Senior Analyst, Accounting Strategy & Process (Audit)

Aya Healthcare•San Diego, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role sits at the intersection of accounting, operations, and internal audit. The Senior Analyst will evaluate how key financial and operational processes function in practice, identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and potential financial risk, and support the implementation and validation of improvements. The role is designed to provide a practical, business-focused internal audit capability, with an emphasis on understanding root causes, strengthening controls, and improving the consistency and reliability of financial processes. This position offers high visibility across Accounting, Finance, and operational teams, along with direct exposure to leadership and external auditors. This position is a hybrid role, requiring 2-3 days in office per week. We’re an $8+ billion, rapidly growing workforce solutions provider in the healthcare industry. We deliver tech-enabled services that help healthcare organizations meet and manage their contingent labor needs. We build and manage tech-enabled marketplaces for national and local healthcare talent and deliver contingent labor management solutions through our proprietary software platform. At Aya, we’re obsessed with creating exceptional experiences for our clients, clinicians, and employees. In fact, we put employee satisfaction above all else. Our team members are responsible for incomparable customer experience and we know that happy employees are critical to maintaining happy clients. We foster an entrepreneurial, high-energy, low-bureaucracy culture and value innovative thinking and creative problem solving. We embrace diversity in thought and backgrounds unified by a commitment to high achievement. When you join Aya, you’ll be surrounded by teammates who care about you as an individual and leaders who will help you grow both personally and professionally.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in public accounting (audit preferred) or relevant industry experience
Strong foundation in accounting and financial processes
Experience with audit testing, process walkthroughs, or internal controls is a plus
Highly analytical with the ability to work with and interpret data
Naturally curious with a strong desire to understand how things work end-to-end
Clear communicator with the ability to distill complex issues into actionable insights
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Responsibilities

Perform targeted operational and financial audits across key areas such as revenue, payroll, vendor spend, and close processes
Execute end-to-end walkthroughs to understand how processes operate across systems and teams
Evaluate whether processes are functioning as intended and aligned with company policies and accounting requirements
Identify control gaps, breakdowns, and areas of potential financial leakage
Perform structured testing of transactions and key controls to assess process effectiveness
Analyze large data sets to identify anomalies, trends, and inconsistencies
Compare expected vs. actual outcomes to surface risks and inefficiencies
Document findings clearly, including root cause and financial or operational impact
Develop clear, concise summaries of audit findings and key risk areas
Prioritize issues based on risk, materiality, and business impact
Partner with Accounting, Finance, and operational teams to recommend practical, scalable solutions
Support the design and implementation of process improvements, system enhancements, and control mechanisms
Partner cross-functionally to ensure solutions are adopted effectively and are sustainable
Balance efficiency gains with appropriate control and structure
Contribute to strengthening the overall internal control environment
Support alignment of processes with financial reporting and audit requirements
Assist in improving documentation to support external audits and compliance initiatives
Perform targeted follow-up testing to confirm that identified issues have been resolved
Validate that implemented changes are operating effectively and consistently
Provide ongoing visibility into process performance and residual risk areas