Extended Assurance - Insurance, Internal Audit - Senior - London
EY
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Desire to build / develop a career in assisting Insurance clients with delivering internal audit reviews and associated services, including developing audit plans, preparing audit committee reporting and enhancing the overall control environment.
- Technical skills including knowledge of risk management frameworks and control processes, including COSO plus a working knowledge of core business processes relating to HR, Finance and Compliance. Experience of key insurance areas (General Insurance, Life and Pensions all of relevance) of interest from front to back office, beneficial topics include (but not limited to);
- Using pre-existing methodologies to deliver internal audit services, including qualitative and quantitative risk assessments, control testing and audit reporting.
- Delivery of end-to-end delivery of internal audit reviews, including scoping, developing the audit approach and preparing and presenting audit reports. Experience of evaluating controls in complex business processes.
- Build constructive and supportive relationships with senior management, both at EY and clients.
- Being receptive to coaching and feedback from peers and management.
- Reviewing workpapers and deliverables prepared by junior staff and coaching for enhancement
- Detail orientated with sufficient intellectual rigor and flexibility to manage complex information and identify key elements.
- High level of drive, resilience and tenacity and ability to work under pressure.
- Strong business writing skills, including writing business development documentation, audit reports and internal memos
- Develop a multi-disciplinary network across EY to bring insight and value to your clients.
- Bring a detailed knowledge of the CIIA FS Code and its application
- Degree level education ideally with an accounting or internal audit professional qualification.
- Network in insurers with UK operations a benefit
- Experience of coaching junior colleagues, eg. graduates a benefit
- Experience in working in innovative and collaborative solution development a benefit
- Experience of working with regulator mandated projects, such as s166 (or equivalent), either on behalf of the regulator or insurer a benefit.
- Experience in delivering data analysis using entry level tools (Spotfire, Tableau or equivalent) in an internal audit or internal controls assessment environment.
- Working on External Quality Assessments of Internal Audit functions
- Knowledge of key audit technologies (e.g. TeamMate, Auto Audit etc)
- Successful candidates would be expected to 90% utilised on chargeable engagements