What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Internal Audit Consultant - Data & AI-Enabled Audit position at Allstate Insurance?
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.
Job Description
The Senior Internal Audit Consultant leads key portions of risk-based audits across business operations, financial reporting, technology processes, and strategic initiatives. Working in an agile, data-driven and technology-enabled internal audit environment, this role manages assigned workstreams and moderately complex audit segments from planning and risk assessment through control testing, issue development, and reporting, with oversight from audit leadership. The Senior Consultant I serves as an important link between audit leadership, junior team members, and business and technology stakeholders, helping ensure clarity, alignment, and high-quality audit execution.This role applies audit procedures to moderately complex and selected complex audit areas with minimal guidance, contributes to scoping and story development, reviews staff work, and communicates audit results to clients in collaboration with audit leadership. The Senior Consultant I uses data analytics, automation, and generative AI-enabled tools to improve audit quality and insight generation while mentoring junior auditors and applying critical thinking to evaluate results, refine observations, and strengthen execution of moderately complex and complex audit work.
Key Responsibilities
Lead assigned workstreams and moderately complex audit segments from scoping and planning through testing, issue development, and reporting, with leadership oversight.
Leador contribute toscoping discussions, develop risk hypotheses, and help draft business stories or acceptance criteria for moderately complex audits and selected complex audit areas.
Performoroversee walkthroughs with business and technology stakeholders toidentifycontrols, process risks, automatedprocesses or controls, and opportunities for improvement.
Apply audit procedures to complex business and technology controls withminimalguidance and evaluate results using fact-based conclusions.
Develop and refine control testing procedures that align to the acceptance criteria, business story, risk hypotheses, and audit scope.
Identifyandevaluatealternative testing evidence and other relevant information(including data-driven sources)to supportappropriate testingconclusions.
Draft, refine, and communicate audit observations and recommendations that clearly describe the issue, risk, impact, and supporting evidence, and present results to clients withoversightsomeauditleadership.
Use data analysis, automation, and generative AI tools to improve testing precision,increase efficiency,summarize results, and support issue development and insight generation.
Mentor junior staff on testing execution, documentation quality, stakeholder interaction,effective use of data/analytics tools,and agile ways of working, and help drive sprint progress and issue follow-up.
Preferred Skills & Knowledge
Proficiencyin using data analytics tools and programming languages such as Python, SQL, Power BI, or similar technologies to perform data extraction, analysis, visualization, and risk-focused testing.
ExperienceleveragingAI-enabled tools, including Microsoft365Copilot, to enhance audit planning, testing, reporting, research, and operational efficiency whilemaintainingappropriate governanceand quality standards.
Knowledge of AI governance, responsible AI, and model risk management principles, including fairness, accountability, transparency, explainability, data privacy, and regulatory considerations.
Familiarity with evaluating risks and controls associated with AI-enabled technologies, automated decision-making processes, and emerging technology implementations.
Experience with one or more AI and data platforms (e.g., Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure AI, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, AWS SageMaker, GoogleBigQuery, Google Vertex AI, or similar technologies) is preferred.
Certifications
Coreprofessionalcertificationssuch asCPA, CISA, CIA, or CFE, or an interest in pursuing thesecredentials, arehighly encouraged.
Interest inobtainingAI,data analytics, or technology-relatedcertifications(e.g.,ISACA AIFundamentals,AI Auditcertifications,AWS/AzureAIcertifications,or data analyticscredentials) isconsidered a plus.
Skills
Accounting, Audit Management, Audit Planning, Data Analysis, Internal Auditing, Internal Controls, Operational Excellence, Process Improvements, Regulatory Audits, Risk Evaluation And Mitigation Strategy (REMS)Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is 65,600.00 - 110,075.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger - a winning team making a meaningful impact.
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