A 4-month practitioner simulation set inside a fictional NYSE-listed energy company. Every lesson produces a real deliverable. Every lab uses a live SAP S/4HANA system. You graduate with 23 completed workpapers and a portfolio that proves what you can do.
Every IT SOX Analyst job description asks for 2–3 years of experience. But every training programme gives you theory and a certificate. There is a gap between what employers want and what most training delivers.
The lesson flow is not theory → quiz → next lesson. It is theory → SAP navigation → professional deliverable → portfolio addition. Every lesson leaves you with something tangible.
From Lesson 1 to your final project, you are a trainee IT Controls Analyst at NovaTech S.A. — a fictional NYSE-listed oil and gas services company headquartered in Port Meridian, Arcadia. The company is SOX-regulated, runs SAP S/4HANA 2023, employs 4,200 staff across 9 countries, and has an upcoming external audit window.
You report to Daniel Ferreira, Controls Manager. The external audit is being led by a Big 4 firm. The Audit Committee expects quarterly reporting. There are real characters, real risks, and — when you find them — real findings. The NovaTech scenario makes every lab feel like day one of a real engagement.
This is not a simulation for its own sake. It is designed so that when an interviewer asks "walk me through a control you've tested," you answer with a specific transaction, a specific finding, and a specific workpaper — not a general description of what ITGC testing involves.
Path A covers every skill that appears in IT SOX Analyst job descriptions. The sequence mirrors a real SOX programme cycle — from orientation through testing, documentation, business processes, SAP access, walkthroughs, and remediation.
Every completed deliverable goes into your portfolio. When an interviewer asks "have you ever written a controls workpaper?" you don't say "in my training we covered that." You say "yes — here it is."
Plus 5 additional deliverables across M1, M4, M5, M6, and M8. Full portfolio inventory available to enrolled students in the Career Intelligence Library.
TIB Path A is taught by a Managing Partner and Principal Consultant with over 37 years of Big 4 SAP GRC practitioner experience. Not a course designer. Someone who has led SAP Security implementations, GRC deployments, and compliance programmes across multiple industries and continents.
Your work is reviewed against the gold standard used in real Big 4 engagements — not against a multiple-choice answer key. When you submit a workpaper, the feedback tells you what would pass external audit review and what needs to change.
Both tracks cover the same curriculum and produce the same portfolio. The difference is the level of live access and pacing.
"I worked through Path A over 14 weeks alongside my day job. The Q&A sessions kept me on track and the feedback on my workpapers was the most useful thing — I knew exactly what needed to change before my interview."
"The live sessions made me treat this like a real job. When your instructor reviews your workpaper the same week you submit it and tells you what a Big 4 senior would say — that changes how seriously you take every deliverable."
Every lab exercise is performed in a live SAP S/4HANA 2023 sandbox environment configured for the NovaTech S.A. scenario. This is not a simulation, a screenshot walkthrough, or a virtual lab. You log in with real credentials, navigate real menus, execute real transactions, and produce real output.
Candidates who have used SAP before an interview stand out immediately. The questions interviewers ask — "Have you run a SUIM report?" "Can you read a SU01 Roles tab?" "Have you navigated SE10?" — are questions Path A graduates can answer with specifics, not generalities.
Access is provisioned from Day 1 of your enrolment and remains active throughout your programme.
Based on analysis of 50+ live IT SOX Analyst job descriptions across USA, UK, UAE, Australia, and India from TIB-MKT-JOB-003 (June 2026).
| Skill Demanded in Job Descriptions | Frequency | Path A Coverage | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOX 404 / ITGC knowledge | 98% of postings | ✦ Full module | M1–M2 |
| SAP S/4HANA familiarity | 82% of postings | ✦ Every lab | M1–M7 |
| Logical access controls testing | 91% of postings | ✦ Full workpaper | M2-L1 |
| Change management controls | 88% of postings | ✦ Full workpaper | M2-L2 |
| Risk & Control Matrix (RCM) | 79% of postings | ✦ Build exercise | M3-L2 |
| Control writing / documentation | 85% of postings | ✦ Dedicated lesson | M3-L1 |
| Evidence collection & management | 76% of postings | ✦ SARA framework | M3-L3 |
| Business process controls (P2P/O2C/R2R) | 72% of postings | ✦ Full module | M4 |
| Segregation of Duties (SoD) | 86% of postings | ✦ Dedicated lesson | M5-L2 |
| Audit walkthroughs | 68% of postings | ✦ Full module | M6 |
| Deficiency classification and escalation | 71% of postings | ✦ Framework + case | M7-L1 |
| COSO 2013 / COBIT framework awareness | 65% of postings | ✦ Lesson context | M1-L2 |
Path A was designed for career changers. The only prerequisite is that you are serious about making the transition — and prepared to do the work.
Both tracks cover the identical 8-module curriculum and produce the same 23-document portfolio. The difference is the level of live instructor access and cohort experience.
4-month programme · enrol and start within 48 hours
4-month programme · cohort-based · live sessions
Enrol in Path A today. Within 48 hours you will have access to the NovaTech S.A. SAP system, your first Lesson Notes, your first Lab Guide, and your first Project template. By the end of Week 1 you will have completed your first professional portfolio document.