Sr Manager, Internal Audit - Technology

Farmers Insurance Careers

1d•$121,350 - $230,375•Hybrid

About The Position

This role oversees technology audit portfolios, ensuring risk-aligned coverage, technical rigor, and consistent quality. It provides independent insight and challenge on technology and risk matters to senior leaders, translating audit results into meaningful risk insights and shaping risk-based coverage within assigned portfolios. The role develops technical audit leaders while contributing to innovation and methodology advancement.

Requirements

Minimum seven years experience in IT audit, cybersecurity, or technology risk or equivalent required, preferably within financial services or P&C insurance or external audit industry.
Minimum three years of leadership experience preferred.
Effective leadership skills.
Ability to effectively lead through change while operating in an agile and adaptable manner.
Possesses strong product knowledge.
Strong knowledge of ITGCs, cloud security, IAM, networking, emerging technology risks.
Experience with technical control testing.
Demonstrated analytical skills.
Ability to think critically and work through ambiguity.
Demonstrated written communication skills.
Strong verbal communication and listening skills.
Demonstrated project management skills.
Effective interpersonal skills.
Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion.
Ability to work within tight timeframes and meet strict deadlines

Nice To Haves

Bachelors degree preferred.
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Act as senior point of contact for technology audit matters within assigned portfolios.
Present results, risk themes, and insights to leadership.
Translate audit outcomes into meaningful business and risk narratives.
Manage and develop staff through coaching, performance management, and assignment alignment, while leading change management efforts by translating strategic priorities and direction from leadership into actionable guidance.
Provide oversight across engagements to ensure quality, consistency, and methodological adherence.
Review technology audit deliverables and challenge issue calibration, evidence sufficiency, and recommendations, including ensuring risks, root causes, and impacts are clearly supported and conclusions are sound.
Own technology audit portfolios and identify emerging risks, applying data-informed and risk-based approaches to shape audit scope and ensure appropriate technology risk coverage within integrated audits.
Oversee engagements, approve scope changes, and synthesize portfolio-level insights.
Mentor audit leaders.
Lead or support methodology improvements, analytics adoption, and other initiatives that enhance technology audit effectiveness and efficiency.
Perform targeted hands on audit work on complex or high#priority engagements while overseeing routine execution.
Performs other duties as assigned.