Grant Thornton

Controls Advisory-IT Manager (Insurance)

Grant Thornton$138K — $172K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in a similar consulting role.
  • Preferred experience with insurance organizations, especially property and casualty.
  • Certifications such as CIA, CISA, CISSP, CISM, or CPA are required or preferred.
  • Proven experience in technology risk assessments and operational internal audits.
  • Expertise in security-related software and systems, such as access control and network security.
  • Strong management skills in staff training, development, and audit oversight.

Responsibilities

  • Perform engagement management tasks including reviews, task delegation, and quality assessment.
  • Lead business development initiatives such as proposals and thought leadership activities.
  • Ensure adherence to professional standards and client confidentiality requirements.
  • Identify and manage audit-related risks in firm proposals and projects.
  • Engage clients to assess and manage IT risks within their strategic models.
  • Apply key risk management frameworks like COBIT, NIST, and ISO for client assessments.
  • Conduct risk assessments and audits in mainly IT environments, focusing on insurance operations.

Benefits

  • Professional development and continuous learning opportunities.
  • Collaborative work environment with supportive team interactions.
  • Opportunity to work with diverse, high-profile clients in the insurance sector.
  • Access to extensive resources and tools to excel in your role.
Full Job Description
Job Description

As an IT Risk Manager (Insurance), you will get the opportunity to grow and contribute to our clients' business needs by helping them understand their business risks and assist in addressing risk in both proactive and responsive contexts for the Risk, Compliance & Controls Practice - all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. You'll collaborate with teams to execute and report on risk management, internal control and internal audit engagements that develop, assess, or improve the design and operating effectiveness of IT risk management and internal control activities.

From day one, you'll be empowered by the greater Risk team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently for clients, including insurers and other financial services organizations.

Your day-to-day may include:
  • Perform engagement management responsibilities, including performance reviews, task delegation, project scheduling, project economics and financials, quality review and client management
  • Manage business development activities, such as proposals, capture, account teams, whitepapers, conferences, and/or other thought leadership material
  • Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality
  • Understand and manage firm risk on audits and proposals
  • Working with organizations to identify and manage IT risks within their strategy execution model.
  • Assist clients in applying key frameworks such as COBIT, NIST & ISO
  • Apply knowledge of insurance operations and regulatory expectations when assessing technology risks and controls, with emphasis on property and casualty insurance environments.
  • Developing IT components with enterprise risk management programs
  • Leading IT risk assessments ranging from internal audits, system implementations and specialized IT areas (security, basis, access provisioning, etc.)
  • Leading and executing IT audits and IT SOX engagements, including engagements involving insurance platforms, policy administration, claims, billing, reinsurance, and financial reporting systems
  • Apply current knowledge of IT trends and systems processes to identify security and risk management issues
  • Manage the evaluation and testing of IT processes, system controls and identification of areas of risk
  • Manage internal auditing outsourcing and co-sourcing engagements for clients
  • Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization) and meet or exceed sales targets for new and follow-on work
  • Work closely with Grant Thornton managers and partners to promptly identify and resolve client concerns
  • Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on projects, assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews
  • Interview campus and/or experienced candidates
  • Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, or a related field is required
  • Minimum 6 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
  • Experience serving insurance organizations, preferably property and casualty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, managing general agents, or third-party administrators, is preferred.
  • Certification required, CIA,CISA, CISSP, CISM, CPA license/certification preferred
  • Experience performing technology risk assessments and audits, operational internal audits, and process control reviews and strong familiarity with IIA's Standards
  • Expertise in one or more of the following: access control software, security architecture and administration, Internet use/firewalls, network security awareness and enforcement, security policies and standards, database security auditing, operating systems (Windows, UNIX, AS400)
  • Strong experience in staff and audit management in an integrated client service team
  • The base salary range for this position is between $138,000 and $172,500. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton's discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

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Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, the seventh largest accounting network in the world by combined fee income. Grant Thornton LLP is the sixth largest U.S. accounting and advisory organization. The firm operates 59 offices across the US with approximately 8,500 employees, 550 partners, and produces annual revenue in excess of US$1.9 billion. During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, The Times reported that Grant Thornton is in line to earn millions of pounds for acting as trustees in a bankruptcy case on behalf of the Russian state-owned DIA, who bypassed sanction regimes to obtain funds and assets from abroad in order to fund the war in Ukraine.
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