Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management
About the Team
The Internal Controls function sits within the broader Finance Risk Management (FRM) organization and plays a key role in strengthening the integrity, scalability, and reliability of OpenAI’s finance-critical operations.
Our team designs and governs the Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework that supports accurate, transparent financial results. We focus on business-process controls across areas like Order-to-Cash, Compute, Data, Global Financial Close, Accounting Operations, Real Estate and AI infrastructure-related spend. We work closely with Product, GTM, Corporate Finance, Legal, BizOps, Strategic Finance, Accounting, Finance Platforms and Compliance to ensure processes are well-designed, well-documented, and audit-ready.
FRM, as the broader function, leads OpenAI’s financial risk posture—spanning governance over internal controls, third-party risk, audit readiness, and financial systems oversight. Together, we provide the foundation of trust that enables OpenAI to operate at global scale.
About the Role
We’re seeking a Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management to shape and scale the readiness frameworks and ways of working that underpin OpenAI’s SOX/ICFR program and broader FRM priorities. This is a highly cross-functional role for someone who can translate ambiguity into clear standards, expectations, and decision paths—so workstream owners can move quickly and consistently.
You’ll be a core partner to Finance, Systems, and operational leaders—aligning stakeholders, driving remediation progress, and turning complex, multi-team efforts into crisp leadership updates and decision asks. Success in this role requires strong judgment, clear communication, and the ability to drive outcomes through influence.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
In this role, you will:
- Build and scale the ICFR readiness fr...