Director of IT Internal Audit

Job Description
Client is a leading global provider of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions.

Be an integral part of the Global Audit Function, responsible for delivering audit services to the United States and Canadian based business entities. Play a crucial part in achieving the Client's strategic objectives by providing impactful, agile, and collaborative audit services to support Senior Management.

Responsibilities:

• Offer reasonable assurance on the effectiveness of IT governance, compliance, risk management, and internal control systems.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with IT senior stakeholders, fostering trust and efficiency while providing independent, value-added internal audit services to various US and Canadian business entities.
• Balance individual client needs with business priorities, ensuring alignment with business strategies and objectives.
• Develop the initial IT Audit Plan, ensuring audit prioritization and resource allocation throughout the year, aligned with department and industry standards and Client's strategic objectives.
• Oversee the execution of the audit plan for assigned businesses, establishing scope and schedule for projects and effectively allocating department resources.
• Anticipate and manage process changes and their impact on the audit process and plan. Drive and implement change and continuous improvement within Audit.
• Manage and coach a team of professional direct reports, providing effective coaching and development opportunities, conducting performance evaluations, and identifying strategic hiring needs.
• Collaborate with Internal Audit Executive Management to establish and manage the financial plan for the Audit team.
• Develop audit committee and management reporting materials for assigned NAAH responsibilities and actively participate in meetings.
• Stay updated on changes in IT and industry trends, IT audit practices, regulatory requirements, and IT Risk frameworks (e.g., NIST Cyber, CSC, COBIT, ISO2700x). Propose audit updates and make strategic and tactical recommendations.

Qualifications
Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field, with in-depth IT Audit knowledge.
• Ten or more years of IT Audit experience or related work experience in information technology, focusing on security, risk management, or controls.
• Preferred industry and auditing experience in P&C Insurance & Reinsurance and/or Life Reinsurance.
• At least five years of experience managing a team of direct reports, with the ability to evaluate risks, internal control environments, and their impact on company operations.
• Highly developed negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills, along with the ability to coordinate and interact positively with business stakeholders and other audit teams.
• Experience conducting system development reviews of new IT system implementations or upgrades is preferred.
• Certification: CISA Certification required but waived if CISSP (preferred) is obtained. Additional technical/IT security certifications such as CISSP are a plus.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.