Sr Internal Auditor

JPS Health Network•Fort Worth, TX

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Internal Auditor performs highly complex auditing work, including examining and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices to assess compliance with state statutes and internal policies and to evaluate program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. The role maintains organizational independence and reports functionally through the Manager, Compliance and Privacy, with reporting flowing through the Executive Director of Compliance and Internal Audit. Its scope includes healthcare regulatory and revenue-cycle compliance risks, such as billing and coding accuracy, HIPAA, and fraud, waste, and abuse laws. The position leads complex and large-scale audits, coordinates assignments, reviews audit staff work, and provides coaching and developmental feedback. It develops and oversees audit plans, scopes, objectives, programs, procedures, questionnaires, and other engagement deliverables; performs risk assessments and data analysis; evaluates controls; and recommends corrective actions. The auditor also reviews audit quality against Institute of Internal Auditors standards, applies analytics and audit technologies, supports external auditors, collaborates with IT and other departments, prepares draft reports, and helps develop audit policies and procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
Five or more years of experience in public accounting, internal auditing, or financial analysis.
Possess one of the following certifications: CPA, CIA, CMA, CGAP, CISA, CFE, CA, or CHIAP.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
Two or more years of healthcare audit experience.
Experience with audit management software and data-mining tools such as ACL or IDEA.
Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) or Certified Professional Compliance Officer (CPCO).
IAPP privacy and AI governance certification, such as AIGP, CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT.

Responsibilities

Lead complex, highly complex, and large-scale audits; coordinate audit assignments and activities; review audit staff work; and provide coaching and developmental feedback.
Develop and oversee audit plans, scopes, objectives, programs, procedures, control questionnaires, and related engagement deliverables.
Evaluate compliance with laws, regulations, reporting requirements, and healthcare regulatory standards, including billing and coding requirements, HIPAA privacy and security rules, and fraud, waste, and abuse regulations.
Perform risk assessments and analyze audit data to evaluate control effectiveness and identify deficiencies, noncompliance, inefficiencies, and related risks; develop corrective-action recommendations.
Conduct quality assurance reviews of audits for completeness, compliance, consistency of method, and adherence to IIA Global Internal Audit standards.
Use data analytics, audit management software, and AI-assisted tools to identify trends, anomalies, and control gaps in large datasets.
Work with outside auditors to reconcile discrepancies or support external auditing.
Coordinate audit activities with Healthcare Information Technology and other departments to obtain programming, computer time, reports, and other resources.
Partner with Information Technology and Information Security to assess IT general controls, cybersecurity safeguards, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities.
Prepare draft audit reports presenting findings and recommendations and submit them to the Director of Internal Audit for review.
Participate with the Director in discussing findings and recommendations with responsible management.
Provide budget and other information for specialized auditing requirements.
Develop statistical and judgmental sampling and data-mining techniques.
Assist in designing and administering organizational audit policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.