Controls Advisory-IT Senior Associate (Insurance)

About the role

As an IT Risk Senior Associate (Insurance), you will collaborate with teams to execute and report on risk management, internal control and internal audit engagements that develop, assess or improve the design and operating effectiveness of IT risk management and internal control activities. You’ll help clients—including insurers and other financial services organizations—make the moves that will help them achieve their vision while advancing your own career with the support of the greater Risk team.

Responsibilities

• Participate in client engagements from start to completion, focusing on executing and reporting on assigned project tasks such as co-sourced and outsourced IT internal audit, IT internal control assessments, IT risk management program assessments, tests of IT control design and operating effectiveness for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and other compliance requirements, and helping clients design and implement IT controls
• Develop an understanding of clients’ industry, objectives, strategy, operations, processes, IT systems, and controls, including insurance-specific technology and data flows where applicable
• Execute IT control design and operating effectiveness test procedures based on engagement scope and client environment risk factors
• Support assessments of technology supporting insurance operations, such as policy administration, underwriting, claims, billing, reinsurance, actuarial, and financial reporting processes
• Bring an innovative and analytical mindset to help clients solve business issues and enable more efficient project execution
• Work with the project team and client to deliver services in accordance with project leadership and client expectations
• Collaborate with colleagues across Advisory Business Lines and other Grant Thornton Service Lines (e.g., Audit Services and Tax Services)
• Meet or exceed defined performance metrics

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, or a related field
• Minimum 2 years of related work experience with a professional services firm or within an internal audit function
• Experience with insurance organizations, particularly property and casualty carriers or related market participants, is preferred
• CISA, CISSP, CISM, or CPA license/certification preferred
• Understanding of IT risk management and cybersecurity risk management standards (COBIT, NIST CSF, etc.)
• Experience assessing the design and operating effectiveness of IT risk management and IT controls (IT general controls, application controls, etc.) for Internal Audit, SOX compliance, or other risk management activities
• Experience assessing configuration and controls of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards) is a plus
• Experience assessing configuration and controls of SAP ECC, S/4 HANA, etc. (BASIS and security administration, process controls, etc.) is a plus
• Strong understanding of IT general controls and current focus areas of external financial statement auditors
• Experience assessing GRC and Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions is a plus
• Experience assessing at least one (preferably multiple) operating system (OS/400, Windows, UNIX, etc.), database system (Oracle, SQL, etc.), and IT infrastructure/network component (domain controllers, firewalls, routers, intrusion prevention/detection solutions, etc.)
• Experience with ACL, IDEA, QlikView, QlikSense, Tableau, Spotfire, or other analytics and visualization solutions
• Ability to execute multiple engagements and complete priorities in a rapidly growing team environment
• Exceptional client service, communication, analytical, organizational and project management skills
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Visio and Office Suite applications
• Willingness to travel as needed

Pay

The base salary range for this position is between $101,200 and $129,030. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion and is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.