Senior Internal Auditor - Hybrid

Houston Methodist•Houston, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

FLSA STATUS Exempt QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Business, Finance or Accounting EXPERIENCE Five years of internal auditing, accounting, public accounting or healthcare operations experience. Healthcare experience preferred LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS Preferred CPA - Certified Public Accountant - State Licensure or CIA - Certified Internal Auditor (IIA) or CFE - Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE) or CHIAP - Certified Healthcare Internal Auditor (AIHC) SKILLS AND ABILITIES Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles Successful project management skills. Ability to multi-task and independently perform moderately complex audits within established timelines. Self-motivated with inherent curiosity, tenacity, and ability to work both independently and in a team environment. Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to interact through all levels of the organization. Professional handling of exposure to confidential/sensitive information requires strict confidentiality with no compromise, as well as honesty and integrity. Intermediate industry and internal audit knowledge, skills, and ability to conduct audits including risk assessments, design and execution of audit procedures, reporting, and follow-up processes for moderately complex healthcare audit projects Possesses an understanding of current internal control frameworks such as Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO), Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT), and the Institute of Internal Auditors' International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing Ability to perform duties with limited direct supervision ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Possesses strong communication and interpersonal relationship skills, including providing oral and/or written communication of audit commencement, objectives, status, and results to audit customers. Provides Internal Audit management with periodic status reports regarding progress against the annual audit plan and other goals such as cycle time targets, issues identified, and barriers encountered. Provides functional advice, training, and mentoring to more junior internal auditors. SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Conducts a variety of healthcare, financial, compliance and operational internal audits and actively participates as an internal controls consultant. Evaluates basic controls over information systems encountered during operational audits. Displays a positive, helpful, and supportive attitude and demeanor with audit customers and maintains the department target customer satisfaction survey goal. Proactively performs periodic follow-up of previously reported audit findings to assess resolution and corrective action taken. QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Applies current internal control frameworks such as Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO), Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT), and the Institute of Internal Auditors' International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing. Independently creates concise and accurate written reports communicating audit results. FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Independently performs risk assessments and develops risk-based audit approaches and establishes the preliminary scope of reviews. Independently identifies and quantifies opportunities for improvement and develops formal audit recommendations that are value-added and cost-effective. Utilizes time tracking reports to track audit completions. Maintains appropriate audit report cycle times and audit work paper documentation within established timelines in the appropriate audit system. GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Proactively seeks opportunities to enhance competency in current healthcare industry trends through networking with other audit leaders outside of the organization and through continuing education. Actively seeks knowledge of new, automated, or more contemporary audit tools and techniques to increase departmental efficiency and effectiveness. SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS WORK ATTIRE Uniform: No Scrubs: No Business professional: Yes Other (department approved): No ON-CALL Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. Disaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below. On Call No TRAVEL Travel specifications may vary by department May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area Yes

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Business, Finance or Accounting
Five years of internal auditing, accounting, public accounting or healthcare operations experience.
Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles
Successful project management skills.
Ability to multi-task and independently perform moderately complex audits within established timelines.
Self-motivated with inherent curiosity, tenacity, and ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to interact through all levels of the organization.
Professional handling of exposure to confidential/sensitive information requires strict confidentiality with no compromise, as well as honesty and integrity.
Intermediate industry and internal audit knowledge, skills, and ability to conduct audits including risk assessments, design and execution of audit procedures, reporting, and follow-up processes for moderately complex healthcare audit projects
Possesses an understanding of current internal control frameworks such as Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO), Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT), and the Institute of Internal Auditors' International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing
Ability to perform duties with limited direct supervision

Nice To Haves

Healthcare experience preferred
CPA - Certified Public Accountant - State Licensure or CIA - Certified Internal Auditor (IIA) or CFE - Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE) or CHIAP - Certified Healthcare Internal Auditor (AIHC)

Responsibilities

Possesses strong communication and interpersonal relationship skills, including providing oral and/or written communication of audit commencement, objectives, status, and results to audit customers.
Provides Internal Audit management with periodic status reports regarding progress against the annual audit plan and other goals such as cycle time targets, issues identified, and barriers encountered.
Provides functional advice, training, and mentoring to more junior internal auditors.
Conducts a variety of healthcare, financial, compliance and operational internal audits and actively participates as an internal controls consultant.
Evaluates basic controls over information systems encountered during operational audits.
Displays a positive, helpful, and supportive attitude and demeanor with audit customers and maintains the department target customer satisfaction survey goal.
Proactively performs periodic follow-up of previously reported audit findings to assess resolution and corrective action taken.
Applies current internal control frameworks such as Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO), Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT), and the Institute of Internal Auditors' International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
Independently creates concise and accurate written reports communicating audit results.
Independently performs risk assessments and develops risk-based audit approaches and establishes the preliminary scope of reviews.
Independently identifies and quantifies opportunities for improvement and develops formal audit recommendations that are value-added and cost-effective.
Utilizes time tracking reports to track audit completions.
Maintains appropriate audit report cycle times and audit work paper documentation within established timelines in the appropriate audit system.
Proactively seeks opportunities to enhance competency in current healthcare industry trends through networking with other audit leaders outside of the organization and through continuing education.
Actively seeks knowledge of new, automated, or more contemporary audit tools and techniques to increase departmental efficiency and effectiveness.