Vice President Internal Audit Canada
Reporting to SVP and Chief Internal Auditor, had overall responsibility for internal audit for the Canadian operations (largest Business Group in the company). This included assessing the effectiveness and adherence to internal controls to help ensure that management meets its objectives. Key accomplishments:• Issued quarterly opinions to the audit committee and executive management on the effectiveness of internal controls • Identified key risks and other areas of concern, systemic… Show more Reporting to SVP and Chief Internal Auditor, had overall responsibility for internal audit for the Canadian operations (largest Business Group in the company). This included assessing the effectiveness and adherence to internal controls to help ensure that management meets its objectives. Key accomplishments:• Issued quarterly opinions to the audit committee and executive management on the effectiveness of internal controls • Identified key risks and other areas of concern, systemic issues and their root causes. This included identifying weaknesses in the process to obtain reimbursements of claims from the reinsurance companies that resulted in identifying a $2 million under recovery. This amount was subsequently claimed and received. • Identified control weaknesses related to the detection and prevention of fraud related to policyholder claims and sales agents’ transactions. Developed recommendations for improvements to related processes. Implementation of recommendations by management resulted in the identification of frauds that in total have exceeded $2 million and have also prevented the frauds from continuing.• Identified and discussed with senior management key observations and potential value added improvements• Developed an audit team of 18 staff Show less