Senior, Audit & ICFR Operations

Resolution Life•New York, NY

2d•$101,000 - $125,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior, Audit & ICFR Operations role will support the Company’s external audit, regulatory examination, and internal control environment by serving as the day‑to‑day coordinator for audits and ICFR activities. The role is responsible for driving disciplined audit execution, ensuring timely and high‑quality responses to audit and regulatory requests, and maintaining strong alignment with external auditors, regulators, and internal stakeholders. This role will oversee audit request and PBC management, audit planning and scheduling, status reporting, and issue tracking across multiple concurrent audits. In addition, the role will play a key part in strengthening the ICFR and J‑SOX environment through high‑quality documentation, evidence standards, control coordination, and continuous process improvement. The position partners closely with Accounting, FP&A, Tax, IT, Operations, Legal, and other stakeholders to promote audit readiness, control rigor, and efficient audit outcomes. The role requires strong project management, organization, and communication skills, a deep understanding of audit and internal control expectations, and the ability to operate effectively in a complex, deadline‑driven, and highly regulated environment.

Requirements

3-6 years of experience
Big 4 public accounting experience
Strong knowledge of US GAAP; exposure to US Statutory and/or Bermuda regulatory reporting highly desirable
Experience in financial reporting, consolidation, and analytics within a multi-entity environment
Familiarity with internal controls frameworks and J-SOX compliance
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a focus on financial statement accuracy and insight generation
High attention to detail and ability to work in a deadline-driven reporting environment
Effective communicator with the ability to present financial information clearly to stakeholders
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple reporting deliverables concurrently

Nice To Haves

Life insurance or reinsurance industry experience, preferred
Experience working in a multi-GAAP, multi-currency reporting environment preferred

Responsibilities

Serve as the day‑to‑day coordinator for external audits and regulatory examinations, including financial statement audits, regulatory exams, and other assurance activities.
Drive timely, high‑quality completion of audit requests and deliverables across multiple concurrent audits, ensuring adherence to agreed timelines and quality standards.
Own audit request / PBC management, including intake, assignment, follow‑ups, escalation, and resolution.
Prepare and maintain audit and exam calendars, project plans, walkthrough schedules, and internal readiness instructions.
Produce recurring audit/exam status reporting (progress, risks, bottlenecks, decisions required) and maintain issue and decision logs.
Partner closely with external auditors and regulators to ensure clear communication, alignment on expectations, and efficient issue resolution.
Own the audit close calendar and proactively identify timing conflicts, dependencies, and capacity risks.
Coordinate responses to audit findings and ensure alignment with external auditor and regulatory expectations.
Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Tax, IT, Operations, Legal, and other stakeholders to gather support, clarify requirements, and ensure audit requests are addressed effectively.
Maintain and continuously improve standard templates and checklists (PBC forms, walkthrough materials, evidence checklists).
Ensure accurate and up‑to‑date status within audit management tools, repositories, and SharePoint sites.
Promote effective project management disciplines, organization, and documentation rigor across audit activities.
Contribute to lessons learned and post‑audit retrospectives to continuously improve audit outcomes.
Optimize the internal control repository, including organization, naming conventions, evidence standards, and year‑over‑year reusability.
Coordinate and monitor service organization (SOC) report coverage, review gaps, and ensure relevance to in‑scope controls.
Strengthen and maintain the ICFR environment by ensuring high‑quality documentation for control design and operating effectiveness, including appropriate evidence retention.
Maintain and enhance process narratives, flowcharts, RCMs, and evidence standards in support of ICFR and J‑SOX compliance.
Support J‑SOX compliance activities and alignment with global control expectations.
Coordinate control owner attestations and maintain aggregated summaries of deficiencies and remediation status.
Assist in BAU control execution for financial reporting processes and preparation of documentation evidencing control performance.
Support control owners with evidence expectations, timing, and quality requirements, identify gaps, and drive remediation follow‑up.
Track audit issues, control deficiencies, and management action plans, including ownership, remediation timelines, and status.
Provide stakeholder coaching and guidance on audit readiness, control expectations, and documentation standards.
Support teams through error evaluation and deficiency severity analyses, including documentation quality and completeness.