Senior Auditor - Corporate

Unum Group•Portland, ME

22h

About The Position

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive. Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide: Award-winning culture Inclusion and diversity as a priority Performance Based Incentive Plans Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution Mental health support Career advancement opportunities Student loan repayment options Tuition reimbursement Flexible work environments All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans . And that’s just the beginning… With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today! General Summary: There is flexibility in this opening, and we are evaluating individuals from various experience levels. Unum’s purpose is to help the working world thrive throughout life’s moments. Internal Audit's (IA’s) vision is to be a trusted advisor that contributes to Unum achieving its purpose by providing independent, objective assurance and advisory services in the areas of risk, control, and business process; recruiting and developing future business leaders; and acting as a change agent in leading best practices throughout Unum. This is a senior level position that performs moderately complex audit activities specializing in one functional area of Internal Audit and with the ability to contribute across functional areas. You will work individually and in teams with minimal direction from management. At this level, you contribute to audit objectives using audit or business experience, creativity, problem solving and critical thinking, decision making, and professional judgment. By joining our team and leveraging your unique skills, you will make an immediate impact on our team and Unum and help achieve our shared vision. You will thrive as a Senior Auditor on the Corporate Audit team if you have skills in: Problem Solving & Critical Thinking : You have a strong sense of curiosity, are energized by putting pieces together, and have a passion for learning. You analyze information and seek diverse perspectives to identify and implement valuable solutions. Plan Delivery: You are passionate about supporting the team in achieving its goals by consistently delivering timely, high-quality work, even under challenging circumstances. You maintain a focused, disciplined, and organized approach, and work with the team to overcome obstacles that could prevent audit delivery. Influential Communication: You can read a room, and you know your audience. You're an effective, inclusive, and succinct oral and written communicator who builds strong connections, actively listens, instills trust, influences, and align stakeholders. You successfully communicate complex content to diverse audiences by tailoring your communication style to the needs of your audience. Change Leadership: You're a champion of change who is flexible, experimental, takes smart risks, innovates, and models change behavior. Data Analytics: You are excited about and use data to break through ambiguity, make better decisions, and tell a story. You seek out opportunities where data and analytics can uncover insights and take initiative to expand your knowledge. Continuous Improvement: You continuously seek more efficient ways of working, identify improvement opportunities, and take action to implement the right solutions. You enthusiastically support others’ development by sharing knowledge and encouraging others to try new things and pursue improvement opportunities. Growth Opportunities: In addition to the opportunities provided by Unum, IA invests in people by nurturing and developing talents and skills. In IA, you will have the opportunity to gain knowledge across multiple functional areas (e.g., finance, legal, IT, operations), hone your ability to navigate risk, and gain unique leadership and influencing experience. Our previous and current team members have found success: Leveraging their knowledge and expertise to expand their skills as a Senior Auditor, and by joining IA’s different audit teams: US Business, Corporate, Internal Controls, IT, Data Science, or Advanced Analytics. Advancing to a role with increased leadership responsibility, such as a Consulting Auditor. Utilizing their skills in areas such as Finance, Law, Operations, Human Resources, or Information/Digital Technology.

Requirements

Relevant four-year degree required with 3 to 7 years’ work experience
Strong problem solving, critical thinking skills, and demonstrated curiosity.
Act on feedback from managers and solve problems in a collaborative way.
Commit quickly and positively to change; promote and role model effective change behavior, including adoption of new processes and technologies.
Effective, inclusive, and succinct oral and written communicator who actively listens, builds strong connections, instills trust, influences, and aligns stakeholders.
Successfully communicate complex information to diverse audiences, tailoring your communication style to the needs of your audience.
Use data to provide comprehensive insights, enable better decision-making, and tell a story.
Operate with a continuous improvement mindset, seeking more efficient ways of working, sharing knowledge, and encouraging others to pursue improvement opportunities.
Attention to detail while effectively and independently prioritizing work and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to link a strong understanding of business processes, business drivers, and changes to other business areas, risks, issues, and trends that result in actionable outcomes.
Strong Excel skills and proficient in Word and PowerPoint.
Familiarity with audit principles and practices in alignment with the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) or similar framework.

Nice To Haves

Professional certification (e.g., CIA, CPA, CFE, CISA) preferred or working towards certification.

Responsibilities

Support your team in planning, organizing, researching best practices, and completing the steps of the internal audit lifecycle to assess whether risks are being managed.
Design and complete testing to evaluate the strength and effectiveness of processes/controls using a risk-based approach.
Leverage strong problem solving, critical thinking skills, and attention to detail to identify risks affecting the company.
Collaborate with team members, business partners, and external consultants to assess the impact of risks and recommend appropriate actions.
Assist in the development and presentation of audit results to business partners, including senior leaders, in a way that can be consumed, agreed to, and will inspire action.
Build relationships with a broad range of business leaders and areas and continue to expand knowledge of various processes and industry trends to advise senior leaders and provide forward-looking insights that reduce risk.
Act as a mentor/coach to develop, challenge, empower, and share knowledge with team members within IA, where applicable, to achieve results and seek growth opportunities.
Leverage and continuously improve audit knowledge and application of audit principles, practices, frameworks, and methodology.
Share responsibility for completing quality audits in support of team performance goals and metrics.
Work independently and in teams to plan, organize, and prioritize work across multiple audits and initiatives, and may lead audits with less complexity.
Invest in ongoing learning (e.g., departmental trainings, professional learning opportunities, and certifications such as CIA, CPA, CFE, CISA) to deepen your skills, while also supporting others by sharing developmental opportunities and personal learnings.
Utilize audit management software (AuditBoard), data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., SQL, Microsoft Power BI), and productivity software (Microsoft Office) to work effectively and support the technical development of others.

Benefits

Award-winning culture
Inclusion and diversity as a priority
Performance Based Incentive Plans
Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability
Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution
Mental health support
Career advancement opportunities
Student loan repayment options
Tuition reimbursement
Flexible work environments