Senior Independence Analyst

Do you have a focus on compliance with regulations and policies? Are you passionate about quality-assurance and risk-management in a professional services environment? Then our Independence compliance group may be the right fit for you!

As part of ICN Business Relationships team, you will be an enabler of Deloitte’s growth by reviewing proposed business relationships such as alliances, teaming arrangements, and sponsorships for independence threats that Deloitte faces in the marketplace.

Recruiting for this role ends on March 31st, 2025.

Work you’ll do:

As a senior analyst on the team, you’ll promote and monitor compliance with auditor independence rules and regulations as well as internal policies and procedures to help manage Deloitte’s regulatory and reputational risk. The ICN Business Relationships team is responsible for handling independence inquiries received from our professionals and engagement teams. As a senior analyst, you’ll be part of a strong and cohesive team where you will use your analytical, research, and investigative skills to:

• Monitor for compliance with Independence rules and regulations as well as internal policies.
• Responsible for responding to independence inquiries received from our businesses and professionals. 
• Critically review business relationship submissions within specified time frames in the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Gateway, the system used to clear potential business relationships. 
• Follow up with third parties and internal teams for additional information.
• Review, analyze, conclude and document potentially complex business relationships.
• Consult with the ICN leaders, professionals, and various Risk & Brand Protection compliance groups (Anti-Corruption, Cyber Security, CoRe Procurement, etc.) along with the Audit, Consulting, Advisory, and the other Deloitte entities regarding potential business relationship reviews.
• Create and present training sessions to internal groups related to the use of the TPRM Gateway
• Answer questions related to how to use/navigate through the business relationship clearance processes and tools.
• Communicate business relationship clearance statuses and updates.
• Monitor, foster, and institute data quality in the processes and tools.
• Identify potential enhancements to the existing business relationship clearance processes and tools.
• Work with technology development on these enhancements and perform user acceptance testing.
• Mentor and train members of the Business Relationships team
• Accurately and timely complete other assigned tasks and projects

The successful candidate will possess:

• Strong written and oral communication skills and outstanding attention to detail
• Ability to analyze facts and relationships.
• Ability to perform process flow management.
• Ability to learn, understand and apply Deloitte’s independence policies and guidance related to business relationships. 
• Strong technology skills

The team

Risk & Brand Protection (R&BP)

Our reputation starts with you—this belief is core to R&BP Office, which brings together six essential core pillars that shape our culture—we collectively work with our businesses to inspire new standards of integrity, trust, and performance to make an impact that matters and to better serve our clients, our communities and our people. 

Together, we protect, preserve, and enhance our reputation and distinguish Deloitte as the undisputed leader in professional services, strengthening our brand, and making Deloitte the first choice for our clients.

Independence & Conflicts Network (ICN) – one of R&BP’s six pillars

Independence is integrity, professional skepticism, intellectual honesty, and objectivity — freedom from conflicts of interest. The people of Deloitte must remain unbiased and free from conflicts of interest with our audit clients, in fact