Senior Manager, Internal Audit/SOX
PwC
Senior Internal Auditor
Houston Methodist
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
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Cypress
About the role
- Independently plan, coordinate, and execute reviews of processes or activities of Houston Methodist entities
- Evaluate risks in achieving organizational objectives, including adequacy of internal controls, compliance, adherence to policies, asset safeguarding, and accuracy of reported financial activities
- Formulate value-added, cost-effective recommendations for improvements and present to department leadership
- Support governance by assuring the organization about the state of the control environment
- Serve as a mentor to more junior team members and provide functional advice, training, and mentoring
- Provide audit commencement, objectives, status, and results communications to audit customers and periodic status reports to Internal Audit management
- Conduct healthcare, financial, compliance and operational internal audits and act as an internal controls consultant
- Evaluate basic controls over information systems encountered during operational audits
- Proactively perform follow-up of previously reported audit findings to assess resolution and corrective action
- Apply internal control frameworks (COSO, COBIT, IIA Standards) and independently create concise written audit reports
- Perform risk assessments, develop risk-based audit approaches, establish scope, identify and quantify opportunities for improvement
- Maintain audit report cycle times and audit work paper documentation; utilize time tracking reports
- Proactively pursue continuing education and seek new automated audit tools and techniques to enhance efficiency
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Business, Finance or Accounting
- Five years of internal auditing, accounting, public accounting or healthcare operations experience
- Healthcare experience preferred
- Preferred certifications: CPA - Certified Public Accountant OR CIA - Certified Internal Auditor OR CFE - Certified Fraud Examiner OR CHIAP - Certified Healthcare Internal Auditor
- Knowledge of internal control frameworks such as COSO, COBIT, and Institute of Internal Auditors' International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing
- Experience performing risk assessments, design and execution of audit procedures, reporting, and follow-up processes for moderately complex healthcare audit projects
- Intermediate industry and internal audit knowledge, skills, and ability to conduct audits
- Successful project management skills; ability to multi-task and independently perform moderately complex audits within established timelines
- Proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language
- Ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization, including oral and written communication
- Self-motivated with curiosity and tenacity; ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Professional handling of confidential/sensitive information; strict confidentiality, honesty and integrity
- Ability to perform duties with limited direct supervision
