Corporate Internal Audit Manager

Position Summary

• This position will support Operational Audit

Supports development and execution of the internal audit plan by directing staff in planning, performing, and communicating engagements that evaluate governance, risk management, and control processes. Builds effective relationships with business partners and senior leaders, promotes conformance with professional standards and department methodologies, and develops team capability through coaching, feedback, and continuous improvement.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages overall operations of designated area of authority. Interviews, hires, trains and directs personnel. Prepares and conducts performance assessments, coordinates discipline, and oversees employee development as required.
• Develops and maintains a risk-based audit plan for assigned areas by monitoring business, technology, regulatory, and control risks; maintaining stakeholder relationships; and adjusting priorities as needed.
• Leads and oversees internal audit, advisory, and special project engagements across IT, financial, operational, integrated, and regulatory areas from planning through reporting. Ensures appropriate scope, testing, documentation, and timely completion. Reviews key workpapers, findings, and reports for quality, accuracy, and conformance with department methodology and professional standards, and communicates clear, practical conclusions and recommendations to management.
• Monitors significant control issues, management action plans, emerging risks, and major business or technology changes, and escalates matters as appropriate to support informed decisions and effective risk management.
• Manages audit resources by assigning work, balancing budgets and timelines, and coaching and developing auditors to strengthen technical capability, accountability, and bench depth, in coordination with other Internal Audit leaders.
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with business leaders, senior management, the Audit Committee, and other assurance providers to coordinate coverage, reduce duplication, and identify opportunities to improve governance, risk management, control, and audit effectiveness.

The first five duties listed are the functions identified as essential to the job. Essential functions are those job duties that must be performed in order for the job to be accomplished.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other duties as requested by their supervisor, or as become evident.

Capabilities

Qualifications

Minimum Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, information systems, computer science, or a related field and eight years of relevant experience in internal or external audit, internal controls, risk management, or related assurance or advisory work, required. 

Additional Experience

• Supervisory or project leadership experience required.  
• Experience in the insurance industry or another highly regulated environment preferred.
• Knowledge of data analytics, audit management systems, and technology-enable audit techniques preferred.

Designations and/or Licenses

• Professional certifications such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.
• Insurance designations such as Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) preferred.  

Physical Requirements