Senior Remote Life Underwriting Auditor

Manulife; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Global exposure

Career growth

Flexible, inclusive environment

Job summary

Manulife is seeking a Life Underwriting Auditor to conduct detailed audits of underwriting initiatives, evaluate decision quality, and provide actionable insights to maintain alignment with pricing, mortality assumptions, and regulatory requirements. This remote role is open to any location in the continental US.

You will collaborate with Underwriting, Risk, Training, Innovation, and Pricing teams to improve audit frameworks, design CAPs, and translate findings into targeted training and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in life insurance underwriting.
• Strong understanding of life insurance products, guidelines, and risk selection.
• Ability to interpret complex medical and financial information and assess risk.
• Excellent analytical, attention to detail, and pattern recognition in audit findings.
• Strong written and verbal communication, able to present findings to leadership.
• High level of professionalism and discretion with sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Conduct post issue audits and monitoring of new underwriting initiatives to assess technical accuracy and guideline adherence.
• Review underwriting decisions for medical, financial, and operational soundness against guidelines and mortality assumptions.
• Identify errors, trends, and themes in audit results and prepare clear reports and recommendations.
• Collaborate with Underwriting Management and Risk Management to develop CAPs and track remediation.
• Support enhancement of the Underwriting Risk Control Framework, including KRIs and governance standards.
• Translate audit findings into targeted training and guideline clarifications with Training & Development.
• Provide input into innovation initiatives by testing impact on underwriting quality and risk.
• Assist with design and execution of targeted audits for Underwriting Innovation.
• Ensure audit documentation is complete and suitable for internal/regulatory review.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of audit frameworks, metrics, and reporting.

Skills

Life underwriting

Underwriting guidelines

Risk assessment

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Data interpretation

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Job description

Manulife is seeking a Life Underwriting Auditor to conduct detailed audits of underwriting initiatives, evaluate decision quality, and provide actionable insights to maintain alignment with pricing, mortality assumptions, and regulatory requirements. This remote role is open to any location in the continental US.

You will collaborate with Underwriting, Risk, Training, Innovation, and Pricing teams to improve audit frameworks, design CAPs, and translate findings into targeted training and