Internal Compliance Auditor - Ethics and Compliance Department - Closes: 8/31/2023

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 171,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction.

ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska’s second-largest health employer with more than 3,100 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation’s largest state.

Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.

Benefits include:

• Generous Paid Time Off and holiday schedule with 4 weeks paid vacation per year to start and 12 paid holidays.

• More than 19 Federal healthcare plans with plans for employee, employee plus one, and employee plus family available. ANTHC covers 80% of all health insurance premiums and 100% of Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, and AD&D.

• 401(a) retirement plan; ANTHC will contribute 3% of your annual compensation to the plan account each year, with up to an additional 5% match with a 6-year vesting schedule.

• 403(b) retirement savings plan with pre-tax and Roth options. Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent care are also available.

• Onsite Child Care is available in a brand new education facility.
  

• Onsite free gym access. Additional gym, rock climbing wall and salt-water pool available at the Alaska Pacific University for a small fee per semester. Steep discounts on outdoor equipment rentals for your Alaskan adventures!

• Tuition reductions for employees and their eligible dependents at the Alaska Pacific University.

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.

Summary:

Under general supervision, develops, establishes, and implements policies and procedures for ANTHC’s internal auditing program. This position directs, develops, designs, executes and coordinates the financial and operational internal audit function in alignment with general accepted auditing standards. This position will provide services related to controls around the financial reporting process, including business process and IT management controls. Particular emphasis on conducting risk assessments, establishing a risk based audit program and auditing the corporate financial controls.
Under general supervision, develops, establishes, and implements policies and procedures for ANTHC’s internal auditing program. This position directs, develops, designs, executes and coordinates the financial and operational internal audit function in alignment with general accepted auditing standards. This position will provide services related to controls around the financial reporting process, including business process and IT management controls. Particular emphasis on conducting risk assessments, establishing a risk-based audit program and auditing the corporate financial controls.
Functions independently applying professional critique to the review of financial and operational application controls, business process controls, database security controls, IT general controls and third-party assurance. Creates and implements policies and procedures for the internal audit activities in accordance with the mission, vision and values, goals and objectives of ANTHC.

Responsibilities:
Creates and implements a comprehensive, long-range audit program and annual audit work plan to include the risk assessment based evaluation of management controls as consistent with best practices and in consideration of the Institution of Internal Auditors, Government Auditing Standards and OMB Circulars. Creates and develops reports containing the results of audit examinations to understand the practical recommendations for improvement, and provide reports that will address any findings that require board oversight to fulfill their duty of care.

Examines ANTHC operational and financial controls, evaluates internal control over financial reporting and evaluates process efficiency and improvement, including but not limited to the audit committee functions, disclosure of conflicts of interest and Board oversight of financial reporting. Provides guidance and makes suggestions to ANTHC business units to facilitate enhanced internal monitoring and self evaluation activities. Tests assumptions and provides assurance that ANTHC is reporting reliable information. This position verifies adherence to approved ANTHC policies and procedures and makes recommendations for revisions or new policies and procedures.

Examines the controls within the Information Technology infrastructure which may be performed in conjunction with a financial statement audit, or other form of attestation engagement. IT audit includes the collection and evaluation of evidence of information systems, practices, and operations and documented controls to assess whether the information systems adequately safeguard assets, maintains data integrity, and is operating effectively and efficiently to achieve ANTHC’s goals or objectives. Coordinates any external IT audit activities and reports that indicate requests for corrective action plans and managements response.

Creates and develops reports, disclosing findings consistent professional practice standards to articulate findings, and request corrective action plans, and response and resolution of findings. This requires a review of the financial records or other relevant financial documents, written information or evaluation of practice versus written standards. Coordinates, plans and conducts audits, drafts scopes of work, and coordinates resources for internal or contract audits.
Ensures audits are performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and applicable federal regulations and state laws. Utilizes approved standard model format to analyze and record sufficient, reliable information to identify audit objectives and scope upfront, and ensure appropriate analyses and evaluation of findings to support conclusions.

Creates and implements corporate financial auditing and internal control reviews. Interfaces and coordinates with the operational stakeholders regarding the audits that will be conducted. Communicate issues that may involve non-compliance or misconduct of financial reporting standards and principles for voluntary disclosure to evaluate and to collaborate concerning the necessary actions.

Maintains documentation and provides reports on the auditing activities, findings, requests for actions plans and ongoing monitoring. Creates audit reports, oral or written, for the appropriate Board of Directors committees, including but not limited to the Compliance and Quality Committee or the Audit and Finance Committee.

Tracks and provides analysis of audit activities for financial, operational and internal controls. Manages and maintains compliance data and the audit database system.

Collaborates and consults with organizational stakeholders to identify and evaluate opportunities to mitigate financial and operational risk including IT and quality controls. This position provides compliance assurance with industry standards, regulations, policies and procedures. In addition, assure adherence to payor arrangements, business partner agreements and contractual obligations.

Provides assistance to stakeholders in developing policies and procedures consistent with best practices for internal controls monitoring documentation, financial and accounting best practices. In addition, this position provides sound advice, consultation, and feedback on internal controls regarding financial and operational matters with operational and business owners. Participation in identified committees required.

Develops a schedule to create and provide periodic training to promote awareness of internal controls and discuss policy change that will impact ANTHC. Provide operational improvement recommendations to various committees and task forces. Make recommendations for continuous program improvements consistent with HHS Office of Inspector General Compliance Guidance, U.S. Sentencing Commission, False Claims Act, State of Alaska, Joint Commission, and other applicable regulatory and accreditation agencies and best practice standards including consideration of Sarbanes Oxley Act.

Serves as audit liaison with external auditor and contractors, and collaborates with internal/external customers, internal/external auditors, business partners, committees, consultants, federal/state agency staff and contractors. Will provide coordination and oversight of contracted external audit activities and will track and provide follow up on any necessary corrective action plan requests and response from management to report to appropriate committees of leadership.

Functions independently applying professional critique to the review of financial and operational application controls, business process controls, database security controls, IT general controls and third-party assurance. Creates and implements policies and procedures for the internal audit activities in accordance with the mission, vision and values, goals and objectives of ANTHC.

Other information:

KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS

• Knowledge of applicable federal/state laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of GAAP and GAAS.
• Knowledge of professional practice standards for financial and internal control activities.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in analyses and problem solving.
• Skill in interpreting and applying ethical standards.
• Skill in applying effective education and training techniques.
• Skill in reading and interpreting financial and accounting documents, reports, and legal documents.
• Skill in developing and conducting effective presentations to audiences.
• Skill in analyzing and evaluating the financial practices of the organization with generally acceptable accounting principles, internal controls and practices consistent with the GAO.
• Skill in interpreting financial standards and principles, applying laws, rules and regulations relating to regulatory compliance, such as Internal Revenue and Government Accountability Office Auditing Standards.
• Skill in operating a personal computer using a variety of software applications.
• Skill in project management, assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects and demands.

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, or related field. Progressively responsible professional/exempt work experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for college education.

Non-supervisory - Five (5) years progressive financial experience needs to include some knowledge of control systems. An equivalent combination of relevant education and/or training may be substituted for experience.

Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Employees must achieve either a Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Public Accountant credential within one year of being hired.

Financial experience in the healthcare field is preferred. Extensive experience appropriately applying internal control principles and business/technical knowledge including Application Controls and IT General controls; financial reporting concepts; considerable working experience applying professional skepticism. Knowledge of information technology general controls concepts to access programs and to identify and assess business process controls and linkage to IT systems. Extensive experience appropriately applying internal control principles and business/technical knowledge including Application Controls and IT General controls; financial reporting concepts; considerable working experience applying professional skepticism.