Senior Auditor

The Opportunity

Are you looking for a caring, collaborative, values-driven workplace with inspiring teammates and leaders? Do you have the ambition and desire to be the best and thrive at the most impactful global insurance provider in the world? Look no further than Zurich Canada.  

If you have experience in Audit and are looking for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.  

Zurich Group Audit is a diverse international team of over 250 colleagues from 33 different nationalities, working globally as one function with a common purpose: to keep Zurich safe. Together, we bring our skills, capabilities, and unique strengths to provide real insights to our stakeholders and drive positive change. Our ambition is to be the best we can be for our company, our people, and our communities. We are committed to continuous learning and improvement, striving to excel in what we do and how we do it. To support this, we are transforming into a fully digital, data-driven, and AI-enabled function, maximising our human capabilities with technological innovation.

This is a Hybrid role.

What you will do :

As a Senior Auditor, you will work with members of the audit team across all aspects of an audit - working through sections of audit planning, scoping, assessing key risks, design and operational effectiveness of processes, and developing reporting. You will ccollaborate with audit team members across Group Audit. Working with the audit team, you will develop a deep understanding of the business and its risks, providing key insights to stakeholders in North America.  

• High Quality Audits: Support the delivery of audits of exceptional quality, on time and with impact. Leverage Data Analytics and GenAI, assess IT fundamentals throughout the audit process.
• Insightful Reporting: Contribute to drafting impactful issue summaries.
• Build Strong Connections: Build and maintain constructive relationships with stakeholders during audits.
• Foster a Learning Culture: Take an active role in your development in business technical, new world, and human skills, actively applying a growth and learning mindset.
• Embrace New World Skills: Actively enhance your new world skills: Data, IT and GenAI. Recognize their importance in delivering optimal audit outcomes and future-proofing your skillsets.
• Collaborate as One: Collaborate throughout audits with all levels to achieve the best possible outcomes on audit.
• Uphold Ethics and Integrity: You will uphold and model the highest standards on ethics and integrity, ensuring compliance with all relevant standards, regulations, and internal policies.

Job Qualifications

What you bring to the table: 

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 or more years of experience in finance, accounting or audit (compliance, financial, operational) OR a combination of each.
 
OR 
 
• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 7 or more years of experience in insurance, finance, accounting or audit (compliance, financial, operational) OR a combination of each.
 
• Zurich Certified Insurance Apprentice including an associate degree and 2 or more years of experience in audit 
 
• Hold, or be pursuing, one or more of the following professional certifications: Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA),  or other audit related qualifications 

Preferred:

• CIA, CPA, CISA
• Good understanding of audit methodology, Internal Audit Standards and internal control frameworks preferred.
• Experience in the insurance industry.
• Experience with and good understanding of new world skills (DA, ITGC and GenAI)
• Good project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively and consistently deliver high-quality outcomes on time
• Ability to present information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, establish and meet deadlines.
• Negotiation skills.
• Strong written and verbal communications.

Our Culture

At Zurich, we are proud of our culture. We are passionate about Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging (DIEB). We want you to bring your whole self to work, and we want our employees to be reflective of the communities in which we live and work. Our DIEB initiatives are creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. 

We have a collaborative culture where diversity of thought is valued. We value your input and strive to give our employees the tools they need to make an impact.  

We care about our employees’ well-being and offer a comprehensive health/benefits plan with varying levels of coverage to suit your specific needs and a competitive total compensation package. 

We understand how important it is to rest; recharge and do the things you love. At Zurich, all employees receive a minimum of four weeks of vacation per year to do just that. 

We also understand that employees require time off for personal reasons. Maybe you have an appointment during a workday, a cultural or religious holiday you would like to observe, or you need time off to focus on your mental health. Zurich employees receive four personal days per year to be used at their discretion.  

We are committed to continuous improvement, and offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities.  

We care about our communities. Our communities are where our customers, people, and shareholders live and work. While we can be proud of the contribution to society Zurich makes through our core business of insurance, we must also give back to our communities through our talent, time and resources. 

We have won numerous awards for our workplace culture. We are proud to be one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers and to have received Insurance Business Canada’s 5-Star Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award.    

Make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported. Love what you do. Work for us.  

About Us 

Zurich Canada is part of the Zurich Insurance Group, a multi-line insurer with approximately 55,000 employees worldwide serving customers in global and local markets. Zurich Canada has been a leading insurance provider serving mid-sized and large companies, including multinational corporations, in the Canadian commercial market for 100 years. With over 500 employees in offices across the country, Zurich offers the global strength of a top insurance provider combined with in-depth knowledge of industries and local markets. Zurich Canada aspires to be risk management professionals’ first choice as their premier partner to help meet the risk challenges of today and tomorrow. Read more at www.zurichcanada.com.