Internal Audit (Insurance) - Senior Associate

A career within Internal Audit services, will provide you with an opportunity to gain an understanding of an organisation s objectives, regulatory and risk management environment, and the diverse needs of their critical stakeholders. We focus on helping organisations look deeper and see further considering areas like culture and behaviours to help improve and embed controls. In short, we seek to address the right risks and ultimately add value to their organisation.

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firms code of ethics and business conduct.

• Have day to day responsibility over a range of Internal Audit reviews in the insurance sector - including
  • Performing process walkthroughs to identify key risks.
  • Developing risk and controls matrices for the reviews.
  • Performing and documenting design and operating effectiveness testing.
  • Documenting findings in an issue log and draft report; and
  • Providing relevant and pragmatic recommendations on how to remediate any findings raised during the review.
• Communicate regularly with the client to obtain the relevant evidence to support the Internal Audit reviews.
• Perform Quality Assurance reviews over Internal Audit files against internal audit methodologies and relevant internal audit standards.
• Monitor project progress, manage multiple assignments/ related project teams, if needed.
• Prior work experience in Insurance Internal Audit, Quality Assurance reviews, or Risk Governance and Regulatory Compliance Testing in the insurance sector.
• Able to demonstrate a deep understanding of Insurance business processes and accounting including related systems, policies, procedures, and controls.

• Ability to work independently under general supervision with latitude for initiative and independent judgment.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication, including active listening skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with team members and clients.
• Comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrate strong analytical thinking and communication skills including the ability to research and understand complex processes and effectively communicate them to the team.

• Proactive in engagement with clients in obtaining evidence and/or raising queries.
• Ensure client service delivery in accordance with the quality guidelines methodologies.
• Build and maintain client relationships by understanding and being responsive to client needs and ensuring high quality of deliverables.
• Maintain excellent rapport and proactive communication with the stakeholders and clients.

• Suggest ideas on improving engagement productivity, including using technology, and identify opportunities for improving client service. Also, share knowledge with team members and enhance service delivery.
• Ensure compliance with engagement plans and internal quality risk management procedures.

• Display teamwork, integrity, and leadership. Work with team members to set goals and responsibilities for specific engagements.
• Foster teamwork and innovation.
• Be actively involved in team building activity for strong group/team synergy.
• Contribute to the learning development agenda and knowledge harnessing initiatives.

• Bachelors/Master s Degree in Commerce / Economics / MBA/ BBA (or) Chartered Accountant (or) CIA.
• Experience in identifying control gaps and communicating audit findings and recommendations to clients
• Experience in performing Internal Audit reviews.
• Candidates with 4-8 years of relevant experience in similar role, preferably with a Big 4 or equivalent