Operational Audit Senior Consultant I

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. 

Job Description

The Audit Senior Consultant will serve as a Scrum Team Member, collaborating with an audit scrum team of approximately six members. Responsibilities include planning and delivering operational risk-based audits that target the highest risk areas and provide the most value, particularly in Investments and across the independent agent and direct sales channels. Key deliverables involve developing and documenting the proposed audit scope (story map) based on risk, communicating audit status and potential issues to the business area, completing audit testing and analyses, drafting audit reports for leadership, and working with business areas to remediate open audit issues. Additionally, the Audit Senior Consultant will coach and provide feedback to scrum team members. This role offers significant exposure to senior leaders across the company and provides opportunities to learn new business areas throughout the year. The Audit Senior Consultant will receive Agile training to understand the terms, mindset, and events, as well as training and guidance from the audit scrum team. There are no direct reports in this role.   

Key Responsibilities:

• Audit planning and execution, including risk assessment, process, and control evaluation of complex processes or strategic initiatives

• Executes control testing, correctly identifies exceptions, and validates the results with the audit clients 

• Concludes on testing and drafting of finding language for client-facing presentations and reports 

• Effectively communicates thoughts, expresses ideas, and leads client meetings with guidance 

• Effectively communicates written audit results in both client-facing and non-client facing documents with guidance 

• Provide ongoing internal control consulting

• Transfer knowledge to less experience employees

• Travel requirements are minimal (15%)

Education:

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)

Experience:

• 3 or more years of audit experience (Preferred)

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This job does not have supervisory duties.

Education & Experience (in lieu):

• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

•  A certification is not required for this role. However, candidates who are promoted into higher-level positions without a core certification (such as CPA, CA, CISA, CIA, or CFE) will be required to obtain one within 18 months of their start date. This requirement is a condition of continued employment.

Skills

Audit Methodology, Audit Planning, Audit Testing, Communication, Detail-Oriented, Internal Auditing, Internal Controls, Process Improvements, Writing

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is $85,000.00 - $110,000.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

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