Insurance IT Risk Senior Associate – Internal Controls

Grant Thornton (US); New York (NY); On-site; USD 101,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton (US) is seeking an IT Risk Senior Associate (Insurance) to help clients understand and address IT risk across risk management, internal controls, and internal audit engagements. You will design and test IT controls and assist in reporting outcomes for insurers and financial services clients.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, apply cybersecurity standards, and contribute to risk assessment for IT systems and data flows within insurance operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, information technology, MIS, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of related work experience with a professional services firm or internal audit.
• Insurance industry experience preferred (property/casualty).
• CISA, CISSP, CISM, CPA preferred.
• Understanding IT risk management and cybersecurity standards (COBIT, NIST CSF).

Responsibilities

• Participate in client engagements from start to finish, performing IT internal audit and control work.
• Assess IT risk management programs and design/operating effectiveness of IT controls.
• Test SOX and other compliance requirements and help design IT controls.
• Understand client industry, processes, and IT data flows, including insurance tech.
• Collaborate across Grant Thornton service lines and meet performance metrics.

Skills

Client service

Communication

Analytical skills

Project management

Team collaboration

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/IT

Tools

ACL

IDEA

QlikSense

Tableau

Spotfire

SAP

Oracle

PeopleSoft

JD Edwards

Job description

Grant Thornton (US) is seeking an IT Risk Senior Associate (Insurance) to help clients understand and address IT risk across risk management, internal controls, and internal audit engagements. You will design and test IT controls and assist in reporting outcomes for insurers and financial services clients.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, apply cybersecurity standards, and contribute to risk assessment for IT systems and data flows within insurance operations.