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 position 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Required Work Experience

• 3 years of experience in accounting and/or auditing

Required Education

• High School Diploma or GED in general field of study

Required Licenses

• N/A

Required Certifications

• N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Work Experience

• 3 years of healthcare experience
• 10 years of experience in accounting or audit

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business or related field of study

Preferred Licenses

• N/A

Preferred Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

LEVEL 1 - Senior Internal auditor I

• 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.

Level 2 - senior internal auditor II

• 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.

Level 3 - senior internal auditor III

• 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

ALL LEVELS

• Each progressive level includes the ability to perform the essential functions of any lower levels and assist / mentor employees in those levels.
• The position has an onsite expectation of 1 day per week and 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.

COMPETENCIES

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Required Job Skills (Applies to All Levels)

• Intermediate PC proficiency
• Intermediate proficiency in spreadsheet, database and word processing software

Required Professional Competencies

• 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

Required Leadership Experience and Competencies

• N/A

PREFERRED COMPETENCIES

Preferred Job Skills

• Advanced PC proficiency
• Advanced proficiency in spreadsheet, database and word processing software
• Use of IDEA software

Preferred Professional Competencies

• Identify solutions to meet customer needs
• Work with ambiguous and conflicting information while keeping focused on the end goal.

Preferred Leadership Experience and Competencies

• N/A

Our Commitment

AZ Blue does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group.

Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.  For more information on our company, see azblue.com.  If interested in this position, please apply.