Automated Controls Lead — AI, Data & Finance

Fortitude Re; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Generous benefits package

Job summary

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) seeks an AVP, Automated Controls to lead design and delivery of automated controls embedded in investment, underwriting, and finance workflows.

You will partner with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Information Security and Technology to translate control requirements into scalable solutions and drive continuous improvement across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in risk, controls, internal audit, technology risk, or related functions, preferably within (re)insurance, insurance, or financial services.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing automated controls integrated into business processes and technology platforms (e.g., ERPs, policy/claims systems, data platforms).
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives end-to-end (design through implementation and adoption), influencing senior stakeholders across Finance, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead automated controls design and delivery embedded directly into business processes and technology workflows.
• Own the control execution and operation through the development lifecycle and identify clear accountability for control ownership and execution in production.
• Translate financial, operational, IT, cyber, data governance and AI risk requirements into automated controls embedded in key workflows.
• Identify risks associated with business processes and document controls to address them.
• Simplify and standardize control processes so controls are built-in rather than added on.
• Build controls into data pipelines with data quality checks, reconciliations, and access controls.
• Establish continuous monitoring, dashboards, and alerts for key controls and risk indicators.

Skills

Internal financial controls

IT General Controls

Cybersecurity

Data platforms

Cloud platforms

Palantir Foundry

Stakeholder management

Transformation & change adoption

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, Risk Management, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Databricks

Snowflake

Collibra

Cloud-native data stacks

Job description

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) seeks an AVP, Automated Controls to lead design and delivery of automated controls embedded in investment, underwriting, and finance workflows.

You will partner with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Information Security and Technology to translate control requirements into scalable solutions and drive continuous improvement across platforms.