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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Director, Audit Consulting Services & Enterprise Risk Management in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with Blue Cross.
Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.
POSITION PURPOSE
Provides management with assurance that adequate controls are designed and operating effectively to address significant operational, financial and information technology risks. Leads consulting engagements and special projects to identify and assess inherent risks of new and existing processes, technologies and financial and operational controls.
Provides management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors with reasonable assurance that risk associated with achieving business objectives are identified, clearly communicated and that those risks are responded to appropriately at all levels within the Company.
Provides oversight of the enterprise-wide policy process and the maintenance of the central repository of policies of the Company. Provides information technology support to other departments within the division.
Provides leadership, project management, and enhancements to the internal audit and enterprise risk management functions within the Corporate Audit Division by completion of the Accountabilities listed below.
NATURE AND SCOPE
Manages People
This role directly manages 3 workers
This role directly manages these jobs: Manager, Audit Consulting Services;MANAGER, ENTERPRISE POLICY MANAGEMENT;Manager, Enterprise Risk Management
This role reports to this job: VP, INTERNAL AUDIT, COMPLIANCE & PRIVACY
Necessary Contacts: • Necessary Contacts: To do this job effectively the incumbent has to be in contact with:Management personnel at all levels, systems personnel, system users; providers, subscribers, external auditors, governmental agencies, other Blue Cross plans, and agencies/businesses as needed to obtain information needed; Board members through Audit Committee, as requested.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, Computer Science, or a related field required
Work Experience
- 10 plus years of experience in audit, risk management and/or systems experience with extensive knowledge of operating processes, applications, systems and systems security required
Skills and Abilities
Strong understanding of risk identification and assessment required.
Strong analytical and organizational abilities required.
Must have demonstrated capacity to successfully lead and direct a technical staff.
Must understand all control environments, with a strong emphasis on IT, Security and other technical controls.
Must have working knowledge of GAAP and accounting principles, SOC 1, SOC 2, MAR, COBIT, and IT principles and general controls.
Expert knowledge of the professional practice of internal auditing, ideally demonstrated by the achievement of a relevant professional certification (e.g., CPA, CIA, CISA, CRMA, etc.)
Significant knowledge related to IIA Standards including Quality Assurance Improvement requirements.
Requires an overall knowledge of the insurance business.
Good communications skills to negotiate and influence others on commitments to plans and strategies that affect the Company.
Requires a broad knowledge of information technology and control concepts and application knowledge of business systems.
Licenses and Certifications
- Must have attained an approved certification such as CPA, CISA, CRMA, CDPP, CISSP, CIA or other as approved by department management required
ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Audit Consulting Services
Oversee and provide enterprise-wide monitoring, consulting and audit advisory services to assist in the evaluation of the control environment for current or new strategic initiatives and implementations of operational, IT and financial projects and processes.
Provide management with assurance that adequate controls are designed and working effectively to address significant operational, financial and information technology risks.
Responsible for leading Internal Audit’s Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP) to ensure audit activities adhere to internal policies and procedures and the Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) Standards.
Lead the Quality Assessment Review (QAR) coordination efforts with the external assessors.
Oversee and manage the Corporate Audit Planning processes, risk assessments and the delivery of the annual risk based divisional workplan for the review and approval by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Oversee and manage the coordination of annual external audit activities for required SOC reports.
Enterprise Risk Management
Oversee and manage the development and innovation of an enterprise focused risk management practice responsible for effectively identifying, evaluating, documenting, mitigating and monitoring organizational operational and strategic risks.
Leads development of Enterprise Risk Management policies, practices, tools, and an enterprise risk management framework that effectively supports the companys risk profile.
Provide regular updates to the Senior Management Team Risk Committee and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Work with the strategy team, division leaders, and cross-functional partners across the company to ensure risk evaluation is included in the business strategy and planning processes and considered in the annual risk based audit plan.
Responsible for the coordination and preparation of Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) report for regulatory filing with the Department of Insurance in three states.
Enterprise Policy Management
Provide oversight of the enterprise-wide policy process and the maintenance of the central repository of policies of the Company.
Provide oversight of appropriate reviews of the Company corporate, divisional and departmental policies, and procedures to determine if adequate controls are in place to limit risk to the Company.
Manage departmental, team and project performance by mentoring and coaching, as well as establishing and monitoring goals, timelines/milestones, outcomes, and as necessary corrective action measures.
Manage the staff assigned. Provide technical/IT support to the Corporate Audit Division.
Additional Accountabilities and Essential Functions
The Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Accountabilities and Essential Functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Perform other job-related duties as assigned, within your scope of responsibilities.
Job duties are performed in a normal and clean office environment with normal noise levels.
Work is predominately done while standing or sitting.
The ability to comprehend, document, calculate, visualize, and analyze are required.
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In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, Blue Cross encourages the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana performs background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.
Additionally, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is a Drug Free Workplace. A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results.
JOB CATEGORY: Legal, Compliance & Audit