Auditor – SOX, Controls

Allstate

Auditor managing SOX audits and controls at Allstate, focusing on risk-based approaches and mentorship for junior staff. Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure compliance and enhance audit quality.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeBelfast • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive and manage end-to-end testing for assigned audit segments, such as process reviews, compliance assessments, or operational control audits.
Facilitate scoping workshops and risk-ranking sessions to determine audit coverage, using established risk and control frameworks.
Develop tailored audit test procedures that incorporate policy requirements, business process reviews, and data analysis.
Review and validate evidence from source documents, workflows, reports, and stakeholder-provided documentation to support control evaluation.
Use data-driven methods—such as trend analysis or segmentation— leveraging tools like Excel, Power BI, or SQL to identify potential control weaknesses or anomalies; collaborate with data specialists on more complex analysis when needed.
Apply structured prompt techniques to use generative AI for drafting audit findings, testing logic, or summarizing risk insights.
Present findings and recommendations to audit leadership, supported by documented evidence, risk ratings, and proposed remediation options.
Mentor junior staff on test procedures, documentation standards, and productive stakeholder engagement.
Coordinate issue validation and remediation testing for prior findings, including follow-up on supporting evidence and closure documentation.
Engage with business leaders to align on issue scope, agree on remediation timelines, and confirm ownership.
Contribute to audit planning by identifying recurring themes, emerging risks, and opportunities for cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 2 years’ experience in SOX auditing or SOX testing in business and/or IT controls
Proficiency in Excel to perform data - driven analysis as part of audit testing
Experience interacting with senior stakeholders and/or external auditors as part of audit/SOX engagements.
Experience working in an Agile environment and contributing to iterative planning cycles

Benefits

Comp & perks

A generous, flexible benefits package including annual leave, healthcare and dental cover, pension, and lifestyle discounts
Access to world-class learning platforms and award-winning L&D
Clear career paths, internal mobility, and a strong focus on growth
A people-first culture with flexible working options

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Hard Skills & Tools

SOX auditingSOX testingdata analysisaudit test proceduresrisk assessmenttrend analysissegmentationgenerative AIdocumentation standardsremediation testing

Soft Skills

stakeholder engagementmentoringcommunicationcollaborationpresentation skillsproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillscritical thinkingadaptability