Audit Manager

Hey!

I am Marta, the recruiter for this role. I love the fall, to travel and read. Lovely to meet you!

Perhaps this is the 10th Job Description you read today, sitting on your couch with Netflix playing in the background, or contemplating your life planning to refresh your career. I am sure by now all offers look the same.

I will be honest with you, at Zurich we do not claim to be perfect, but we are pretty cool! If you want to know why, keep reading!

But first, THANK YOU for showing interest in our company. We know that a job search can be challenging, but don’t worry, what goes around comes around!

Let’s get straight to the point! I will try to sum up our DNA in 2 essential points:

• We love volunteering but we prefer to be Change Activists. What does that mean? We focus our efforts in helping youths in risk of social marginalization and fighting climate change by reforesting parks or woods in Madrid and in the Doñana Forest. In 2024, we did more than 20,000 hours of activism.

• At Zurich we say it loud and clear: We are proud of our colors; we believe that a diverse and inclusive team makes the difference. We don’t discuss disability, we discuss capability! We want you to be yourself, without closets in between or glass ceilings making you fragile. 50% of our high responsibility positions are occupied by women (including our Executive Committee). Do you know that we produce our own podcasts about gender identity? We are building a company where everyone is welcome!

At this point you might be asking yourself: Marta, how will be my day to day wearing the blue sweater?  I asked that question too.

In this role, you will be accountable for the end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of audit engagements across Zurich Global Ventures. With the support of the Senior Manager, you will be responsible for providing insights to stakeholders, leading the audit teams to bring audit outcomes of excellent quality.

You will identify trends and themes patterns in results, develop audit reports and influence key stakeholders in broader actions. This opportunity offers an international learning platform, where you will share audit experience and knowledge, learn about and apply new audit approaches (including Data Analytics, IT and AI), and help build your career.

Join our Zurich Global Ventures audit team in Spain now as a Business Audit Manager! We seek talented professionals that are passionate about delivering top-notch audits across various locations. Collaborate with international experts and make a significant impact by providing valuable insights that truly matter. If you have experience in Life Insurance and Pension and eager to make a difference, we want to hear from you!

How you will make an impact:

• Audit Delivery: Keeping the business safe by leading the end-to-end execution of a portfolio of diverse audit engagements (e.g. finance, governance, operations, etc.), including global audits across different regions with the support of the Senior Manager.
• People Management: Guide, coach, and supervise the work of the team throughout the audit engagement to ensure the audits are completed with quality, on time and within budget.
• Professional Judgement: Apply professional judgement in planning and risk assessment activities, determining the right audit scope, key risks to be addressed and most suitable audit techniques and approaches alongside the Senior Manager and regional Audit Lead.
• Stakeholder Relations: Build and maintain strong relationships with key business stakeholders. Influence the business by agreeing actions and delivering the final audit report, with support from the Senior Manager, when needed. 
• Reporting: Prepare and deliver detailed audit reports to senior management, sharing key insights, themes, trends, findings and risk mitigating actions.
• Learning Culture: Foster a positive culture and drive an environment of continuous growth, learning and upskilling across the team. This includes upskilling yourself (and encouraging others to do so as well) in new world skills, such as Data Analytics, IT and AI, and adopting of agile practices. Contributing to the Group Audit team by sharing own technical knowledge
• Compliance: Ensure compliance of audit and non-audit activities with relevant standards, regulations, and internal policies.

How do you know you fit in? I’ll explain:

Don’t worry, we are not asking you to save the planet or meet 100% of the requirements.  

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field or professional qualification (chartered accountant, CPA, CIA, CISA or equivalent, MBA or equivalent an asset)
• +7 years of proven experience in Audit / Risk Management / Compliance within the Insurance industry or +8 years of experience in Insurance business positions
• Extensive experience within complex, fast moving and international organizations
• Strong knowledge of Life and Pension insurance business. Expertise in one of the following areas is a plus: IFRS 17, internal controls for financial reporting frameworks (SOX / ICFR), Actuarial modeling and controls, Data Analytics, IT General Controls.
• Strong understanding of the audit methodology required to deliver excellent audit outcomes, and the skills and competencies needed to provide quality, impactful and insightful audit reports. This includes a good understanding of the power of data analytics.
• Excellent project management skills, ability to organize teams, prioritize tasks, guide, and coach team members to deliver on time to high quality standards.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent relationship management and influencing skills with proven ability to interact with stakeholders from all seniority levels and build business relationships
• Collaborative, flexible, determined, and results-oriented mindset
• Passion and enthusiasm to continue to grow yourself and others around you
• Fluent written and spoken English skills. Another European language is a plus

Right now, either you feel as great as when you fit into the right size of your jeans or you are thinking “this is not for me” (and that’s ok, we will meet again in a bright future). However, you can share my contact with those near you who you feel might be a fit to the job.

At Zurich we love to live life to the fullest. I would love to know how we can make you happy, but for me, balance between life and work makes the difference. Flexibility and digital disconnection are real and encouraged.

#PorSerDeZurich, you can choose the benefits that best fit your needs. We all know that “to each their own”.

• FlexWork: We love flexibility. We want to offer you a flexible hybrid mode so that you can organize your work schedule as you wish. We also offer you a home office extra bonus.
• We believe you learn by doing, which means we allow movement of our employees in between different departments, both locally and at an international level thanks to the program “Talent in Motion”. And so, you can further your knowledge and growth, we offer English classes, training, and a personal mentoring program.
• Flexible remuneration: You will be able to choose what suits you best! Choose from medical insurance, training, volunteering programs, kindergarten and so much more!
• At Zurich we know that putting a smile on someone else’s face is easier than you think! That’s why we are activists! We will gift you a whole working day to dedicate to the cause that is closer to your heart.
• Referral bonus if you bring other top talent like you! Just remember - we are not looking for perfection, so feel free to share my contact information with people you know who might be a good match, and I will be happy to meet them.
• If Sport Spice has always been your favorite, now is your chance to get fit! Marathons, gym discounts and much more! Are you ready to go?
• Do you prefer the beach or the mountains? You will have 25 vacation days, plus insurance day and your birthday to do all the things you love the most. But fear not, we mean real digital disconnection. Because we all know life is short and you deserve a good rest!
• At Zurich we think about the future, therefore offer a retirement plan and life insurance and discounts in banking and other insurance products.

If you managed to read up to this point, THANK YOU! We are pretty cool, aren’t we?

If you feel butterflies in your stomach and you think we are a match, send smoke signs… or your CV if you think the smoke thing won’t cut it.

And to top it off, do you want to know what Zurich employees think? I could tell you we are nº1 Top Employers in Spain, but we would love you to hear it from our people by visiting our Glassdoor profile. No blessing in disguise!

I hope to meet you soon!

Marta Corral