Sr. Manager, Internal Controls Consulting
About The Position
The Internal Controls team is responsible for designing, testing, and maintaining Blue Shield of California’s enterprise internal control framework — covering 700+ controls across financial, operational, and compliance processes — and for partnering with business leaders to close control gaps and strengthen governance. The Senior Manager, Internal Controls will report to the Director, Internal Controls. In this role you will lead a team of Consultants and Seniors across to oversee control assurance (methodology, testing, attestations, and remediation oversight) and control advisory (process assessments, control design, and framework enhancements) work, flexing across both as business priorities require, to deliver a risk-based, sustainable control environment. Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
Requirements
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
- Requires a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience in public accounting, internal audit, and/or SOX/internal controls consulting
- Requires 4 years of prior people management experience with direct responsibility for supervising, coaching, and evaluating direct report
- Demonstrated 8 years of experience in internal controls, risk, audit, or compliance, including at least 3 years of people-management and portfolio delivery
- Led multiple control assessment or testing engagements per year across at least 2 departments, ensuring consistent methodology, evidence standards, and reporting
- Strong understanding of internal controls frameworks (e.g., COSO, SOX) and the ability to leverage that knowledge to make effective advisory recommendations
- Skill in collecting and analyzing complex data, evaluating information and systems, and drawing logical conclusions under tight deadlines
Nice To Haves
- Active certification in CPA, CIA, or CISA preferred
- Experience in the healthcare industry, specifically Medi-Cal and Medicare, preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead a team and set expectations for engagement delivery, quality, and timeliness
- Own methodology, final quality review, influence resolution with senior leadership, manage escalation, and annual delivery for your portfolio of controls or assessments
- Lead risk assessments across assigned areas and drive the Internal Controls annual plan and priorities
- Oversee end-to-end control assessments and/or testing, including scoping, testing approach, evidence evaluation, and documentation standards
- Review workpapers and deliverables and ensure conclusions, observations, and recommendations remain evidence-based, complete, and consistent
- Approve observations and remediation plans and monitor timely completion and closure across the portfolio
- Communicate portfolio themes, risk impacts, and high-impact issues to senior leaders, and support CFO, ELT, and Audit Committee reporting as needed
- Partner with process owners across the organization to remove barriers, improve control design, and accelerate sustainable remediation
- Oversee the annual testing and attestation program and remediation oversight
- Lead end-to-end process assessments, including process mapping, control design, and readiness reviews, and own assessment quality along with policy and training enhancement recommendations
- Flex across testing and advisory work as priorities shift, ensuring the right resources and expertise are applied to each engagement
- Support AI and automation initiatives, helping the team and business partners design controls with appropriate human-in-the-loop oversight
- Provide mentorship, coaching, and performance management to Consultants, Seniors, and Experienced Professionals to strengthen their professional growth and delivery capability
Benefits
- Ascendiun is guided by the goal of transforming a dysfunctional American health care system into one worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable for everyone.
- To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve.
- We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
