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Allstate

Senior Internal Audit Consultant – Data & AI-Enabled Audit

Key aspects of the role:

Drive sales growth by engaging with interested prospective customers- all while working remote
No cold calling— Connect through inbound calls and proactive outbound calls with active insurance shoppers
Enjoy competitive compensation with a base salary + uncapped performance-based incentives
Sell reputable products from Allstate and our family of brands

Role overview

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.

Lead or contribute to scoping discussions, develop risk hypotheses, and help draft business stories or acceptance criteria for moderately complex audits and selected complex audit areas.

Perform or oversee walkthroughs with business and technology stakeholders to identify controls, process risks, automated processes or controls, and opportunities for improvement.

Apply audit procedures to complex business and technology controls with minimal guidance 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.

Identify and evaluate alternative testing evidence and other relevant information (including data-driven sources) to support appropriate testing conclusions.

Draft, refine, and communicate audit observations and recommendations that clearly describe the issue, risk, impact, and supporting evidence, and present results to clients with oversight some audit leadership.

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

Proficiency in 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.

Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, to enhance audit planning, testing, reporting, research, and operational efficiency while maintaining appropriate governance and 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, Google BigQuery, Google Vertex AI, or similar technologies) is preferred.

Certifications

Core professional certifications such as CPA, CISA, CIA, or CFE, or an interest in pursuing these credentials, are highly encouraged.

Interest in obtaining AI, data analytics, or technology-related certifications (e.g., ISACA AI Fundamentals, AI Audit certifications, AWS/Azure AI certifications, or data analytics credentials) is considered 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.

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

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Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.

When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

Keys to Success

At Allstate, it’s all about teamwork, flexibility, and thinking ahead. We all contribute to the bigger picture, combining unique ideas to design innovative, more affordable protection solutions for customers.

We look for candidates with these skills to help us achieve that goal:

Learning agility
Quickly adapt to new situations, continually build new skills, experiment, and embrace new ways of doing things

Customer centricity
Deliver exceptional experience with a customer-first mindset and human-centered design

Digital literacy
Discover and apply emerging digital technology tools, data and insights.

Results-oriented
Start with measurable outcomes and drive results with speed

Inclusive leadership
Integrate diverse viewpoints into decision-making processes to enhance creativity and innovation

Together, we’re all working toward Our Shared Purpose, using our strengths to make a real difference for our people, our customers, our company, and the world around us.

Working in Sales

What We Do:
As an expert on our products and services, you can give customers personalized attention and innovative solutions to make their lives easier.

How We Support You:
Starting day one, you’ll have access to resources and incentives to keep you feeling challenged and excited about your careers.

Make An Impact:
As a member of our sales team, you’ll bring a sense of ease and support to customers looking for a better understanding of their protection options. Whether in the field or talking to customers over the phone, you’ll continue to build trust in who we are and what we do.

Working together

You’re in Good Hands® is more than a promise we make to our customers. It’s a promise we make to our employees, too.

We want you to love where you work. That starts with the freedom to be yourself. Our workplace flexibility and focus on individuality means everyone is seen, heard and respected.

When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to push your skills to the next level with access to development programs to support your career aspirations – whatever that means for you. Because as you learn and grow, so do we.

Working here also means getting the chance to make a real impact in your community. We have been driving change for over 90 years, but the mark we leave on the world can be even greater when we work together.

Role overview

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.

Lead or contribute to scoping discussions, develop risk hypotheses, and help draft business stories or acceptance criteria for moderately complex audits and selected complex audit areas.

Perform or oversee walkthroughs with business and technology stakeholders to identify controls, process risks, automated processes or controls, and opportunities for improvement.

Apply audit procedures to complex business and technology controls with minimal guidance 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.

Identify and evaluate alternative testing evidence and other relevant information (including data-driven sources) to support appropriate testing conclusions.

Draft, refine, and communicate audit observations and recommendations that clearly describe the issue, risk, impact, and supporting evidence, and present results to clients with oversight some audit leadership.

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

Proficiency in 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.

Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, to enhance audit planning, testing, reporting, research, and operational efficiency while maintaining appropriate governance and 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, Google BigQuery, Google Vertex AI, or similar technologies) is preferred.

Certifications

Core professional certifications such as CPA, CISA, CIA, or CFE, or an interest in pursuing these credentials, are highly encouraged.

Interest in obtaining AI, data analytics, or technology-related certifications (e.g., ISACA AI Fundamentals, AI Audit certifications, AWS/Azure AI certifications, or data analytics credentials) is considered a plus.