Chief Internal Auditor

Chief Internal Auditor

Requisition #2418961 Job LocationCanada-British Columbia-Burnaby Job StreamHealth Insurance Job TypePermanent, Full-Time Salary / Rate$160,000.00 - $185,000.00 / Year Number of Positions1 Start Date of Employment ASAP Posting Date12-Jun-2024 Travel RequiredNot Required Educational RequirementsN / A Languages RequiredEnglish Job Description

About Pacific Blue Cross

Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) has been British Columbia's leading benefits provider for over 80 years. We are an independent, not-for-profit society with strong roots in BC’s health care system. We provide health, dental, life, disability, and travel coverage to 1 in 3 British Columbians through employee group plans and individual plans.

We are fueled by a commitment to keep health care sustainable for all British Columbians. Through our PBC Health Foundation, we fund projects that improve health outcomes directly related to mental health and wellbeing as well as the prevention and / or management of chronic disease. We are interested in finding people who want to make a difference and who are looking to grow their career with us.

Perks

• Work-life balance with flexible working hours of 7.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday (i.e., 37.5 hours per week).
• Paid vacation starts at 4 weeks per year, and increases with years of service.
• Hybrid work environment (i.e., a combination of work from office and work from home days).
• Generous benefits, including extended health, dental, and life insurance; depending on the plan that you choose, these benefit premiums can be 100% paid by PBC.
• Company pension contributions after 1 year of service.
• Education allowance to expand your knowledge and develop your skills.
• Onsite gym, cafeteria, and access to virtual doctors / counsellors 24 / 7 via our Employee Family Assistance Program!

About the Position

If you’re looking to take on a role that leads an internal audit function and manages a team, we want to hear from you. This is a great career opportunity with a local not-for-profit health insurance provider where you would be responsible to provide independent, objective assurance, improved effectiveness of risk management, control and governance practices, and senior management to help achieve strategic objectives.

Your skills in managing a team of professionals that bring a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal control will help Pacific Blue Cross provide sustainable healthcare.

We offer an attractive compensation and benefits package and work-life balance. Our workplace culture values health and wellness, diversity and equality, continuing education, environmental sustainability and giving back to the community.

This role is currently working from home 3 days a week and 2 days a week at our head office in Burnaby, BC. Apply this week if you would like to take on this role.

Key Ways This Position Makes An Impact

The Chief Internal Auditor collaborates with the President and Chief Executive Officer to set the vision and strategy of the Internal Audit function, to align with Internal Audit standards, best practices, industry trends and PBC’s strategic goals and objectives.

This role develops the agile, risk-based Three-year Rolling Internal Audit Plan of audit engagements for approval by the PBC Audit Committee (AC) annually.

As Chief Internal Auditor, you would report on the status of audit plan to PBC AC quarterly and obtains approval for any changes required to address emerging risks and provide optimal value to stakeholders.

In this role you would review and update the Internal Audit Charter to define internal audit’s purpose, authority, responsibility and position within the organization, and obtains approval by PBC AC annually.

This role develops and maintains IA’s Quality Assurance and Improvement Program to ensure conformance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and the Institute of Internal Auditors’ (IIA) Code of Ethics.

You would evaluate the effectiveness and contribute to the improvement of risk management processes through ex-officio participation on Risk Management Committee and periodic evaluations.

This role develops and maintains strong working relationships with external auditors and regulators to minimize duplication of effort, promote efficiency of assurance work across the organization, and track external and regulatory findings to reports status to Audit Committee quarterly.

The Chief Internal Auditor provides leadership to a team of audit professionals to motivate, enable teamwork and facilitate timely completion of deliverables.

In this role you would plan, organize and manage the schedule of work to enable execution of the annual audit plan, and ensures timelines are communicated to relevant stakeholders.

You would implement continuous improvement of internal audit processes and methodology to align with IIA Standards and promote efficiency and effectiveness.

Key Experiences You Bring To This Role

It’s preferred and considered an asset if you have :