Lead Technical Audit

External

Northwesternmutual · Milwaukee

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About the role

As a member of the Corporate Audit Department, this position supports the operations of the company's internal audit department including leading audits, supporting efforts that mature audit operations procedures, supporting regulatory exam requests and interviews, providing department training, and supporting the department's reporting to various internal stakeholders and external parties, including senior management, corporate committees, Board audit committees, and external industry groups.

Responsibilities

Technical expert in Retail Investments and Compliance, Institutional Investments, or Insurance Business Operations and serves as a resource for Internal Audit staff and business partners on risks and controls in area of expertise.

Manages audits and projects to ensure budgets and timelines are established and adhered to and monitors staff assigned to project to ensure objectives are met.

Communicates the audit process, objectives, timing, and outcome to business partners, senior management and where appropriate to entity audit committees and boards.

Contributes to continuous improvement efforts, leads change management efforts, and supports new and on-going training efforts.

Provides mentoring, training, and feedback to staff in area of expertise, audit technical matters, and for personal development.

Supports the department's executive level reporting, including developing presentation material and regular updates to the Chief Audit Executive on the status of audit issue resolution.

Demonstrates or develops an appropriate level of organizational, regulatory, and business knowledge.

Establishes and maintains strong, collaborative relationships within the department and with our business contacts.

Performs special projects in the department that arise.

What You'll Bring to the Role:

Experience executing audit engagement and/or assurance reviews; knowledge of internal audit methodology, procedures & tools.

Undergraduate degree (accounting, economics, business, or other relevant)

Minimum of eight years of experience in audit, compliance, data analysis, or related business operations.

Strong analytical and decision making skills. Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to lead others without direct authority, influencing a broad audience to adopt a particular strategy or direction.

Strong project management skills with the ability to lead or manage corporate wide audit projects or process improvement initiatives with a high degree of self-motivation and initiative.

Ability to negotiate and build consensus in a way that enables groups of people with diverse perspectives to accept a majority or common conclusion.

Ability to adapt to change, deal with ambiguity, and adjust (his/her) work to meet changing needs and information.

Proven ability to build rapport and exercise tact, diplomacy, and understanding of internal customers.

Experience coaching and mentoring employees or previous experience as a people manager.

Experience preparing reports for senior management, including use of PowerPoint.

Demonstrated interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.

Knowledge of industry and regulatory practices within internal audit departments, financial services preferred.

CPA, CIA, CIDA, CFE preferred or willingness to obtain.

Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills, PowerBI, Tableau or other data visualizations experience a plus.

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Compensation Range:

Pay Range - Start:

$108,160.00

Pay Range - End:

$162,240.00

Geographic Specific Pay Structure:

Structure 110:

$118,960.00 USD - $178,440.00 USD

Structure 115:

$124,400.00 USD - $186,600.00 USD

Lead Technical Audit

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