Associate Director Internal Audit - Risk Surveillance - Minnetonka - Hybrid

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

14d•Hybrid

About The Position

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. This Associate Director Internal Audit - Risk Surveillance / Risk Oversight supports the ongoing digital transformation and modernization of internal audit’s risk assessment, audit planning, and risk monitoring practices through the implementation of a Key Risk Indicators (KRI) program. This role is integral to our strategy to enable risk management teams with data driven insights and a risk management framework, increasing the scope and depth of risk monitoring across the enterprise and bring value to our business partners. Beyond implementation, ongoing maintenance, iteration, continuous enhancement of our reporting, and Internal Audit’s Risk Response and Monitoring processes are essential to the success of this position.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, technology, or related discipline
8+ years of experience in enterprise risk management, internal audit, compliance, fraud management, or consulting
2+ years of experience designing data analytics and data visualizations to represent business outcomes
Proven excellent strategic skills and proven ability to lead operational change management
Proven management, planning, organization, analytical and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated solid interpersonal and analytical skills while working effectively with a matrixed team
Demonstrated solid oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Relevant certification (e.g., CPA, CRMP, CIA, CRMA, CISA, CFE)
1+ years of experience utilizing BI visualization tools such as DOMO, Tableau, or MS Power BI
Healthcare Industry experience
Experience using statistical analysis, machine learning or artificial intelligence to assess business performance
Experience performing data analysis and automation using technologies such as SQL, R, Visual Basic, Python and Power Automate
Experience working in a complex IT/IS environment

Responsibilities

Manage audit and risk surveillance activities in accordance with IIA audit standards and the Internal Audit & Advisory Services Charter
Execute Internal Audit’s risk monitoring strategy by determining top risks for key business areas and coordinating with business leaders to identify Key Risk Indicators (KRI) and design risk monitoring criteria
Partner Internal Audit’s Data Analytics and Digital Transformation team on various data driven activities for assigned business areas, including implementation of data acquisition automation, metric and monitoring logic, visualizations and monitoring workflow
Manage Internal Audit’s Risk Response and Monitoring processes for a large portfolio of KRIs by understanding the business implications of identified risks and documenting associated root causes and business impacts
Identify and resolve technical, operational, and organizational problems with data acquisition, analysis, and reporting
Lead efforts to improve risk identification and monitoring through design and implementation of programmatic process and analysis enhancements
Foster an environment of trust and collaboration among risk management leaders to support and promote the KRI procedures and maintain effective communication with all levels of management that foster a collaborative atmosphere
Support segment risk strategy in partnership with other Internal Audit team members and Director(s), including providing risk subject matter knowledge as part of risk assessment, audit planning and audit execution activities
Support execution of special projects as directed by Internal Audit leadership