Senior Healthcare Internal Audit Consultant

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Internal Audit

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Finance Great careers are built at Banner Health. We’re looking for the best and brightest to join our team that earned Great Place To Work Certification. Apply today to build your  this role, you will execute internal audits from planning through reporting across operational, financial, and compliance areas. Responsibilities include developing performing process walkthroughs, evaluating control design and effectiveness, identifying and documenting audit observations, and communicating results to management.

Strong analytical, communication, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills are essential for success in this role.

The ideal candidate will have experience in external audit, internal audit, or a combination of both, with a strong understanding of internal controls.

Experience with in a healthcare internal audit function is strongly preferred but is not required.

The shift is Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm AZ Time This is a Hybrid/Remote position if you live in the following states only: AZ, CA, CO, , NE, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, & WY.Within Banner Health Corporate, you will have the opportunity to apply your unique experience and expertise in support of a nationally-recognized healthcare leader. We offer stimulating and rewarding careers in a wide array of disciplines.

Whether your background is in Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Managed Care Programs or Public Relations, you'll find many options for contributing to our award-winning patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY This position is part of the organization's internal audit functions, with responsibilities including assessing key risks to the organization, planning audits and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls. Communicates audit results effectively, while providing meaningful recommendations and assisting management in developing risk mitigation action plans to strengthen the internal control environment for the organization. Works very closely with management and cooperatively with other departments (e.g. Compliance, Risk Management) and other service providers to ensure the timely completion of audits, projects and implementation of remediation action plans.

CORE FUNCTIONS
1. Assists department supervisor in the process of assessing organizational risk. Based on the assessment, an annual audit plan is developed which appropriately allocates audit resources to the areas of greatest risk to the organization.
2. Coordinates, plans, and executes audits by working with managers and process owners to develop audit programs that document, assess, and test the effectiveness of key internal controls.
3. Communicates the audit plan and process so that those being audited understand the requirements and expectations. Listens effectively throughout the audit process in order to effectively evaluate the risks and controls. Communicates audit results throughout the audit life cycle with and management and issue final audit reports with minimum re-work and support of management.
4. Facilitates and/or provides training as required to correct problems identified during audits. Assists facilities in the development of corrective action plans based on audit results and conducts follow up audits where needed.
5. Effectively analyzes using data analytics tools.
6. Provides support to external financial, compliance, and operational auditors in the performance of the audits they have been engaged to perform. This includes serving as liaison for external and internal audit activities.
7. Responsible for managing assigned audit findings and remediation and ensure remediation plans are completed by management on time to effectively mitigate the risk.
8. Maintains a strong knowledge of IT security controls; including evaluating ITGC, application controls, cyber security and risks, as well as current audit techniques and emerging risks facing the healthcare industry. Applies knowledge of CoBIT, COSO, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Governance, and Risk and Compliance (GRC) concepts when needed.
9. This position interacts with a multitude of…