2027 testing cycle.

- The 2027 audit plan is created and communicated to senior leadership, control owners, and external consultants

- Kin is MAR-ready to support our carrier’s premium growth requirements

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

- CPA or CIA certification

- 5+ years of progressive experience in internal audit, internal controls, or public accounting, with a focus on SOX compliance

- Hands-on experience applying internal control frameworks (e.g., COSO), GAAP, and statutory accounting principles (SAP)

- Experience overseeing external delivery…