What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Auditor II position at MetLife?
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Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
The Internal Audit Department plays a key role in the internal control system of MetLife. Its mandate is to provide independent and objective assurance over the design and effectiveness of internal controls to mitigate risks and to provide advisory services designed to improve the operations. This role will be a contributing member of the Finance audit team and will primarily be responsible for assisting the Lead Auditor with testing and other project-related tasks.
The Opportunity
An Auditor assists throughout the audit lifecycle to efficiently execute and document testing. This role embraces and models MetLife’s values while contributing to department strategy and activities. Auditors help set priorities, meet deadlines, and escalate issues where necessary.
How You’ll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, as well as the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For ®, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”).
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$53,000 - $75,000
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
The Internal Audit Department plays a key role in the internal control system of MetLife. Its mandate is to provide independent and objective assurance over the design and effectiveness of internal controls to mitigate risks and to provide advisory services designed to improve the operations. This role will be a contributing member of the Finance audit team and will primarily be responsible for assisting the Lead Auditor with testing and other project-related tasks.
The Opportunity
An Auditor assists throughout the audit lifecycle to efficiently execute and document testing. This role embraces and models MetLife’s values while contributing to department strategy and activities. Auditors help set priorities, meet deadlines, and escalate issues where necessary.
How You’ll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)
- Performs and documents audit and issue testing and advisory reviews
- Meets project deadlines and all quality expectations
- Supports the audit team plans and objectives
- Actively manages development of professional career
- Manages upward and across through effective communication, influence, and negotiation
- Routinely studies change to industry trends, audit practices, regulatory requirements, and risk frameworks to understand their impact on assigned tasks
- Assists the Lead Auditor with project tasks as assigned
- Actively participates in client relationship management
- 1-5 years of audit or relevant business experience
- Holds or pursuing relevant business certification (CPA, CIA, etc.)
- Analytical skills, problem solving, critical thinking, sound business judgment
- Effective and proactive communication (written and verbal)
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Takes advantage of available learning; pursues opportunities
- Basic to intermediate understanding of current and emerging trends and risks
- Basic to intermediate understanding of operations, policies, and procedures frameworks
- Basic to intermediate understanding of generally accepted audit standards, sampling/testing methodologies, risk management, and regulatory and statutory reporting
- Basic to intermediate understanding of financial services industry, regulations, and products
- Basic to intermediate understanding of tools used for data analysis and analytics, and project management tools and techniques
- Experience using Alteryx, Power BI, ACL, Microsoft Copilot, and/or other data analysis, data visualization, AI tools
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, as well as the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For ®, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”).
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$53,000 - $75,000
