Consultant, Internal Controls & Quality Assurance Governance
Posted on: 29 Sep 2021
Omaha, NE | Atlanta, GA | Boston, MA | Charlotte, NC | Dover, NH
Job Description
Role at a Glance
The Internal Controls & Quality Assurance Governance Consultant will serve as a resource on financial and operational controls to various areas of the business. You will partner with appropriate internal stakeholders and external auditors to ensure the control environment is aligned with the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) framework. You will serve as a resource on more complex projects including system implementations, process improvements, and financial/operational control initiatives. You will also meet with business partners to promote and assist with implementing industry best practices for robust Quality Assurance programs.
What you'll be doing
Partners with appropriate internal stakeholders and management to strengthen the control environment and to address financial and operational control deficiencies
Tracks and monitors progress against the action plans. Develops and reviews test plans to ensure controls processes are consistently followed
Works with management across departments to implement key initiatives to ensure the proper financial and operational controls are contemplated, initiated, executed, and maintained
Proactively liaises with internal stakeholders and management to anticipate and address internal control risks before they become an issue
Serves as a first alert system to keep management and other internal stakeholders aware of unanticipated problems to be addressed and/or opportunities to be considered
Communicates with management on internal control activity and serves as a resource during projects & process reviews to advise on implications regarding internal controls
Serves as the liaison for the annual SOC1 audit work between the business and external stakeholders by working with internal partners to develop action plans as needed, updating the report for issuance, and communicating report outcomes with business partners and management
Partners with internal stakeholders to educate and implement industry best practices on existing and new quality assurance programs
What we're looking for
Required
4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) in Accounting, Finance, or Information Technology
3 - 5+ Years of experience with SOX and/or financial/operational controls
Work Arrangement:
Work from Home : Employees will work fully from home. Their job will not require the employee to come into the office, unless for special circumstances.
Lincoln Financial Group
Radnor Twp, PA
Lincoln National Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates multiple insurance and retirement businesses in the United States. It operates through four segments: Annuities, Retirement Plan Services, Life Insurance, and Group Protection. The Annuities segment offers variable, fixed, and indexed variable annuities. The Retirement Plan Services segment provides employers with retirement plan products and services primarily in the defined contribution retirement plan marketplace. This segment offers individual and group variable annuities, group fixed annuities, and mutual fund-based programs; and a range of plan services, including plan recordkeeping, compliance testing, participant education, and trust and custodial services.
The Life Insurance segment provides life insurance products, including term insurance, such as single and survivorship versions of universal life insurance; variable universal life insurance; and indexed universal life insurance products; and a critical illness rider. The Group Protection segment offers group non-medical insurance products comprising short and long-term disability, statutory disability and paid family medical leave administration and absence management services, term life, dental, vision and accident, and critical illness benefits and services to the employer marketplace through various forms of employee-paid and employer-paid plans.
The company distributes its products through consultants, brokers, planners, agents, financial advisors, third-party administrators, and other intermediaries. Lincoln National Corporation was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
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IndustryInsurance
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No. of Employees11,034
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