Director, Audit & Risk — Life Insurance

Responsibilities

• Manage the planning, execution and oversight of the consolidated annual audit plan including risk-based assurance and advisory engagements driving quality of audit work for Life Insurance and Investments.
• Maintain knowledge of financial services regulations and effectively respond and interact with regulators.
• Provide oversight to multiple audit engagements, including engagement planning, fieldwork, and reporting.
• Manage strategic initiatives and lead the development and implementation of a risk-based audit plan.
• Serve, and/or partner with subject matter experts within audit or the business to analyze issues, establish and improve collaborative client relationships, and proactively work with client management to assess risk and improve internal controls.
• Build teams with the requisite knowledge and skillsets necessary to execute the audit plan, ensuring employee retention and overall team development.
• Ensure fiscally responsible expense management.
• Provide independent oversight and thought leadership for audit disciplines, ensuring that audit plans, frameworks, standards, and processes provide appropriate risk coverage.
• Adhere to the Institute of Internal Auditors' International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Standards) and Code of Ethics.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Technology or related field; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
• 8 years of audit, financial, insurance, banking, information technology or related business and/or leadership experience.
• 3 years of direct team lead or management experience leading and directing work with both internal and external partners in a highly collaborative environment.
• Experience performing internal audits, external audits, or applying audit, risk, or compliance acumen in a complex operational and regulatory environment.
• Experience directly leading or managing work of both internal and external partners.
• Broad and comprehensive experience in Audit theory, internal audit principles with demonstrated experience in audit examining, analyzing, assessing, and drawing conclusions from audit work.
• Demonstrated experience effectively communicating and challenging Controls with business partners and influencing business outcomes.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and knowledge of data analysis tools and techniques and decision-making abilities.
• Demonstrated experience in highly dynamic environment undergoing change; ability to deal with competing priorities.

• audit
• financial analysis
• risk assessment
• internal audit principles
• data analysis
• compliance
• audit theory
• reporting
• fieldwork
• strategic planning

• leadership
• collaboration
• communication
• critical thinking
• team development
• relationship management
• influencing
• problem-solving
• adaptability
• decision-making

• Bachelor's degree
• Institute of Internal Auditors' Standards