Senior IT Auditor - Hybrid

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona•Phoenix, AZ

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. AZ Blue offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions. At AZ Blue, we have a hybrid workforce strategy, called Workability, that offers flexibility with how and where employees work. Our positions are classified as hybrid, onsite or remote. While the majority of our employees are hybrid, the following classifications drive our current minimum onsite requirements: Hybrid People Leaders: must reside in AZ, required to be onsite at least twice per week Hybrid Individual Contributors: must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per week Hybrid 2 (Operational Roles such as but not limited to: Customer Service, Claims Processors, and Correspondence positions): must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per month Onsite: daily onsite requirement based on the essential functions of the job Remote: not held to onsite requirements, however, leadership can request presence onsite for business reasons including but not limited to staff meetings, one-on-ones, training, and team building Please note that onsite requirements may change in the future, based on business need, and job responsibilities. Most employees should expect onsite requirements and at a minimum of once per week. This is Hybrid within the state of AZ only. This Hybrid work opportunity requires residency, and work to be performed, within the State of Arizona. PURPOSE OF THE JOB Plans, performs, reports, and follows up on audit assignments to ensure that within appropriate economic limitations: financial statements and reports comply with corporate policy, internal accounting controls are effective in promoting efficiency and protecting assets of Company, and operational policies promoting well-being of Company are enforced.

Requirements

3 years of experience in accounting and/or auditing
High School Diploma or GED in general field of study
Intermediate PC proficiency
Intermediate proficiency in spreadsheet, database and word processing software
Analytical skills to support independent and effective decisions
Prioritize tasks and work with multiple priorities, sometimes under limited time constraints.
Perserverance in the face of resistance or setbacks.
Effective interpersonal skills and ability to maintain positive working relationship with others.
Verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
Working knowledge of HIPAA and privacy requirements
Maintain confidentiality and privacy
Analytical knowledge necessary to generate reports based on available data and then make decisions based on reported data

Nice To Haves

3 years of healthcare experience
10 years of experience in accounting or audit
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business or related field of study
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Advanced PC proficiency
Advanced proficiency in spreadsheet, database and word processing software
Use of IDEA software
Identify solutions to meet customer needs
Work with ambiguous and conflicting information while keeping focused on the end goal.

Responsibilities

Formulate plans for performing audit assignments.
Recommend areas for future audit efforts.
Prepare or revise audit programs to accomplish audit objectives and perform field work accordingly.
Prepare time budgets for completion of various audit steps.
Draft audit reports and document audit work and compile audit work-papers to support audit results and conclusion.
Review report draft findings and recommendations with company management.
Evaluate responses to reports to determine reasonableness and suggest follow-up actions.
Participate in project teams as necessary.
Assist Internal Audit management and external auditors as required.
Assist teams in meeting project deadlines.
Keep current with developments in field of expertise.
Assist IA manager with special projects.
Conduct the Annual Risk Assessment.
Lead the annual external audit coordination.
Participate in interdepartmental teams as directed by IA manager.
Work closely with other departments resolving questions or discrepancies.
Perform continuous risk assessments as needed to determine where audit efforts should be focused.
Assist leads and managers in formulating audit plan for presentation to the board
Perform sensitive high level projects
Analyze and assess the controls environment of the business processes in accordance with the audit program.
Assist other junior level auditors as needed.
Be seen as the SME of the IA department
Each progressive level includes the ability to perform the essential functions of any lower levels and assist / mentor employees in those levels.
The position requires a full-time work schedule.
Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements.
Perform all other duties as assigned.