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The Senior Auditor, Professional Practice is responsible for Internal Audit Professional Practice Group (PPG) activities that meet or exceed the standards outlined by the Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) Professional Practice standards, in addition to assisting with strategic project completion/management, driving department standards and methodology, and supporting department back-end needs.
**Responsibilities:**
* Participate in Professional Practice Activities (up to 85%)
* Become specialized in the technology solutions that support the Risk Based Audit (RBA) and Advisory methodologies aligned to the GIAS
* Stakeholder reporting (including Audit Committee); including gathering and preparing data, organizing and designing presentations, and assisting leadership with refining messaging.
* Drive departmental data quality by supporting use of our Methodology within our audit management software.
* Manage departmental technology needs, including ticketing for audit management software, MS365 suite, and other collaborative tools.
* Assist with driving strategic projects; overseeing management projects.
* Assist in developing and communicating metrics to determine departmental success and needs, as well as tracking work conducted by the PPG function.
* Become a trusted resource, sought after to provide guidance and assistance in the development of professional practice activities and audit projects.
* Participate in crafting learning interventions that support RBA, and Advisory methodologies and staff development needs, aligned to the GIAS.
* Provide departmental support and maintenance of systems used in the department to increase department performance.
* Assist with information requests from legal entities, regulatory agencies, and other external parties including state exam requests.
* Participate in coordination activities with Assurant Enterprise Risk, Compliance, and IT functions to align internal audit activities.
* Assist with the Internal Audit Quality Assurance & Improvement Process activities aligned with the GIAS as assigned. Assess opportunities to improve the department across all professional practice activities.
* Participate in initiatives, centers of excellence, and other teams that enhance the quality, methodology, and processes of the department.
* Update and maintain key departmental documentation, to include standards, methodology, organizational chart, employee information, training hours, skill assessments, job descriptions, performance evaluations, etc.
* Department & Stakeholder Communications (15%)
* Assist IAAS PPG Leadership With Department And Stakeholder Communications As Assigned, Including (but Not Limited To) Any Of The Following Activities:
* Participation in department level meeting management and coordination.
* Design and deliver professional communications using a variety of mediums with information provided by department leaders for executive or high-profile audiences.
* Assist in communicating the results of stakeholder surveys and benchmarks related to audit engagements to executive management and audit committee.
* Maintain internal department methodology, policies and information using department SharePoint sites.
* Maintain department metrics through dashboards and reports that demonstrate best practices in data visualization.
**Requirements:**
* **Education:** BS/BA degree (or equivalent) from an accredited college or university (preferably in Business Management, Information Technology, Communications, or related field).
* **Knowledge and Skills:**
* General business knowledge, including:
* Project management, including concepts like Agile, SCRUM, Lean, etc.
* Operations, supply chain, program and process, management, change management, etc.
* Human resources, corporate culture and ESG.
* Data Analytics, automation, RPA, data visualization, data warehouse, data governance, data privacy.
* The ability to facilitate meetings and present to groups virtually and in person.
* The ability to resolve conflict and negotiate solutions meeting best needs of all parties.
* Ability to analyze data, identify root causes and propose reasonable solutions that manage risk.
* Ability to write clearly and be focused on actionable and reasonable results.
* Ability to document work performed by self and others.
* Ability to think critically through recognizing assumptions, evaluating arguments, and drawing conclusions.
* Ability to maintain composure and deliver results while under pressure managing multiple assignments and priorities.
* Ability to learn quickly and apply abstract ideas to achieve measurable results.
* Ability to use data analytical tools to analyze data.
* The ability to formally assess risk, plan and execute tests of the control environment and write reports of key findings following defined methodologies.
* Experience and understanding of agile project management and processes.
* **Leadership & Project Management Skills:**
* Ability to resolve conflict, negotiate and communicate effectively.
* Ability to deliver presentations with presence and focus on customers.
* Ability to build credibility and trust.
* Ability to analyze problems and make decisions.
* Ability to apply functional knowledge and subject matter expertise to influence decisions.
* Ability to collaborate with others and deliver results.
* Ability, desire and take the initiative to learn, adapt and grow beyond current responsibility.
* **Previous Experience:**
* Minimum of 2 years of experience in internal or external audit with time spent in a professional practice or strategic support role.
* Experience in formal communications (written reports and oral) with multiple levels of staff and management.
* Experience in collecting and analyzing data, recognizing assumptions, evaluating information, and drawing logical conclusions.
**Helpful Skills/Experience:**
* **Education:** One or more related professional certifications in project management.
* **Knowledge and Skills:**
* Knowledge of the IIA GIAS, internal control frameworks (COSO, etc.), ITGC, risk assessment and audit methodologies.
* Knowledge of accounting & finance (GL, AP, AR, payroll systems, ratios, valuations, etc.), enterprise risk, compliance, insurance and financial regulations, supply chain, etc.
* Business process improvement and design (BPM, Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)
* Impact of culture on business strategy, change management.
* **Previous Experience:**
* Experience within the professional practice/support function within an audit department.
* Experience applying broad business knowledge and practical experience to strategic project management.
* Experience managing project plans, issues logs, risk/mitigation strategies, automated testing tools, cost/benefit analysis tools.
* Experience creating and facilitating presentations and using collaborative tools in a remote environment.
* Experience using and supporting the AuditBoard audit management system (or back-end for other audit management systems).
* Experience creating content in the Microsoft SharePoint environment.
* Experience with data analysis and visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, etc.