David Corbett
SOX & Controls (2nd Line) | Accounting Policy & Global Governance | Audit Readiness & Remediation | CPA
- Role
- Sr Director, Accounting Policies and Controls at American Tower
- Location
- Norwood, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Corbett
SOX and Internal Controls leader (2nd line) with extensive experience owning enterprise governance, risk assessment/scoping, and global control frameworks for a complex, multinational public company. Drive audit readiness and measurable risk reduction through control rationalization, standardization, and disciplined remediation governance across 20+ international marketsModernize controls through technology enablement, including global implementations of AuditBoard and Oracle ARCS, improving evidence management, testing efficiency, and close/reconciliation governance with enterprise visibility and recurring accountability.Trusted partner to the CAO/controllership leadership, coordinate alignment across business process owners, Internal Audit leadership, and the External Audit partner to strengthen operating effectiveness, accelerate testing cycles, and sustain audit-ready processes through transformation and change.
Experience
Sr Director, Accounting Policies and Controls
Jan 2022 — Present
Own second-line SOX governance and the global controls framework, set standards and oversee first-line execution.Lead global governance cadence: Controls Roundtable and quarterly Control Calls with the CAO and process owners; manage monthly/quarterly/annual control and policy certificationsMaintain enterprise deficiency/issue governance (tracking, overdue items, aging), partnering with first-line owners to design optimal controls and drive sustainable remediation.Led enterprise rollouts of Oracle ARCS and AuditBoard, improving automation, global reporting/visibility, and audit testing efficiency through direct auditor access. Controls representative for Global Finance Transformation, ensuring future-state designs incorporate control requirements, risk considerations, and audit-ready documentation. Key liaison to the External Audit engagement partner for controls matters and point of contact to SVP Internal Audit; coordinate alignment across business, Internal Audit, and External Audit.
Education
Stonehill College
Bachelor of Science, Accounting
1998 — 2001
Skills
- Financial Reporting
- Sec Reporting
- Audit
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