Lead Auditor

2 weeks ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Kemper Full time

About Kemper

Kemper is a leading specialized insurer that has been making a positive impact on the lives of its customers for many years. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who work with us every day.

Our Culture

We believe in creating a high-performing culture that values personal development, professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance. Our employees are motivated and productive because they feel valued and supported in their roles.

Our Vision

We aim to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises. We achieve this by nurturing and developing future leaders, and by providing continuous assurance to senior management and the board on the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and controls.

Job Summary

We are seeking a talented Lead Auditor to join our Assurance & Advisory Services (A&A) team. As a Lead Auditor, you will execute and/or supervise the execution of financial, compliance, operational, and/or technology-related engagements, targeted reviews, advisory projects, and issue management activities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Execute and/or lead engagements within one or more segments of the A&A Plan, ensuring achievement of objectives and use of data analytics and automation.
  • Ensure engagements are risk-based, well documented, and executed according to Internal Audit policies and guidance.
  • Complete assignments in a timely, high-quality manner.
  • Maintain work in Kemper's audit management system.
  • Provide timely and ongoing feedback, coaching, and monitoring of audit work and direct staff members assigned to respective engagements.
  • Draft issues, complete root cause analysis, and make viable recommendations.
  • Help monitor business efforts to resolve identified control issues and assess the effectiveness of remediation efforts through follow-up reviews.
  • Develop and maintain solid relationships and consistently collaborate with others.
  • Maintain and build skills and competence as identified in an individual development plan and, as appropriate, through participation in relevant industry and professional associations.
  • Have a clear understanding of business, industry, and regulatory risks.
  • Establish solid relationships and consistently collaborate with others across the Enterprise.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in accounting, finance, information systems, data analysis, or business administration.
  • At least 4 years of work experience, preferably in internal audit, public accounting, information technology, information security, or data analytics.
  • Has or is pursuing a professional certification, such as CPA, CIA, CISA, CICA, CFE, CISSP, CPCU, FLMI, CAMS, or PMP.
  • Strong sense of curiosity and willingness to obtain a deep understanding of the business, processes, technologies, and risks to provide value and insights and help improve and achieve our strategic intent.
  • Able to apply internal audit concepts and train others.
  • Strong organizational, project management, time management, relationship-building, negotiating, and problem-solving skills.
  • Able to work independently in a fast-paced, high-demand environment while managing competing priorities in a dynamic environment experiencing rapid growth and change.
  • Able to gather, analyze, and evaluate facts and to prepare and present concise, detailed, and clear oral and written reports.
  • Able to recognize trends within data and to proactively identify opportunities to use data analytics.
  • Working knowledge of control principles (e.g., COSO), financial and operational processes, risks, and risk management, IT general controls, and regulatory requirements.
  • Able to travel up to 20%.
  • Able to work effectively in a remote environment when necessary.
  • Familiarity with TeamMate, Tableau, Alteryx, IDEA, ACL/Galvanize, Workday, Guidewire, Workiva, Power BI, and productivity tools such as Microsoft Office.
  • Financial services experience preferred.
  • Due diligence, mergers, acquisitions, and/or integration experience preferred.

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