Sr Audit Specialist

About the Job:

Conducts assessments of the Company's risk management processes and systems of internal control. These assessments add value to the organization by improving Company operations and compliance which positively impacts our product value and financial strength. Focuses on audits of the Company's public, private, and real estate investment operations, retail brokerage operations, as well as shared services such as Human Resources, Actuarial, and Third Party Risk Management.

What You'll Do:

• Acts as team member on assigned audits, working under the direction of a lead auditor.
• Assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of management's controls to manage risk.
• Communicates effectively with business to identify control enhancements and advise management in designing effective controls or changes to business processes.
• Utilizes data analytics (ACL, Excel, Power BI, etc.) to perform audit testing and to evaluate, validate, and profile data.
• Prepares clear, logical workpapers and drafts language for control enhancements identified.
• Utilizes time effectively to support multiple audits or projects concurrently.
• Demonstrates or develops an appropriate level of organizational, regulatory, and business knowledge.
• Establishes and maintains strong, collaborative relationships within the department and with our business contacts.
• Contributes to continuous improvement efforts in the department.

What You'll Bring to the Role:

• Undergraduate degree (accounting, economics, business, or other relevant)
• Three or more years experience in audit, investment, data analysis, or related business operations.
• General background of IT controls.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.
• Basic skills in data analysis to identify data analytic opportunities and to obtain, load, validate, and analyze data.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with project/time management and working in a team environment.
• Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and respond to changing business needs.
• Ability to build rapport and understand internal businesses clients.
• Knowledge of industry and regulatory practices and procedures within core focus area, including relevant specialty designations. (e.g. CIDA, Series 7 or Series 6, CLU, CFE, CIFRS)
• CPA, CIA, CIDA, CFE preferred or willingness to obtain.

Skills You'll Have:

• Attention to Detail: Focuses on specific details to spot and correct errors in advance of them being found and surpass quality expectations. Performs work with thorough proofreading for presentation, content, accuracy, and overall quality.

  Attention to Detail: Focuses on specific details to spot and correct errors in advance of them being found and surpass quality expectations. Performs work with thorough proofreading for presentation, content, accuracy, and overall quality.

• Audits: Demonstrates the ability to interact with others in the audit process, including working with other auditors, commenting on audit reports, and developing corrective action plan.

  Audits: Demonstrates the ability to interact with others in the audit process, including working with other auditors, commenting on audit reports, and developing corrective action plan.

• Business Acumen: Applies knowledge of both general and organization-specific business issues/financial implications for the organization to problem solve.

  Business Acumen: Applies knowledge of both general and organization-specific business issues/financial implications for the organization to problem solve.

• Control Analysis: Monitors controls to ensure they are in place, operating as intended, and effective, and then identifies gaps and weaknesses that could result in risks.

  Control Analysis: Monitors controls to ensure they are in place, operating as intended, and effective, and then identifies gaps and weaknesses that could result in risks.

• Cross Functional Partnering & Planning: Facilitates collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning with individuals and teams from different functions within the organization, and who have different areas of expertise, to achieve common goals.

  Cross Functional Partnering & Planning: Facilitates collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning with individuals and teams from different functions within the organization, and who have different areas of expertise, to achieve common goals.

• Data Collection & Analysis: Gathers, stores, accesses, and uses information collected via quantitative (e.g., surveys or usage data) or qualitative methods (e.g., interviews, focus groups, document analysis). Analyzes data to uncover patters and insights to inform business decisions.

  Data Collection & Analysis: Gathers, stores, accesses, and uses information collected via quantitative (e.g., surveys or usage data) or qualitative methods (e.g., interviews, focus groups, document analysis). Analyzes data to uncover patters and insights to inform business decisions.

• IT Audit & Control: Uses tools, controls, techniques, established principals and standards to ascertain the quality, effectiveness, security and accuracy of information systems.

  IT Audit & Control: Uses tools, controls, techniques, established principals and standards to ascertain the quality, effectiveness, security and accuracy of information systems.

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Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

Facilitation (NM) - Intermediate, Industry Knowledge (NM) - Intermediate, Continuous Improvement (NM) - Intermediate, Policy & Procedure (NM) - Intermediate, Control Analysis (NM) - Intermediate, Business Acumen (NM) - Intermediate, Risk Assessment & Identification (NM) - Intermediate, Data Security (NM) - Intermediate, Cross Functional Partnering & Planning (NM) - Beginner, Documentation (NM) - Intermediate, Storytelling through Data (NM) - Beginner, Project Management (NM) - Intermediate, Decision Making (NM) - Intermediate, Organizational & Political Savvy (NM) - Beginner, Attention to Detail (NM) - Intermediate, Technical Problem Solving (NM) - Beginner, Research Communication (NM) - Intermediate, AI Risk Modeling (NM) - Intermediate, Audits (NM) - Intermediate, IT Audit & Control (NM) - Beginner, Internal Controls (NM) - Intermediate, Technical & Digital Acumen (NM) - Beginner, Data Collection & Analysis (NM) - Intermediate, Interpersonal Savvy (NM) - Intermediate, Risk Evaluation (NM) - Intermediate, Risk Consulting (NM) - Intermediate

We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging.

• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
• Employee resource groups