Specialist, Internal Audit

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Job description

Multiple Openings & Multiple Locations: Columbus, OH; Scottsdale, AZ; Des Moines, IA

Required Experience: typically 4-6 years audit, risk management, or related field (insurance and financial services industry experience preferred).

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a part of Nationwide's Property & Casualty (P&C) team, these roles focus on audits pertaining to P&C's core business units: including Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, Excess & Surplus/Specialty, and Agribusiness. Job responsibilities include performing both assurance and advisory engagements related to core business operations, governance, compliance, and managing/ maintaining related technology platforms. Ideal candidates possess experience in one or a combination of the following areas or business functions: audit, property and casualty claims, underwriting, data analysis, etc.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participates in and leads some aspects of planning activities, including conducting client interviews, identifying key risk and controls, developing the audit plan and effectively communicating expectations with the auditee/client.
• Tests multiple business and technology controls for multiple audits concurrently. Uses critical thinking to understand and independently execute control testing and document results according to professional and internal standards. Uses analytics and data visualization tools to perform full population testing.
• Identifies and documents issues and process improvement opportunities through control testing. Employs strong communication and persuasion skills to effectively partner with clients to vet issue details, discuss effective risk mitigation activities and follow up on mitigation activities through resolution.
• Demonstrates leadership by mentoring and coaching less experienced staff, reviewing work performed by other team members and providing valuable upward and downward feedback.
• Develops relationships across the enterprise to provide outstanding service to all customers and serve as a trusted business advisor to clients, internal risk partners and others.
• May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

Education: undergraduate degree in business administration, accounting, finance, insurance or other relevant academic subject areas required.

License/Certification/Designation: CPA or relevant industry designation (e.g., CPCU, IIA, FLMI) preferred.

Experience: Typically, four to six years of experience in audit, risk management or a related field. Experience in the insurance and financial services industry is preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: GAAP and/or statutory accounting bases. Insurance regulatory requirements. Complex financial statement preparation including consolidation of companies/subsidiaries. Financial/statistical analysis. Principles of taxation and the related impact on financial statement preparation. Accounting and/or business operating systems. Project management concepts and techniques. Must possess strong organizational skills, be detail oriented, analytical, strategic and adaptable.