Senior Internal Auditor

American Family Insurance; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Wellbeing programs

401(k) and pension plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Student loan repayment

Paid-family leave

Job summary

American Family Insurance seeks an internal audit lead to design and execute risk-based audit programs, ensuring compliance with policies and standards. The role prepares management reports with actionable recommendations and reviews risk across strategic, operational, regulatory, financial, and IT domains.

The position requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with up to 10% travel. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates. Madison, WI based.

Qualifications

• Proven experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
• Experience managing or leading large complex projects.
• Experience in insurance risk management or audit concepts.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identifies and analyzes risks to the organization.
• Partners with second lines of defense to identify risk from internal and external sources.
• Completes internal audit's risk assessment to document risks and controls.
• Creates test plans and complex audit programs to assess controls.
• Conducts test procedures and documents results with findings.

Skills

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Audit principles

Root cause analysis

Presenting findings

Education

CISA/CISSP/CI S S P or similar certifications

Job description

Develops, plans, and leads the execution of internal audit programs for the organization to ensure compliance with best practices and the organization's policies, procedures and standards. Prepares reports for management on the results of engagements, providing recommendations on improvements. Leads identification and analysis of strategic, operational, legal/regulatory, financial and/or IT risks. Reports audit findings and works with process owners to develop appropriate management action plans. Generally assigned engagements of moderate or high complexity. Position Compensation Range: $80,000.00 - $131,000.00 Pay Rate Type: Salary Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• Proactively identifies and analyzes risks to the organization.
• Partners with second lines of defense to identify risk from internal and external sources.
• Completes internal audit's risk assessment to document risks and controls.
• Creates test plans and complex audit programs to assess the design and operating effectiveness of key controls.
• Conducts test procedures as outlined in detailed audit program. Documents and analyzes test results, identifying areas of issue.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
• Demonstrated experience managing or leading large complex projects.
• Demonstrated insurance industry experience or demonstrated knowledge of risk management or audit principles.
• Demonstrated experience with problem solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Demonstrated experience communicating/presenting complex and independent concepts and unbiased fact-based decision-making.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience identifying and assessing complex and interrelated technology risks and controls.
• Ability to communicate complex technical audit findings to non-technical audiences.
• Experience utilizing AI for audit, assurance, and/or risk and control work.
• Knowledge of information technology infrastructure and cybersecurity risk and control models (e.g., NIST, COBIT, COSO).
• CISA, CIPP, CISSP, CGEIT, CISM, CRISC, or CIA certifications and/or 5+ years of relevant experience.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

• Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions

• Not applicable.

Additional Information

To ensure a strong start, all employees participate in our New Employee Orientation during their first week. This experience is held in person at our Madison, WI Headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations to help you connect with our mission, meet key team members and build relationships that support your growth. At times, sessions may be delivered virtually based on scheduling and availability.

Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks. Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions. Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting.

Benefits

• We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
• You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health.
• We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees).
• In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families.
• Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity.

We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email [e-mail] to request a reasonable accommodation.

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American Family Insurance, based in Madison, Wis., has been serving customers since 1927. We inspire, protect and restore dreams through our insurance products, exceptional service from our agency owners and employees, community investments and creative partnerships. American Family Insurance is the nation’s 12th-largest property/casualty insurance company, ranking No. 202 on the Fortune 500 list. American Family has a current ‘a+’ credit rating through AM Best, and has distinction as a “Standing the Test of Time” company, which is represented by having an AM Best financial strength rating of ‘A’ or better for at least 75 years. The company offers American Family-brand products through a network of exclusive agency owners as well as nationwide through key strategic partnerships. American Family Insurance also includes Homesite and Main Street America Insurance. The company has approximately 10,500 employees nationwide.