Internal Auditor

3 weeks ago

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom myGwork Full time

This job is with Beazley, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

General

Job Title: Internal Auditor

Division: General Management – Internal Audit

Reports To: As per Beazley’s org chart

Key Relationships: Risk Management, Compliance, Audit Committees, Regulators, senior management.

Job Summary: To design, plan and conduct effective internal audits of the syndicates and Beazley Group plc companies. To provide assurance to the Audit Committee of the effectiveness of the internal controls within the group.

Opportunities

  • This role will give the applicant a unique cross departmental view of a Lloyd’s managing agent - involving exposure to front-office areas such as underwriting and claims, technical areas such as reserving and back office support areas.
  • The applicant will engage directly with executives, senior management and non-executive directors.
  • The role will empower the applicant to develop their core business skills including; judgement; relationship management; problem solving; project management; and communicating clearly with different audiences.

Key Responsibilities:

  • To support the Head of Internal Audit in discharging duties related to delivering the audit plan.
  • Internal audit work will involve:
    • Supporting on the delivery of multiple internal audits concurrently.
    • Planning approach to audits through risk assessments, understanding the control environment, ongoing work in the business and by the other assurance functions;
    • Designing and completing a test plan which gives appropriate assurance over the following: the key risks; the design and operation of controls; Lloyd’s Minimum Standards; anti-financial crime, conduct and fraud risk factors; etc.;
    • Apply audit techniques to audit testing such as sampling;
    • Promoting operational efficiencies and identifying cost savings opportunities;
    • Clearly documenting completed work, the results of testing and any issues arising;
    • Identifying unmitigated risks, process and control issues as well as recommending improvements in clear, concise and accurate audit reports.
  • Perform special projects as requested.
  • Prepare information for board and committee reporting.
  • Attend board and committee meetings as required.
  • Compliance with relevant Beazley procedures and policies.
  • Ability to travel internationally – normally less than 5%.

Personal Specification:

Education and Qualifications

  • University degree of any discipline is desirable.

Skills and Abilities

  • Confident to liaise with different audiences
  • Ability to demonstrate professional credibility
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships within the business
  • Ability to influence and demonstrate strong commercial acumen
  • Flexibility to work on concurrent projects and priorities
  • Computer skills – good working knowledge of MS Office
  • Capacity to analyse information from a wide range of sources
  • Ability to make sound independent decisions
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Strong motivational skills
  • Flexibility to work independently and in teams
  • Confident to work on own initiative
  • Ability to work with and persuade senior stakeholders

Knowledge and Experience

  • Experience analysing processes and controls.
  • Knowledge and experience of the insurance industry.
  • Preferable experience in the Lloyd’s market

Aptitude and Disposition

  • Outcome focussed; self-motivated; very flexible to change; and enthusiastic
  • Professional approach to successfully interact with stakeholders
  • Diplomatic in challenging situations
  • An interest in technology, change and data

Competencies

  • Analytical thinking
  • Information seeking
  • Customer focus
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Using expertise
  • Integrity
  • Impact and influence


Responsibilities

Opportunities

  • This role will give the applicant a unique cross departmental view of the group, involving exposure to front-office areas such as underwriting and claims, technical areas such as reserving and back office support areas.
  • The applicant will engage directly with executives, senior management and non-executive directors.
  • The role will empower the applicant to develop their core business skills including; judgement; relationship management; problem solving; project management; and communicating clearly with different audiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • To support the Heads of Internal Audit in discharging duties related to delivering the audit plan.
  • Internal audit work will involve:
    • Planning approach to audits through risk assessments, understanding the control environment, ongoing work in the business and by the other assurance functions;
    • Designing and completing a test plan which gives appropriate assurance over the following: the key risks; the design and operation of controls; Lloyd’s Minimum Standards; anti-financial crime, conduct and fraud risk factors; etc.;
    • Apply audit techniques to audit testing such as sampling;
    • Promoting operational efficiencies and identifying cost savings opportunities;
    • Clearly documenting completed work, the results of testing and any issues arising;
    • Identifying unmitigated risks, process and control issues as well as recommending improvements in clear, concise and accurate audit reports.
  • Perform special projects as requested.
  • Prepare information for board and committee reporting.
  • Attend board and committee meetings as required.
  • Compliance with relevant Beazley procedures and policies.
  • Ability to travel internationally – normally less than 5%.

Person Specifications

Personal Specification:

Education and Qualifications

  • University degree of any discipline is desirable.

Skills and Abilities

  • Confident to liaise with different audiences
  • Ability to demonstrate professional credibility
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships within the business
  • Ability to influence and demonstrate strong commercial acumen
  • Flexibility to work on concurrent projects and priorities
  • Computer skills – good working knowledge of MS Office
  • Capacity to analyse information from a wide range of sources
  • Ability to make sound independent decisions
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Strong motivational skills
  • Flexibility to work independently and in teams
  • Confident to work on own initiative
  • Ability to work with and persuade senior stakeholders

Knowledge and Experience

  • Experience analysing processes and controls.
  • Knowledge and experience of the insurance industry.

Aptitude and Disposition

  • Outcome focussed; self-motivated; very flexible to change; and enthusiastic
  • Professional approach to successfully interact with stakeholders
  • Diplomatic in challenging situations

Competencies

  • Analytical thinking
  • Information seeking
  • Customer focus
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Using expertise
  • Integrity
  • Impact and influence

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