Deputy General Auditor

The Cigna Group is looking for talented leaders with prior audit experience and success driving highly functioning teams, who are interested in being part of Cigna’s rapidly evolving strategy.  The Deputy General Auditor will be responsible to further the department strategy and drive value to enterprise stakeholders.  This is a unique opportunity, whereby the leader will report to the General Auditor of The Cigna Group and have regular exposure with enterprise leadership.  To achieve best in class service for our stakeholders, Internal Audit supports individual and team development through various trainings, coaching, and internal/external development opportunities. Additionally, Cigna supports the attainment, and maintenance of, relevant certifications and memberships for ongoing professional growth.

The Deputy General Auditor will lead all US Internal Audit assurance team members in the development, execution and delivery of our Internal Audit Plan, develop and maintain relationships with enterprise leaders and management, provide consultation on critical enterprise initiatives and have responsibility for driving strategic initiatives within the department that align to the evolving enterprise and department visions.  Additionally, this position includes primary responsibility for the following activities:

• Actively networks and manages critical relationships with senior business, technology and corporate function leadership and their respective teams.  This includes ensuring our stakeholder relationship matrix is maintained up-to-date and drafting of agendas for periodic stakeholder meetings that are designed to support our ongoing risk assessment activities and to deliver critical insights from our audit and audit related activities.  
• Determination, prioritization and oversight  of strategic initiatives to advance the department in-line with department and enterprise vision.
• Develop a comprehensive Internal Audit Plan strategy for our US domestic businesses based on both risk and coverage considerations, that optimizes the expertise of the team through focused integrated audits, and reflects a thorough understanding of business strategy, risks, and processes.
• Drives effective coordination across the three lines of defense to maximize risk-based and assurance coverage.
• Oversight of our internal audit co-source partners to ensure audit activities are assigned timely, align with expertise, and executed efficiently and effectively.  Provide oversight of co-source partner to align on status of audit activities and resolve matters requiring escalation timely. 
• Primarily responsible for final review of formal written deliverables including audit scope memos, audit reports and critical presentations to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Makes or guides team members on oral and/written presentations to executives, senior management and various internal committees regarding audit activities, results, insights, recommendations, and strategic initiative updates.
• Oversite of management action plan process to ensure executive and senior leadership are aware of status and timely escalation of matters requiring their attention.
• Manages escalation for issues requiring a higher degree of expertise or discretion to resolve and ensure timely resolution with executive and senior leaders. 
• Coaches and develops team members to have robust understanding of the company and their audit domains, and strengthens critical skills including written, verbal and audit techniques.  Responsible for allocation of Internal Audit resources across the Internal Audit Plan and other key audit-related activities.  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, or similar majors required; Advanced Degree preferred
• 12+ years of related experience preferred
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or relevant certifications required
• Public Accounting experience preferred,
• Extensive knowledge of the health services industry and advanced experience with technology, business operations and data & analytics audits preferred.

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with leadership and stakeholders.
• Experience working with cross functional departments to research & resolve issues using innovative solutions.
• Demonstrate the confidence and communication skills to work with and present information directly to executive and senior management within all areas and functions in the Company.
• Thorough understanding of risks and internal controls, and familiarity with IIA, COSO, AICPA, PCAOB requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to meet multiple deadlines and manage workload expectations.
• Focus on quality and service.
• Excellent verba