Department / Internal Audit Services
Grade / 3A
Reporting to / Director of Audit (US based)
Direct Reports / N/A
Role Purpose / The Senior Auditor is responsible for understanding and evaluating the internal control and risk environment within Assurant, Inc. at the business, process, transaction, and/or application level. He or she completes all internal audit work in compliance with established audit methodology while meeting all organizational and professional ethical standards.
2017 Goals / Deliver on the audit plan:
- Scheduled work is fully delivered by any deadline relevant to the business, required by regulation, contract, or internal policy.
- Absent a mandated deadline, a substantial amount of audit work scheduled for the first half of the year is issued by June 30, and for the second half of the year is on target for issuance by December 31.
- Project completion, report issuance, and any other deadlines are usually met. Deviations from deadlines are communicated in advance.
- Assigned work is completed reliably following the IAS methodology and adheres to IIA professional standards and PWC work programs
- Issues arising from audit findings, deficiencies, or other control gaps are remediated or escalated timely.
- Audit work is sufficient to provide useful (timely and relevant) assurance, warning, and/or advice to stakeholders, and is acted upon.
- Demonstration of knowledge of the business, customer focus, enterprise mindset, adaptive leadership and inclusion
Role Requirements /
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance, or Audit (desirable)
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualification (desirable)
- Lead / leadership experience (desirable)
- At least 3 yearsof experience with internal audit(essential)
- Supply chain/logistics audit experience (desirable)
- Data analytics/modelling experience (desirable)
- One or more of the following language skills (desirable): French preferred, German, Italian, Spanish
Key deliverables /
- Oversee and perform complex risk based audits through all phases of the audit including planning, testing and providing written reports of key findings.
- Perform the identification and evaluation of enterprise risk, and its impact on the master audit plan, in accordance with Assurant, Inc.’s mission, strategies, and related business objectives
- Perform and oversee the performance of reliable, timely, and independent assessments of risks on audit engagements, in accordance with the master audit plan
- Prepare and review summary reports and recommendations arising from departmental audit engagements
- Develop an understanding of Assurant Businesses and maintain awareness of significant industry, regulatory and business changes across the organization and their potential impact on the established control environment.
- Work closely with Assurant business leaders and managers to understand the strategy and risks Assurant businesses and then advise on the control structures necessary to manage risks.
- Be a trusted, objective and independent partner that is sought after to provide cost effective, independent assurance and advice on the effectiveness of the company’s management of critical risks.
- Participate in department initiatives to ensure department processes, systems and methodologies effectively and efficiently enable the department to meets its chartered objectives
- Assess opportunities to improve the internal control environment across the company.
- Communicate effectively with all levels of management and staff through written reports and oral presentations.
Key Responsibilities /
- Ownership of project / initiative delivery and performance
- Influence, shape and execute solutions to realise objectives
- Effectively uses all resources to ensure optimisation of delivery
- Engages positively with stakeholders
- Constructively challenges drivers for change, ensuring implementation is timely, to quality within budget and risks are mitigated.
- Identify PI/CI opportunities both embracing and encouraging change
- Manage risks, including identification, mitigation and controls within department/ span of control
- Drive and support a compliant and customer centric culture
- Drives delivery through the engagement of people and cross functional teams
- Engages employees by demonstrating company values and behaviours and ensuring key business messages are cascaded where relevant
- To embed and live the company values in everything you do
- Adhere to Information Security policy
Date: 01st May 2014 Version: Final Unclassified