About the Job:

As a member of the Corporate Audit Department, this position supports the operations of the company’s internal audit department including leading audits, supporting efforts that mature audit operations procedures, supporting regulatory exam requests and interviews, providing department training, and supporting the department’s reporting to various internal stakeholders and external parties, including senior management, corporate committees, Board audit committees, and external industry groups.

What You'll Do:

• Technical expert in Retail Investments and Compliance, Institutional Investments, or Insurance Business Operations and serves as a resource for Internal Audit staff and business partners on risks and controls in area of expertise.

• Leads audits and consultations by scanning for and assessing risks of a given area, documenting controls, developing testing plans to address the risks, executing on high risk testing, reviewing testing performed by staff, and drafting issues and reports. Also assesses risks posed by business area and assesses the frequency and depth of future audits.

• Coordinate and lead integrated operational and IT audits by aligning business process objectives with supporting technology controls, partnering with IT audit specialists to assess key risks, and ensuring end‑to‑end coverage across people, process, and systems within a regulated mutual life insurance environment.

• Leverage approved artificial intelligence and advanced analytics tools to enhance audit planning, risk identification, testing efficiency, and insight generation across retail investment operations, while exercising professional judgment and ensuring outputs are used responsibly, transparently, and in compliance with company policy and regulatory expectations.

• Manages audits and projects to ensure budgets and timelines are established and adhered to and monitors staff assigned to project to ensure objectives are met.

• Communicates the audit process, objectives, timing, and outcome to business partners, senior management and where appropriate to entity audit committees and boards.

• Contributes to continuous improvement efforts, leads change management efforts, and supports new and on-going training efforts.

• Provides mentoring, training, and feedback to staff in area of expertise, audit technical matters, and for personal development.

• Supports the department’s executive level reporting, including developing presentation material and regular updates to the Chief Audit Executive on the status of audit issue resolution.

• Demonstrates or develops an appropriate level of organizational, regulatory, and business knowledge.

• Establishes and maintains strong, collaborative relationships within the department and with our business contacts.

• Performs special projects in the department that arise.

What You'll Bring to the Role:

• Experience executing audit engagement and/or assurance reviews; knowledge of internal audit methodology, procedures & tools.

• Undergraduate degree (accounting, economics, business, or other relevant)

• Minimum of eight years of experience in audit, compliance, data analysis, or related business operations.

• Strong analytical and decision making skills. Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to lead others without direct authority, influencing a broad audience to adopt a particular strategy or direction.

• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead or manage corporate wide audit projects or process improvement initiatives with a high degree of self-motivation and initiative.

• Ability to negotiate and build consensus in a way that enables groups of people with diverse perspectives to accept a majority or common conclusion.

• Ability to adapt to change, deal with ambiguity, and adjust (his/her) work to meet changing needs and information.

• Proven ability to build rapport and exercise tact, diplomacy, and understanding of internal customers.

• Experience coaching and mentoring employees or previous experience as a people manager.

• Experience preparing reports for senior management, including use of PowerPoint.

• Demonstrated interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.

• Knowledge of industry and regulatory practices within internal audit departments, financial services preferred.

• CPA, CIA, CIDA, CFE preferred or willingness to obtain.

• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills, PowerBI, Tableau or other data visualizations experience a plus.

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Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

Skills

Data Collection & Analysis (NM) - Expert, Business Acumen (NM) - Expert, Risk Evaluation (NM) - Expert, Cross Functional Partnering & Planning (NM) - Advanced, Industry Knowledge (NM) - Advanced, Project Management (NM) - Advanced, Technical & Digital Acumen (NM) - Expert, Continuous Improvement (NM) - Advanced, Data Security (NM) - Expert, Policy & Procedure (NM) - Advanced, Quality Audit Management (NM) - Advanced, Risk Consulting (NM) - Expert, Technical Problem Solving (NM) - Advanced, Attention to Detail (NM) - Advanced, Facilitation (NM) - Advanced, Internal Controls (NM) - Expert, Documentation (NM) - Expert, Control Analysis (NM) - Expert, AI Risk Modeling (NM) - Advanced, IT Audit & Control (NM) - Advanced, Storytelling through Data (NM) - Advanced, Decision Making (NM) - Advanced, Risk Assessment & Identification (NM) - Advanced, Research Communication (NM) - Expert, Interpersonal Savvy (NM) - Advanced, Organizational & Political Savvy (NM) - Advanced, Audits (NM) - Expert

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We’re excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging.

• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
• Employee resource groups