Auditor

Position Overview

RGA Empowers Employees. It's one thing to hire smart people, it's another to empower them. This is one of the most important differences between RGA and its competitors. RGA empowers its employees to use their intelligence and creativity to find solutions for its customers. To be proactive in their approach to bringing value to our customers.

As Auditor, you contribute as a team member to global and North America regional audit projects including operational and financial process audits, integrated audits, value-added consultations, special projects, and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) testing. You would also assist and provide insight in the design, development and performance of risk-based audit procedures, and review and evaluate the effectiveness of internal control processes.

This role provides a base of learning with multiple growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Reviews operational and business risk, functions and activities, and evaluates operational controls in order to determine and recommend nature, scope, and direction of proposed audits. Helps design audit procedures to execute the annual audit plan, to assess controls and meet audit objectives.

• Performs testing and walkthrough procedures to assess company compliance associated with key SOX processes: reviews and analyzes the control structure, performs walkthrough and testing procedures, documents testing results, and communicates results to the process owners and the Sarbanes Oxley team.

• Undertakes assignments on special project, advisory, and consulting services working closely with colleagues. Coordinates effectively with others to complete assignments; self-reviews work for completeness and submits self-evaluations for supervisory review upon completion.

• Maintains positive professional relationships with stakeholders, including Global Audit colleagues at all levels, business management, external auditors, and other business associates.

• Prepares audit work papers and assists in drafting reports, including succinct summaries of audit objectives, scope, findings, conclusions, and management actions. Conducts oral and written presentations to all levels of management, as appropriate, throughout audit engagements. Ensures all audit outputs are prepared within established deadlines.

• Determines appropriate sampling approaches and leverages technology to accomplish audit procedures, where applicable. Obtains, analyses, and appraises supporting data, utilizing software applications, where appropriate.

• Demonstrates a basic understanding of professional practice standards/audit approach, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and is able to effectively apply to audit test procedures with some oversight.

• Develops initial conclusions on audit test results.

• Contributes suggestions for enhancing audit procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness and engages with internal department development initiatives.

• Assists with monitoring and assessing management corrective actions while maintaining the issue management tool and communicating status to various stakeholders.

• Maintains continued professional education requirements. Demonstrates flexibility, perseverance, innovative thinking, teamwork, and other positive attributes at all times.

Requirements

Education and Experience

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent combination of related work experience and education
• 2+ year experience in accounting, finance, actuarial, operational, or related positions

Skills and Aptitudes

Required:

• Excellent written and verbal English language skills (fluent in English)

• Advanced analytical skills - data and processes, internal control, and corporate governance frameworks

• Ability to document audit work and findings etc. in a clear, concise manner with few basic corrections

• Solid Word and Excel skills

• Aptitude for auditing complex procedures in a financial services environment

• Ability and willingness to share knowledge

• Ability to balance detail with departmental goals/objectives

• Ability to coordinate and perform multiple tasks/projects, balancing priorities and deliverables, and keeping stakeholders informed of status

• Good interpersonal / relationship skills; confident but tactful communicator; good self-awareness

• Sound investigative and problem solving skills

• Ability to liaise with personnel across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines

• Ability to work independently

• Ability to work well within a team environment and participate in department projects

• Resilience and emotional maturity

• Ability to travel up to approximately 15% of work time

Company Overview

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is one of the largest global providers of life reinsurance, with offices around the world. RGA delivers expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting, and product development. Our mission is to enhance our clients' prosperity by supporting their financial and risk management capabilities.

The general pay range for this position is $74,150 - $105,295 per year. Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

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