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Senior Audit Lead, Underwriting Quality & Risk Oversight

US - New YorkFull-time2026-10-20 → 2026-11-10
Based in United States

Core

Establish and lead Aviva Specialty's underwriting quality assurance, audit, and governance framework to ensure consistent adherence to risk appetite, standards, and regulatory requirements.

Role type

Senior Audit Lead, Underwriting Quality & Risk Oversight

Builds

Enterprise underwriting quality assurance and audit program, governance frameworks, risk-based audit methodologies, and management reporting dashboards.

Domain

Commercial Specialty Insurance

Required skills

Commercial underwriting expertise, audit program design, risk-based sampling, governance framework development, regulatory compliance knowledge, data analysis, executive reporting, change leadership, root-cause analysis, corrective action planning

Preferred skills

CPCU/ARM/AU designation, scaling audit capabilities, technology-enabled audit tools, multi-line business experience

Technologies

Data visualization tools, management reporting platforms, audit workflow systems

Responsibilities

Design and lead enterprise underwriting audit program; conduct targeted and broad-based file reviews; identify emerging risks and control gaps; develop dashboards and KPIs for executive leadership; partner with underwriting and compliance teams to drive remediation; present findings to governance committees

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope