Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stanford Health Care is seeking a Senior Financial Compliance Analyst to safeguard the financial integrity and operational compliance of its Controller's Office. The role conducts expense report audits, maintains internal controls documentation and process maps, identifies control gaps, and supports internal and external audit activities.
Responsibilities
- Conduct thorough and systematic audits of employee expense reports to ensure compliance with Stanford Health Care’s expense policies, IRS regulations, and applicable healthcare industry guidelines
- Review expense submissions for accuracy, appropriate documentation, proper authorization, and alignment with organizational spending policies and thresholds
- Identify patterns of non-compliance, policy exceptions, or potential fraud indicators across expense transactions and escalate findings appropriately
- Maintain and continuously update a comprehensive library of internal controls documentation for the Controller’s Office, including control narratives, risk and control matrices, and supporting evidence
- Develop, maintain, and refine process maps for key accounting and finance workflows, ensuring documentation accurately reflects current-state operations and control activities
- Identify control gaps, weaknesses, or design deficiencies through documentation reviews and walkthroughs, and recommend remediation actions
- Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external auditors, facilitating walkthroughs, providing requested documentation, and coordinating timely responses to audit inquiries
- Additional duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field
- Four (4) or more years of progressively responsible experience in compliance, internal audit, accounting, or a related field within a complex organization
- Experience working directly with internal and external auditors, including preparation of audit support and facilitation of audit walkthroughs
- Working knowledge of internal controls framework and its application to financial reporting and operational compliance processes
- Strong understanding of general internal controls best practices, risk assessment methodologies, and audit evidence standards
- Demonstrated ability to conduct thorough and objective expense report audits, identify policy exceptions, and communicate findings professionally to stakeholders at all levels
- Proficiency in developing clear, accurate, and well-organized process maps and controls documentation
- Strong analytical and investigative skills with high attention to detail and the ability to identify anomalies, patterns, and control gaps within financial data
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent audit and documentation workstreams while meeting deadlines in a complex, matrixed healthcare organization
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear audit findings reports and present results to finance leadership
- CPA - Certified Public Accountant preferred
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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