AM/Manager - Business Audit SOX - Insurance

Overall responsibility for the experienced delivery and management of audit assignments to ensure that all business risks are anticipated, recognized, and appropriately managed before they can adversely affect the company. Audit activities include the following:

- Reviews business processes and financial practices enterprise-wide to ensure the use of compliant best practices, procedural efficiency, and accuracy.

- Prepares reports of audit findings for business managers, and proposes recommendations for changes as needed. Prepares reports for senior management on larger-scale audit assignments.

- Participates consultatively in implementing changes to the extent possible.

Audit reviews will primarily cover Corporate Functions such as Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, and International Operations Other reviews could be technical and require basic understanding and interpretation of polices and procedures governing areas being audited. requiring specific knowledge pertaining to policies or regulations governing areas being audited.

The Audit Manager is responsible for leading/participating in discussions with Senior Management, Audit Management to manage the audit process including the development of planning document, comprehensive audit program, and testing approach, and drafting Audit reports for management review.

Principal Accountabilities of Position:

Proficiency in SOX, Internal Audits, US GAAP, Auditing Standards.

Auditing

- Performs routine to moderately complex financial and management audit assignments with a variety of tasks and duties.

- May serve as a project leader on standard audits, a senior auditor on a large-scale project, or may conduct complex audits independently.

- Provides technical expertise and advice to assist with the planning, execution and reporting of a major audit study.

- Assists audit management in communicating findings to business clients.

- Consults with clients in developing action plans to resolve control issues or risks.

- Performs other duties as assigned or required.

- Serves as a liaison to external auditors.

- Communicates results of audit reviews with audit management and business client, and recommends methods to remediate control issues.

- Consults with business clients on implementing process improvements. Tracks and evaluates effectiveness of changes.

- Proficient in the use of industry and regulatory standards.

- Intermediate understanding of the financial services industry.

- Overall knowledge of businesses and operations.

- Intermediate developing to advanced understanding of certain business and operations.

- Strong written and verbal communications skills, including listening and interviewing skills.

Relationship Management

- Be involved in the management call program, maintain ongoing and open communications with management on internal controls.

- Communicate findings develop resolutions with IA management and the business clients.

- Consults with clients in developing action plans to resolve control issues or risks.

- Handle the resolution of high risk issues with management.

- Maintain an ongoing relationship with key business contacts.

- Tracks and follows up on open issues and key business initiatives.

Additional Experience / Knowledge for all other Auditors:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, and/or Finance, and general studies

- Big-4 Accounting/Auditing Experience, preferred but not required

- 4-8 years audit or financial services industry experience.

- Chartered Accountant/CPA, preferred but not required

- Competent knowledge of the operations, procedures and policies of assigned business units. Strong familiarity with their specific business processes and transactions.

- Good writing and verbal communication skills

- Competent knowledge of generally accepted audit standards, and Corporate Internal Audit standards.