About the Role
This role supports the Head of Corporate Shared Services, Internal Audit, functioning as a working audit project manager. It involves planning, executing, and reporting on complex business risks and controls to provide high-quality, value-add assurance and advisory services. The position focuses on Corporate Functions and may extend to other business areas.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute complex assurance projects in accordance with established methodologies and professional standards.
- Demonstrate influencing skills when communicating with business areas and other risk assurance providers.
- Collaborate with other members of the audit team to leverage skill sets, experience, and expertise.
- Act as a mentor to new or less experienced auditors.
- Monitor all outstanding recommendations and action plans for assigned audits, prepare status commentary, and perform follow-up testing.
- Provide advisory services on projects, business functions, and processes, if requested.
- Provide governance, compliance, investigation, and enterprise risk assessment support, if requested.
- Assist external auditors and the Controls Assurance team through coordinating and executing direct assistance testing.
- Work with Internal Audit leadership to identify and continuously improve departmental practices.
- Monitor and demonstrate compliance with departmental policies and practices.
- Stay abreast of current issues, standard industry practices, and regulations, and obtain continuing education and training.
- Participate in special projects and perform other duties as requested.
- Interact with all levels of management to provide effective risk and control advice.
- Maintain active communication with clients to enhance risk and control awareness and manage expectations.
Requirements
- 5+ years of broad-based experience in internal audit, external audit, or related functions.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to effectively assess a process, analyze data, and assess risks and controls.
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage concurrent projects (multi-task) and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to write clearly and concisely.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and clearly articulate thoughts and ideas.
- Ability to collaborate with others, both inside and outside of the department, while working toward common goals and fostering understanding and agreement.
- Experience in the insurance or financial services industry is a plus.
- Working knowledge of information technology, cybersecurity, and ability to apply to operational audits is a plus.
- Understanding of enabling technologies, including robotics process automation (RPA), natural language processing (NLP), and/or artificial intelligence (AI) is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree required (accounting or business degree is a plus).
- Professional accreditations, licenses, or designations required – (CIA, CPA, CFE, CISA, etc.).
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.
Skills
- Audit project management
- Risk assessment
- Internal controls evaluation
- Business process analysis
- Data analysis
- Communication (written and oral)
- Interpersonal skills
- Collaboration
- Organizational skills
- Project management
- Insurance industry knowledge
- Financial services industry knowledge
- Information technology
- Cybersecurity
- Robotics process automation (RPA)
- Natural language processing (NLP)
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
Location
- Hudson Yards, NYC
- Bethlehem, PA
- Holmdel, NJ
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
- Lead
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Professional accreditations, licenses, or designations (CIA, CPA, CFE, CISA, etc.)
Salary/Compensations
- $86,210.00 - $141,635.00
Benefits
- Skill-building opportunities
- Leadership development
- Philanthropic opportunities
- Supportive and flexible work environment
- Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources
About the Company
- Guardian is a company with a culture that values "We Do the Right Thing," and "We Courageously Shape Our Future Together."
- At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.
- Guardian is committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.
- Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
- Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
- Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas.
Equal Opportunity
- Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
- Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
- Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
