Internal Auditor, Principal

Your Role

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.

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 is 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

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. AI and data analysis techniques preferred
• Healthcare and pharmacy audit experience preferred
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and/or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) preferred

ABOUT THE TEAM
About Blue Shield of California and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

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:

At Blue Shield of California and the Ascendiun Family of Companies, we believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. As we continue to evolve our workplace model, our focus remains on creating spaces where our people can connect with purpose – whether working in the office or through a hybrid approach – by providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce.

Two Ways of Working:

• Hybrid (Default): Work from a business unit-approved office at least two (2) times per month (for roles below Director-level) or once per week (for Director-level roles and above). Exceptions:

o Member-facing and approved out-of-state roles remain remote.

o Employees living more than 50 miles from their assigned offices are expected to work with their managers on a plan for periodic office visits.

o 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.

• On-Site: Work from a business unit-approved office an average of four (4) or more days a week.

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.

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.