Staff Auditor (Johnston, RI)

 AIPSO is a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market. We are a national organization that serves local customer needs. Centralization and standardization are key to many AIPSO services because of the inherent economies of scale and other efficiencies.  However, our organization is based on customer focus and recognizes the need for flexibility in serving customer groups with diverse interests.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Conduct objective compliance, system, financial and/or operational audits of AIPSO, its Plans, and Residual Market Servicing Carriers.
• Assist with identification of project scope and objectives, and execute the audit program to achieve those objectives.
• Analyze business and system operations, identify control strengths and weaknesses, and propose suitable approaches to test the controls to accomplish the audit objectives.
• Investigate deviations, identify exceptions, communicate audit results, and assist with development of remedial action recommendations for the purpose of adding value to control environment and support AIPSO's mission.
• Prepare project related materials, such as Audit Plans, Audit Memorandums, Final Audit Reports, Flowcharts, Narratives, Audit Programs, Testing Documents and Summaries.
• Act as a resource to audit team through sharing of knowledge gained from external resources (training) or internal resources (as an audit liaison, through cross-functional team participation, or audit projects).
• Perform audit liaison role for functional area as assigned. 
• Consistently meet deadlines, and adapt to changing priorities, as directed.

Education:
Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university majoring in Accounting, Finance, Cyber Security, or Computer Information Systems preferred.  Additional appropriate experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.  CIA and/or CISA preferred.

Experience:
Two or more years of combined experience in operational, system, financial and/or compliance auditing.  Foundational understanding of insurance acumen, more specifically as it relates to the residual automobile insurance market.

Skills & Knowledge:
• Ability to work effectively individually or in a team environment to accomplish project goals and promote collaboration of ideas.
• Ability to understand and concisely document business or system operations through development of process narratives and flowcharts.
• Strong analytical skills are required to assess information and processes, and identify areas of risk, while applying good judgment in evaluating the impact of those risks.
• Understanding of cause and effect and consider underlying issues and various perspectives for reliable judgment.
• Requires strong communication skills to effectively express audit results in verbal and written format to auditees, and successfully achieve agreement on action plans.
• Ability to work on multiple assignments simultaneously and effectively organize assignments and tasks.
• Ability to balance and manage project time lines and deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Visio.
AIPSO is an equal opportunity employer.  To this end, all employment related decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis and in full compliance with federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment.

This is a non-management position
This is a full time position