Associate Auditor

You desire impactful work.
 

You’re RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 500 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

A Brief Overview

Serves as a team member on a global scale working on a variety of exciting, challenging and technical operational and financial audits with a focus on Global Financial Solutions and Investment functions, under the supervision of more senior colleagues. Assists and provides insight on design, development and performance of risk-based audit procedures, and reviews and evaluates the effectiveness of internal control processes. Performs SOX 404 walkthroughs and executes testing of key controls in various business processes. Participates in the execution of various compliance audits to ensure conformance with regulations in various jurisdictions. Establishes strong partnerships with key stakeholders and actively promotes the Global Audit brand. Collaborates with audit team to ensure successful audit completion. Drafts work papers and audit reports documenting work performed and results, identifying required improvements and developing practical recommendations with management. Monitors and validates remediation of identified issues.

What you will do

• Reviews operational and business risk, functions and activities, and evaluates client controls – including financial reporting controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance - in order to determine and recommend nature, scope, and direction of proposed audits. Helps design audit procedures to execute the annual audit plan, to assess controls and meet audit objectives.
• Performs testing and walkthrough procedures to assess company compliance associated with key Sarbanes Oxley processes: reviews and analyzes the control structure, performs walkthrough and testing procedures, documents testing results, and communicates results to the process owners and the Sarbanes Oxley team.
• Undertakes special audit projects and advisory and consulting services in conjunction with Coordinates effectively with others to complete assignments; self-review work for completeness, and submits self-evaluations for supervisory review upon completion.
• Maintains positive professional relationships with stakeholders, including Global Audit colleagues at all levels, business management, external auditors, RGA’s external clients and other business associates.
• Assists with the drafting of reports and work papers, including succinct summaries of audit objectives, scope, findings, conclusions and management actions. Conducts oral and written presentations to all levels of management, as appropriate, during and upon the completion of audits. Ensures all audit outputs are prepared within established deadlines.
• Determines appropriate sampling and uses software necessary to accomplish audit procedures where Obtains, analyzes and appraises supporting data, utilizing software applications where appropriate.
• Contributes suggestions for enhancing audit procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness and engages with internal department development initiatives.
• Assists with monitoring and assessing corrective actions taken by management, while maintaining the issue management tool, and the communication of status to various

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Accounting/Finance or equivalent combination of related work experience and education required
• Prior experience in public accounting or internal auditing preferred
• Prior experience auditing in the life insurance / reinsurance preferred
• Experience reviewing business operational processes, information systems, data flows, and/or general IT controls. preferred
• Prior experience performing SOX 404 walkthroughs and testing of key controls preferred
• Experience of analyzing data and processes, internal control and corporate governance frameworks. preferred
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills (fluent in English). required
• Sound investigative and problem solving; Analytical skills - data and processes, internal control and corporate governance frameworks. required
• Ability to document audit work and findings in a clear, concise manner with few basic corrections. required
• Solid Word and Excel required
• Aptitude for auditing complex procedures in a financial services required
• Ability and willingness to share and impart knowledge required
• Ability to balance