Internal Auditor, Principal

Internal Audit Principal

The Internal Audit Services team performs internal audits and advisory services to provide assurance on specific internal control objectives and emerging risk areas. The Internal Audit Principal will report to the Internal Audit Senior Director. In this role, you will be leading and managing financial, operational, and integrated audits and advisory engagements. You will also be assessing the design and effectiveness of internal controls for business processes, financial reporting and measurement activities, and related applications in accordance with laws, regulations, policies, standards, and procedures using established tools and techniques.

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.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Execute the annual audit plan by independently performing audit procedures, including identifying and defining issues, developing criteria, reviewing, and analyzing evidence, and documenting management processes and procedures
• Audits entail end to end process reviews, can be cross functional and complex
• Provide expertise in internal controls including project management, business process analysis, financial control disciplines, and information technology
• Implement strategic goals established by Internal Audit Services leadership
• Support Internal Audit management in the annual risk assessment process to develop the annual audit plan
• Identify, develop, and document audit issues and recommendations using independent judgment concerning areas being reviewed
• Prepares and delivers reports and presentations to various levels of management
• Performs post-audit follow-up reviews to ensure management corrective action plans have been effectively implemented
• Provides measurable input into new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans that impact Internal Audit Services, and proactively improves upon existing processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning, and interpretation
• Conducts extensive investigation and critical thinking to understand root causes of problems that span a wide range of difficult and unique issues across functions and/or businesses
• Manages large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams
• May direct the work of other individual contributors and/or act as a cross-functional team lead
• Leverages advanced data analytics and technical expertise to analyze complex and large-scale datasets, identify risk patterns, anomalies, and control gaps, and deliver actionable, data-driven audit insights
• Utilizes AI-enabled tools and automation (e.g., generative AI, machine learning, scripting) to enhance audit testing, streamline workpaper documentation, and improve audit efficiency, coverage, and quality
• Designs and executes data-driven audit procedures, including continuous monitoring techniques and automated control testing where appropriate
• Applies structured analytical methodologies to validate completeness, accuracy, and integrity of data used in audits, ensuring reliability of conclusions
• Identifies opportunities to embed analytics and AI into repeatable audit processes and standard methodologies to scale audit impact across engagements
• Champions adoption of emerging technologies within the audit function, promoting leading practices and responsible use aligned with enterprise policies and data governance requirements

Your Knowledge and Experience

Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Requires a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience

Ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization

Extensive understanding of internal controls and the ability to leverage this knowledge to make effective audit and advisory recommendations

Internal audit and risk assessment practices and methodologies

IT general and automated technical controls concepts, application controls and end-user computing controls

Working knowledge of AI tools, models and platforms including associated risks, controls, and governance consideration

Stays updated on data and AI trends, technologies, and regulations, applying insights to audit engagements and supporting the education of data and AI risks and controls to audit teams

Healthcare and pharmacy audit experience preferred

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and/or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) preferred

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

About Us

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Ascendiun, we believe in a brighter future for healthcare. As the parent to a family of four innovative healthcare companies, we're reimagining what's possible. 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.

Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, and showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model:

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.

• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

Job Info

• Job Identification 20261089
• Job Category Finance and Accounting
• Locations Oakland, CA, United States CA, United States Long Beach, CA, United States El Dorado Hills, CA, United States Lodi, CA, United States Rancho Cordova, CA, United States Redding, CA, United States San Diego, CA, United States Woodland Hills, CA, United States
• Pay Range for California $137,720.00 to $206,690.00
• Pay Range for Bay Area $155,248.00 to $232,996.00
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