Sr. Financial Compliance Analyst; Remote

The Sr. Analyst – Finance Compliance will play a critical role in safeguarding the financial integrity and operational compliance of Stanford Health Care's Controller's Office. Reporting to the Sr. Manager – Financial Reporting, this role is primarily responsible for conducting expense report reviews and audits, as well as maintaining comprehensive records of internal controls and process maps. The Sr. Analyst – Finance Compliance will serve as a key liaison between the Controller's Office and both internal and external auditors, ensuring that controls documentation is accurate, current, and audit-ready at all times.

This individual will apply a strong working knowledge of the COSO framework, healthcare-specific compliance requirements including HIPAA and CMS guidelines, and general internal controls best practices to protect the organization against financial risk, policy violations, and audit findings. The role requires a detail-oriented professional with equal capability in transactional audit work and broader controls documentation, able to communicate findings clearly and constructively to finance leadership and operational stakeholders.

Stanford Health Care

• Expense Report Compliance and Review:
  Conduct thorough and systematic audits of employee expense reports to ensure compliance with Stanford Health Care’s expense policies, IRS regulations, and applicable healthcare industry guidelines.
• Review expense submissions for accuracy, appropriate documentation, proper authorization, and alignment with organizational spending policies and thresholds.
• Identify patterns of non-compliance, policy exceptions, or potential fraud indicators across expense transactions and elevate findings appropriately.
• Controls Documentation and Process Mapping:
  Maintain and continuously update a comprehensive library of internal controls documentation for the Controller’s Office, including control narratives, risk and control matrices, and supporting evidence.
• Develop, maintain, and refine process maps for key accounting and finance workflows, ensuring documentation accurately reflects current-state operations and control activities.
• Control Assessment and Audit Support:
  Identify control gaps, weaknesses, or design deficiencies through documentation reviews and walkthroughs, and recommend remediation actions.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external auditors, facilitating walkthroughs, providing requested documentation, and coordinating timely responses to audit inquiries.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.

• Four (4) or more years of progressively responsible experience in compliance, internal audit, accounting, or a related field within a complex organization.
• Experience working directly with internal and external auditors, including preparation of audit support and facilitation of audit walkthroughs.

• Working knowledge of internal controls framework and its application to financial reporting and operational compliance processes.
• Strong understanding of general internal controls best practices, risk assessment methodologies, and audit evidence standards.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct thorough and objective expense report audits, identify policy exceptions, and communicate findings professionally to stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficiency in developing clear, accurate, and well-organized process maps and controls documentation.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills with high attention to detail and the ability to identify anomalies, patterns, and control gaps within…