Published: May 16, 2025 - The Audit involves systematically examining financial records to ensure accuracy, compliance, and transparency within an organization. This position identifies potential risks, evaluates internal controls, and provides recommendations for enhancing operational efficiency and financial integrity. This role supports informed decision-making and promotes stakeholder confidence in organizational management.

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1. Audit Analyst, Sentinel Risk Management Services, Pittsburgh, PA
Job Summary:
- Process high level Worker's Comp audits for Large Deductibles and Coal
- Responsible for processing CGL audits
- Maintain files under retention policy
- Request IT changes to perform daily duties.
- Responsible for reviewing payroll records (941’s andUC2’s) gathering payroll information required in billing of audits.
- Review employee job descriptions for proper classification, review material changes in payroll records, review officer status, determine use of contractors and subcontractors, review claims information for status of employment, and discuss upcoming changes in business.
- Promptly review all information with in-house analyst for any missing or additional information.
- Respond to various in-house departments requiring information for continuing to provide coverage and billing purposes.
- Responsible for attending any court proceedings addressing accuracy of the audit.
Skills on Resume:
- Audit Processing (Hard Skills)
- Payroll Analysis (Hard Skills)
- File Management (Hard Skills)
- IT Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Classification Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Communication (Soft Skills)
- Detail Oriented (Soft Skills)
- Court Representation (Hard Skills)
2. DUA Audit Assistant, Axis Insurance Underwriting Inc., Jacksonville, FL
Job Summary:
- Maintain the audit section of the in-house Coverholder Management system, uploading audit information and ensuring all relevant information is up to date and accurately captured
- Maintain the audit schedule for all upcoming audit reviews
- Support the Senior DUA Audit Team Lead in creating the annual audit plan, liaising with relevant external stakeholders such as Lloyd’s, managing agents and brokers to coordinate joint audits
- Work in conjunction with the Senior DUA Audit Team Lead to create appropriate risk-based scopes, liaising with internal stakeholders
- Liaising with internal stakeholders and external auditors to coordinate and instruct coverholder audits
- Preparation of auditor packs
- Monitor the timely receipt and processing of audit reports and auditor invoices managing workflow to outsourced service providers
- Ensure appropriate quality control over work outsourced to service providers
- Monitor, update and report on the Lloyd’s Delegated Audit Manager portal
- Maintain and monitor all outstanding recommendations whilst working with stakeholders to ensure compliance
- Manage the DUA Audit Mailbox
- Provide appropriate MI reporting and exception reporting around Coverholder audits
- Maintain AXIS approved auditor panel documentation as well as undertake due diligence on any new
Skills on Resume:
- Audit Management (Hard Skills)
- Schedule Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Audit Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Report Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- MI Reporting (Hard Skills)
3. Audit Associate, Grant Thornton LLP, Charlotte, NC
Job Summary:
- Prepare plan asset evaluations for terminated / trustee pension plans
- Provide evidence of the existence of plan assets/plan liabilities as of the date of plan termination (DOPT)
- Identify / Report potential fiduciary breaches, conflicts of interest, and /or fraud
- Estimate the fair market value of the plan assets, based on a method of valuation that most accurately reflects such fair market value as of DOPT.
- Develop work papers and client deliverables
- Communicate to Senior Associates and Grant Thornton management, any potential issues or risks.
- Prepare and support collecting participant data for terminated / trustee pension plans to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.
- Provide evidence of source document for crucial data elements as guided by Senior Auditors
- Perform database monitoring procedures to ensure that participant database build by Junior Data analyst is 95% error-free
- Develop work papers and client deliverables
Skills on Resume:
- Asset Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Data Verification (Hard Skills)
- Breach Identification (Hard Skills)
- Valuation Methods (Hard Skills)
- Work Papering (Hard Skills)
- Risk Communication (Soft Skills)
- Participant Support (Soft Skills)
- Database Monitoring (Hard Skills)
4. Audit Consultant, Navigant Financial Advisors, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Work within a collaborative, team environment and contribute to the successful execution of operational and financial audits and consulting engagements, including delivering high quality audit documentation and audit deliverables
- Plan and execute risk-based audit assignments with minimal supervision, including oversight of the day-to-day activities of assigned audit staff personnel, where applicable
- Gather and analyze data, using reasoning and logic, and draw appropriate conclusions
- Evaluate the design and effectiveness of processes with an appropriate level of professional skepticism
- Monitor and track the status of post-audit action plans and perform follow-up procedures to validate implementation and risk mitigation
- Build and maintain effective relationships with audit customers including various levels of management
- Participate in annual risk assessment processes, including the identification of key risks across the enterprise and the development of the annual audit plan
- Exhibit a sense of urgency in completing assigned tasks for audits, initiatives and other department projects in accordance with prescribed milestones
- Develop and maintain current knowledge of matters impacting the energy industry and the company
Skills on Resume:
- Audit Execution (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Process Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Action Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Task Urgency (Soft Skills)
5. Deputy Audit Director, Hartford Financial Services Group, Hartford, CT
Job Summary:
- Set up internal policies, procedures and working schedules for the Department
- Plan and perform audit assignments, including planning, managing the audit team fieldwork on site, debriefing, reporting and following up all identified audit issues
- Identify critical risks and control functions, and develop effective audit programs to address risk areas for the Company and its subsidiaries
- Evaluate internal control system of the Company 's business areas by means of process analysis and compliance with regulatory and internal requirements
- Perform operational efficiency and effectiveness analysis
- Present the audit findings and reports to the management/business unit heads
- Responsible for communicating with the Group Company
- Participate in ad hoc advisory and special projects within the Company
- Train and manage junior staff within the Department
Skills on Resume:
- Policy Setup (Hard Skills)
- Audit Planning (Hard Skills)
- Risk Identification (Hard Skills)
- Control Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Efficiency Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Report Presentation (Soft Skills)
- Group Communication (Soft Skills)
- Staff Training (Soft Skills)
6. Audit Intern, Friedman Accounting Solutions, Albany, NY
Job Summary:
- Working in a team-based environment to perform audit-related tasks for a variety of firm clients
- Providing high quality client service by meeting client deadlines, promptly addressing client concerns, and making valuable recommendations
- Developing an understanding of Firm policies, processes, and procedures
- Prioritizing and managing multiple assignments of varying sizes and complexity within given timeframe and budget
- Performing analytical review of audit documents
- Preparing financial statement reports and documentation supporting audit procedure
- Developing an understanding of the rules, requirements, code of conduct and standards of the AICPA and the authoritative literature established by the FASB, GASB, and the PCAOB.
Skills on Resume:
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Client Service (Soft Skills)
- Policy Understanding (Hard Skills)
- Assignment Management (Soft Skills)
- Analytical Review (Hard Skills)
- Report Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Standard Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Deadline Adherence (Soft Skills)
7. Audit Manager, Pinnacle Assurance Group, Des Moines, IA
Job Summary:
- Comprehensive understanding of SOX Compliance in an international environment.
- Exhibits a strong understanding of business risks, controls, testing methodologies as they relate to financial reporting assurance and SOX controls.
- Further demonstrates an ability to learn operational risks as they apply to the execution of business strategies.
- Evaluates and documents the operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting
- Understanding the requirements of the control suite and financial statements, obtaining adequate and relevant documentation to substantiate control conclusions interpreting supporting documentation
- Adequately documenting design and operating effectiveness reviews.
- Identifies and documents internal control deficiencies and remediation plans, including monitoring progress and status of remediation plans.
- Reviews to ensure clear and concise work papers are to applicable professional standards.
- Works independently with very limited coaching and leads teams to effectively complete tasks,
- Interacts with external auditors and business partners on the resolution of identified control failures.
- Leads walkthroughs and updates business process flows.
- Ensures SOX risks, controls and other documentation remain current while leading, initiating and executing continuous improvement activities
- Partners with business/operations, IT and corporate process owners to help ensure ongoing compliance with quarterly SOX 302 processes.
- Ad hoc information requests and participation on strategic initiatives for business process improvement activities.
- Assists with learning and development material creation for cross-functional risk and control initiatives.
Skills on Resume:
- SOX Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Operational Insight (Soft Skills)
- Control Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Documentation Review (Hard Skills)
- Deficiency Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
8. Audit Project Manager, Integrity Auditing Solutions, Omaha, NE
Job Summary:
- Develops an initial audit program to meet the audit engagement objectives
- Plans the nature, timing, and extent of engagement procedures
- Develops project timeline to ensure alignment with the internal audit annual plan
- Reviews work performed by the audit team for more complex audits to ensure documentation is in accordance with the internal audit methodology
- Coaches internal audit staff throughout the audit engagement to ensure the audit objectives are met
- Ensures that all audit issues are developed accurately and objectively and reflect the audit work performed
- Discusses audit findings and the impacts professionally and confidently with various levels of the organization as directed by audit management
- Follows up with management to ensure that management actions have been effectively implemented to remediate audit issues
- Identifies process improvements for the business based on understanding and analysis of process flows/operations
- Manages the team conducting audit engagements to ensure that objectives are met consistently within budgets and deadlines
Skills on Resume:
- Audit Planning (Hard Skills)
- Procedure Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Timeline Development (Hard Skills)
- Work Review (Hard Skills)
- Team Coaching (Soft Skills)
- Issue Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Finding Communication (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
9. Senior Audit Manager, Fitzgerald & Associates CPAs, Richmond, VA
Job Summary:
- Reviewing the work of Junior staff and training of Junior staff
- Adapt to a range of online accounting software
- Liaising with clients and being direct client contact
- Preparation & Completion of statutory financial accounts and financial statements in accordance with Irish Company Law FRS 102
- Preparing financial and management accounts and working with clients
- Working as part of a team and individually on financial audits, tax reporting, advisory and financial reporting
- Completion of financial statement audits.
- Preparation and review of Corporation Tax and Income Tax returns, R&D , VAT and other tax matters.
- Financial analytics-budgeting, forecasting
- Liaising with banks, legal, Revenue and other professional advisers
- Working on research projects for the firm in areas of business development and projects to improve efficiency
- Working alongside all members of staff
- Working directly with partners across a range of services and industries
- Assistance with Companies House compliance
Skills on Resume:
- Staff Training (Soft Skills)
- Software Adaptation (Hard Skills)
- Client Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Account Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Team Auditing (Soft Skills)
- Tax Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Financial Analytics (Hard Skills)
- Partner Collaboration (Soft Skills)
10. Audit Specialist, Synergy Compliance Partners, Dayton, OH
Job Summary:
- Assist with underwriter audits, lender client audits, state audits, and other external audits and assessments, including service organization controls reports
- Complete quality control questionnaires, communicate findings and assess risk factors
- Act as a liaison for matters related to audit and compliance
- Perform internal quality control audits of randomly sampled files
- Perform on-site audit spot checks
- Assist in tracking notary renewals, errors and omissions insurance licensing, and continuing education by the state
- Identify specific areas of improvement and work closely with business, legal and technology leadership to deploy compliant solutions
- Effectively manage multiple projects in a fast-paced working environment
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with all teams throughout the company
Skills on Resume:
- Audit Support (Hard Skills)
- Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Audit Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Quality Auditing (Hard Skills)
- Spot Checks (Hard Skills)
- License Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Solution Deployment (Soft Skills)
- Project Management (Soft Skills)
11. Audit Supervisor, Meridian Financial Services, Scottsdale, AZ
Job Summary:
- Execute audits for large proprietary & listed organisations
- Identify & communicate risk areas to clients
- Develop audit strategies & draft audit plans
- Group audit instructions & documenting control environments
- Review files around technical accounting & audit requirements
- Draft management letters & audit completion reports
- Prepare & review of statutory financial reports
- Actively pursue development opportunities and deliver on agreed targets and budgets
- Oversee, manage and train more junior staff members
Skills on Resume:
- Audit Execution (Hard Skills)
- Risk Communication (Soft Skills)
- Audit Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Control Documentation (Hard Skills)
- File Review (Hard Skills)
- Report Drafting (Hard Skills)
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Staff Management (Soft Skills)