Audit Planning

Our opportunity

Our audit team is growing

Group Audit is responsible for performing audits over Zurich's operations globally. We are an international team of 200+ colleagues from 33 different nationalities, working as one function from Chicago to Sydney Together, we look to bring our skills, capabilities and unique strengths to provide insights to our stakeholders. We are working to be the best we can be at spotting danger for our company; continuously learning to get better and better in what we do.

We are at the start of a journey to transform our way of working, to be more agile and fit for whatever the future brings, with increased autonomy and faster decision-making. We believe that a clear common purpose, promoting authenticity of individuals and creating a learning environment will help our teams bring their best. We can't promise it will always be an easy journey and it may feel uncomfortable at times, but it will be an authentic and fulfilling one.

Up for a challenge? Interested in being part of this? We would love to hear from you

Your role

We are looking for an Audit Planning and Reporting Associate to join our audit operations team in Barcelona and be part of our global internal audit organization. You will contribute to the global team success with your professional skills, technical knowledge, energy and motivation.

In this role, you will support the Functional Audit Director with the development of the Internal Audit Plan, operational reporting (MI) and reporting on audit results.

You will have the opportunity to interact with Audit Directors, local Heads of Audit and team members across the globe, including Corporate Centre, Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

As an Audit Planning and Reporting Associate your main responsibilities will be to:

- Support the team with development and maintenance of a relevant, high quality risk assessment and audit plan, that is responsive to key changes in risk
- Maintain planning processes and Group Audit's web-based Planning Tool
- Support preparation of operational MI at peak times
- Support preparation of group-level reports on audit results for Executive Management, the Group Audit Committee and Lead Regulator
- Support the team with preparation of local reports for Management, subsidiary audit committees and local regulators.

Your Skills and Experience

As an Audit Planning and Reporting Associate your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

- Required: Bachelor’s Degree
- Preferred: 2-3 years experience as an auditor or experience in a role with similar skill set requirements such as Risk, Compliance, Financial Controlling or Project Management
- Relevant professional qualification, such as Certified Internal Auditor, or willingness to complete the certification or similar within three years of joining
- Preferred: Knowledge of risk management, internal control and approach to internal auditing
- Required: Experience of working in a multinational organization
- Preferred: Good understanding of insurance industry including key markets, participants, innovation drivers, business issues and regulation
- Good communication and collaboration skills and able to build relationships with global colleagues
- Rigorous attention to detail
- Good organization, analytical and problem-solving skills, including identifying innovative solutions
- Comfortable with an agile, team-based approach to working and able to cope with varying workloads and priorities
- Persistent and results orientated
- Required: Fluent in verbal and written English (first language or equivalent)
- Required: Experience in writing technical reports in English language
- Preferred: Advanced Excel skills and ideally, VBA and Power BI

Additional Information

Work location is Barcelona, Spain.

As well as a competitive salary and a yearly bonus we offer a benefits package which includes:

- Option to work remotely within Spain up to 80% - you choose
- Flexible working hours
- Wide range of internal and external training
- Free Spanish classes depending on the needs
- Ticket restaurant
- Life Insurance
- Pension Plan - after one year in the company
- Referral bonus if you help bring in other talented people like you
- Special banking and insurance conditions
- Exclusive employee discounts

A future with Zurich

Now is the time to move forward and make a difference. At Zurich, we want you to share your unique perspectives, experiences and ideas so we can grow and drive sustainable change together. As part of a leading global organization, Zurich North America has over 148 years of experience managing risk and supporting resilience. We are a leading provider of commercial property-casualty insurance solutions and a wide range of risk management products and services for businesses and individuals. Today, we serve more than 25 industries, from agriculture to technology and insure 90% of the Fortune 500®. Our growth strategy is not limited to our business. A