Audit Director

Audit Director - Financial Reporting Controls

Corporate Audit Team

Full-Time

Springfield, MA or Boston, MA

This is an individual contributor role

The Opportunity

As the Audit Director for Financial Reporting Controls, you’ll have an opportunity as a risk and control expert to lead the effort assessing governance, risks and controls over internal and external financial reporting controls. You will work closely with finance, investment operations and business area management focusing on financial reporting controls while championing compliance with standards for audit practices and procedures.

The Team

The MassMutual Corporate Audit Team is located in both Boston and Springfield. If you are a risk professional who is looking to leverage your skills at a company that is focused on transforming the life insurance business while helping people secure financial freedom and protect the ones they love, the below noted role is for you. You will use your skills to partner and collaborate with peers and key stakeholders to support a financial reporting controls focused audit plan. You will help drive positive change across the organization with opportunities to improve internal controls through value-added recommendations. In this role, you will demonstrate accountability, agility, a dedication to be inclusive, a strong business acumen, and will show courage, even in the most difficult situations. We also highly value strong communication skills, a passion for learning, leadership traits, resilience and self-awareness.

The Impact

• Coaches and develops professional staff to enhance business knowledge and client relationships such that the team is a highly sought after analytic business partner.
• Develops and nurtures relationships with business management and other constituencies, focusing on the customer and strengthening business value add.
• Leads professionals in conducting financial reporting control audits and advisory services in accordance with professional standards and department policies and procedures, while demonstrating a strong understanding of risk concepts, including inherent and residual risks, as well as how to assess the design and effectiveness of internal controls.
• Develops, executes and manages a risk-based audit plan, focusing on financial reporting controls, working with business management and other risk/control functions to ensure that controls are effective in managing risks.
• Monitors control deficiencies impacting financial reporting controls and validates effective remediation plans and timely closure.
• Demonstrates an intense can-do attitude and delivers results on cross-team efforts that increase Corporate Audit’s value and effectiveness.
• Assists in the development of a world class internal audit capability through continually enhancing quality, coverage, timeliness, accuracy and value.

The Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years audit/risk work experience within the financial services industry
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field of study
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification or active candidate
• 2+ years’ experience in US GAAP and/or NAIC Statutory accounting and reporting
• 2+ years' experience with Investment Accounting and Investment Data

The Ideal Qualifications

• MBA, CPA, CIA, CFA or other professional designation
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills both orally and written
• Demonstrates versatility in communicating up, down and across the organization by working with others and lead discussions with various levels of management across the enterprise
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of risk concepts including inherent and residual risks as well as how to assess the design and effectiveness of internal controls
• Possesses high integrity, professional skepticism and strong business sense
• Strong analytic and problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to identify solutions that effectively address business and control needs

What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team

• Regular meetings with the business management
• Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
• Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups
• Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms
• Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical foundation with industry leading pay and benefits

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MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.
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