IT Risk and Compliance Intern

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.

P&C IT Services provides professional services to help our business units and corporate functions use technology to create, manage, and optimize information and business processes.  IT Services can include a wide range of activities such as: software development, data management, Cloud services, IT security, network security, technical support, establishing and overseeing access rights, procuring and maintaining equipment or software, managing the infrastructure, and defining security procedures,  The overall goal of IT Services is to provide technology solutions that increase efficiency, reduce costs, and give our company a competitive advantage over our competitors.

Our IT Risk and Compliance team is looking for a Risk and Compliance Intern to work a hybrid schedule (3 days a week in the office, 2 days remote) out of the Cincinnati office for the summer.

Responsibilities:

• Assists in the development, recommendation, enhancement and implementation of basic processes and standards, including templates in support of technology designs, plans, controls and procedures.

• Conducts routine assessments/audits, including risk assessments and project/control audits, and reports on results.

• Coordinates activities with other Risk Management/Auditing/Governance functions throughout the organization, as appropriate.

• Collects and reports metrics and measurements at the organizational level, providing visibility into all work within IT by leveraging technology to improve standard process and building report visualizations.

• Assist internal audit on behalf of risk and compliance to manage audit requests and collect evidence related to audits of application, operating systems, platforms, and operating procedures in accordance with the audit process/steps prescribed by management.

• Verify the effectiveness of controls at the network, operating system, database, and application level.

• Assist the team with developing application compliance and security processes.

• Assist in the performance of compliance assessments with other members of the Risk and Compliance team, leveraging data analysis techniques when applicable.

• Collect data and documentation of concern/risk areas. In addition, you will assist in developing solutions to concerns/tasks.

• Help identify possible operating improvements and participate in discussions around efficiency improvements.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled in a college or university pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business/Data Analytics, Accounting, Finance, Business, or similar degree. Freshman or sophomore preferred.

• Current/most recent GPA of 3.00 or above.

• Campus involvement. Leadership experience a plus.

• Familiar with business systems and technology concepts. Experience with data analysis techniques a plus.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to utilize critical thinking and technical aptitude to draw conclusions based on the information presented.

• Demonstrated ability to solve problems of a moderate complexity independently.

• Ability and willingness to work well in teams.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is required.

• Experience with data analysis tools a plus (Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI, Power Automate)

Business Unit:

Benefits:

Compensation varies by role, position level, and location. Individual pay is influenced by skills, education, training, certifications, experience, and the role's scope and complexity, along with business needs.

We offer a competitive Total Rewards package, including medical, dental, and vision plans starting on day one, PTO, paid holidays, commuter benefits, an employee stock purchase plan, education reimbursement, paid parental leave/adoption assistance, and a 401(k) plan with company match. These benefits are available to eligible full-time and part-time employees.

Your recruiter can provide more details about our total rewards and specific compensation ranges during the hiring process.