• Job Location: Various Deloitte offices across the United States.

Work you’ll do:

As a senior analyst on the team, you’ll promote and monitor compliance with auditor independence rules and regulations as well as internal policies and procedures to help manage Deloitte’s regulatory and reputational risk. The ICN Business Relationships team is responsible for handling independence inquiries received from our professionals and engagement teams. As a senior analyst, you’ll be part of a strong and cohesive team where you will use your analytical, research, and investigative skills to:

• Critically review business relationship submissions in the Third Party Risk Management Gateway, the system used to clear potential business relationships within specified time frames
• Perform follow ups with third parties and internal teams for additional information
• Document, review, and perform complex analyses and conclusions regarding potential business relationships
• Consult with the ICN leaders, professionals, and various Risk & Brand Protection compliance groups (Anti-Corruption, Cyber Security, CoRe Procurement, etc.) along with the Audit, Consulting, Advisory, and the other Deloitte entities regarding potential business relationship reviews
• Create and present training sessions to internal groups related to the use of the Third Party Risk Management system
• Answer questions related to how to use/navigate through the business relationship clearance process and tools
• Communicate business relationship clearance status updates
• Monitor, foster, and institute data quality in the process and tools
• Identify potential enhancements to the existing business relationship clearance process and tools
• Work with technology development on these enhancements and perform user acceptance testing
• Mentor and train members of the Business Relationships team
• Accurately and timely complete other assigned tasks and projects

The successful candidate will possess:

• Strong written and oral communication skills and outstanding attention to detail
• Ability to analyze facts and relationships
• Ability to perform process flow management
• Ability to learn, understand and apply Deloitte’s independence policies and guidance related to business relationships
• A demonstrated ability to lead, coordinate, and prioritize amidst multiple projects
• Strong technology skills

The team

Risk & Brand Protection (R&BP)

Our reputation starts with you—this belief is core to R&BP Office, which brings together six essential core areas that shape our culture—we collectively work with our businesses to inspire new standards of integrity, trust, and performance to make an impact that matters and to better serve our clients, our communities and our people. With our people’s help, we distinguish Deloitte as the clear leader in professional services, making Deloitte the first choice for clients and talent.

Together, we protect, preserve, and enhance our reputation and distinguish Deloitte as the undisputed leader in professional services, strengthening our brand, and each other.

Independence & Conflicts Network (ICN) – one of R&BP’s six pillars

Independence is integrity, professional skepticism, intellectual honesty, and objectivity — freedom from conflicts of interest. The people of Deloitte must remain unbiased and free from conflicts of interest with our clients, in fact and appearance.

Deloitte's independence requirements are defined by specific sets of policies and external rules and regulations to help us remain independent when providing service and creating business relationships.

Business Relationships Team – a critical component of ICN

Business relationships are essential to the growth strategy of Deloitte. The ICN Business Relationships team performs a critical consultative, quality-assurance, and risk-management function for the Deloitte US Firms, helping the organizations remain unbiased and independent when entering into business relationships with third parties.

Required:

Preferred: