Specialist, Internal Audit - Corp Services

Nationwide Mutual Insurance•Columbus, OH

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and so much more. Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. This position will be on Internal Audit’s Corporate Services (CS) team. As a part of this team, you will have the opportunity to focus on audits pertaining to a variety of Nationwide’s corporate functions, including Investments, Finance/Controllership, Marketing, Legal & Compliance, Aviation, Human Resources, Corporate Citizenship, Nationwide Pet and much more. Performing both assurance and advisory engagements, you will focus on the Nationwide’s corporate operations, governance, and related information technology platforms. Whether you’re an experienced auditor or have built a career in a corporate finance function, you can grow your current skills and stretch into new areas as a member of the Internal Audit CS team! This is a hybrid position located in Columbus Ohio and you will be required to come into the office two days per week. This role does not qualify for employer sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT extension program. #LI-CA1 #nationwidefinance #internalaudit Job Description Summary To enable Nationwide to serve customers with the extraordinary care they deserve, we use advanced analytics to get insights from big data to provide meaningful audit results that improves business effectiveness and efficiency. No two audits are ever the same and the variety of work assignments gives us visibility and exposure throughout the enterprise. If you have the desire to learn continuously, think critically and can see the big picture, we want to know more about you! As a Specialist, you'll help drive continuous improvement to our processes and standards and execute assurance and advisory engagements. We'll count on you to help manage engagements from planning through reporting, including coaching and mentoring other associates, while navigating constantly evolving business environments and related risks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, technical, or related field preferred.
Typically, four to six years of experience in audit, risk management or a related field.
Applied knowledge in audit, business and IT general concepts and theory.
Must have an operational knowledge and application of audit practices to multiple functional areas.
Must have knowledge of project management and motivational theory.
Must have strong business insight.
Must have critical thinking and decision-making skills for problem and/or enhancement identification and solution recommendation.
Must have effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work in a team environment and work on multiple projects at a time.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Must possess leadership skills to empower and influence.
Must possess good coaching and consulting skills.

Nice To Haves

Relevant certifications (e.g., CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE, PMP) or progress toward becoming certified desired.
Experience in the insurance and financial services industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

Participates in and leads some aspects of planning activities, including conducting client interviews, identifying key risk and controls, developing the audit plan and effectively communicating expectations with the auditee/client.
Tests multiple business and technology controls for multiple audits concurrently.
Uses critical thinking to understand and independently execute control testing and document results according to professional and internal standards.
Uses analytics and data visualization tools to perform full population testing.
Identifies and documents issues and process improvement opportunities through control testing.
Employs strong communication and persuasion skills to effectively partner with clients to vet issue details, discuss effective risk mitigation activities and follow up on mitigation activities through resolution.
Demonstrates leadership by mentoring and coaching less experienced staff, reviewing work performed by other team members and providing valuable upward and downward feedback.
Develops relationships across the enterprise to provide outstanding service to all customers and serve as a trusted business advisor to clients, internal risk partners and others.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

medical/dental/vision
life insurance
short and long term disability coverage
paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
company-paid pension plan
business casual attire