Senior Auditor - SOX / Internal Controls

Job Posting End Date: August 11

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide: 

• Award-winning culture 

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority 

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability 

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) 

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution 

• Mental health support 

• Career advancement opportunities 

• Student loan repayment options 

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments 

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

And that’s just the beginning…  

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today! 

General Summary:

This is a senior level position that performs moderately complex audit activities specializing in one functional area of Internal Audit and with the ability to contribute across functional areas. This individual works individually and in teams with minimal direction from management. At this level, individuals contribute to audit objectives using audit or business experience, creativity, problem solving and critical thinking, decision making, and professional judgment.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Internal Controls

• Leverage strong problem solving, critical thinking skills, attention to detail, and accounting and financial knowledge to provide reasonable assurance on the effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting in compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX). 
• Collaborate with team members, business partners, and external auditors, while balancing, organizing, and planning work toward deadlines.
• Leverage and continuously improve audit knowledge and application of audit principles and practices.
• Work independently and in teams to plan, organize, and lead audits.
• Act as a mentor/coach to develop, challenge, empower, and share knowledge with team members within IA, where applicable, to achieve results and seek growth opportunities.
• Increase exposure to a broad range of business areas and build relationships with leaders responsible for Unum’s financial reporting processes.
• Share responsibility for completing quality audits in support of team performance goals and metrics.   
• Invest in ongoing learning (e.g., departmental trainings, professional learning opportunities, and certifications such as CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA) to deepen your skills, while also supporting others by sharing developmental opportunities and personal learnings.
• Utilize audit management software (AuditBoard), data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., SQL, Microsoft Power BI), and productivity software (Microsoft Office) to work effectively and support the technical development of others.

Job Specifications/Requirements:

• Relevant four-year degree required with 3 to 7 years’ work experience
• Professional certification (e.g., CIA, CPA, CFE, CISA) preferred or working towards certification.
• Strong problem solving, critical thinking skills, and demonstrated curiosity.
• Act on feedback from managers and solve problems in a collaborative way.
• Commit quickly and positively to change; promote and role model effective change behavior, including adoption of new processes and technologies.
• Effective, inclusive, and succinct oral and written communicator who actively listens, builds strong connections, instills trust, influences, and aligns stakeholders.
• Successfully communicate complex information to diverse audiences, tailoring your communication style to the needs of your audience.
• Use data to provide comprehensive insights, enable better decision-making, and tell a story. 
• Operate with a continuous improvement mindset, seeking more efficient ways of working, sharing knowledge, and encouraging other