About the Role
Contributes as a team member on a global scale working on a variety of exciting, challenging and technical operational and financial audits in areas such as Administration, Pricing, Underwriting, and Valuation, all under the supervision of more senior colleagues.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Reviews operational and business risk, functions and activities, and evaluates related 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 analyses the control structure, performs walkthrough and testing procedures, documents testing results, and communicates results to the process owners and the internal controls team.
- Undertakes special audit projects and advisory and consulting services in conjunction with colleagues.
- Coordinates effectively with others to complete assignments; self-reviews 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.
- Contributes suggestions for enhancing audit procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness, and engages with internal departmental development initiatives.
- Assists with monitoring and assessing corrective actions taken by management, with maintaining the issue management application, and the communication of status to various stakeholders.
- Maintains continued professional education requirements and regular and predictable attendance.
- Demonstrates flexibility, perseverance, innovative thinking, teamwork and other positive attributes at all times.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Accounting/Finance or equivalent combination of related work experience and education
- 2+ Years experience in internal or external audit, accounting, finance, actuarial, operational or related positions
- Experience as an internal or external auditor in the life insurance / reinsurance sectors.
- Experience reviewing business operational processes, information systems, data flows, and/or general IT controls.
- Experience of analyzing data and processes, internal control and corporate governance frameworks.
Skills
- Sound investigative and problem solving skills.
- Advanced analytical skills - data and processes, internal control and corporate governance frameworks.
- Ability to document audit work and findings etc. in a clear, concise manner with few basic corrections.
- Solid Word and Excel skills.
- Aptitude for auditing complex procedures in a financial services environment.
- Ability to balance detail with departmental goals/objectives.
- Ability to coordinate and perform multiple tasks/projects, balancing priorities and deliverables, keeping stakeholders informed of status.
- Prior experience of using audit /Enterprise Risk Management/ governance applications such as Optro (Ops Audit and SOXHUB), PeopleSoft, and Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to use data analytics to risk assess large amounts of information and focus audit scope and related procedures
Location
- global scale
Work Type
- full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ Years experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Accounting/Finance
Benefits
- Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
- Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
- Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.
About the Company
- RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration.
- A Fortune 200 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.
Equal Opportunity
- To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process.
- This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot.
- AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions.
- Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.
