The Internal Audit Department at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) serves as a trusted advisor to CHOP's senior leadership and the Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee (ACRC) of the Board of Trustees. Team members are encouraged to think strategically, leverage emerging technologies and data analytics, and pursue continuous professional development while partnering across the organization to strengthen operations, manage risk, and advance CHOP's mission. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on one of the nation's leading pediatric healthcare organizations through challenging, high-visibility engagements and collaboration with leaders across the enterprise.
The Internal Auditor III (Lead Auditor) partners closely with financial, operational, and clinical management; other lines of defense including general counsel and compliance; and executive leadership to identify emerging risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and recommend practical solutions that improve organizational performance, financial stewardship, and resilience.
This role is responsible for planning and conducting complex assurance and consulting engagements across a broad range of enterprise processes, functions, and strategic initiatives.
The position determines engagement scope, develops risk-based audit programs, supervises testing activities, communicates results to leadership, and monitors corrective action implementation. The Lead Auditor also maintains assigned areas of the audit universe, co-leads associated risk assessments, contributes recommendations for inclusion in the annual Internal Audit Plan, and mentors less experienced auditors.
The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, highly collaborative, and comfortable navigating evolving regulatory, operational, financial -related risks. This individual proactively identifies emerging issues, opportunities for improvement, and innovative solutions that enhance organizational performance, control effectiveness, and resilience.
What you will do
Conducts and/or leads complex financial/operational, assurance and consulting engagements, investigations, and special projects in accordance with departmental and professional standards.
Performs planning activities, risk assessments, and develops audit objectives, scope, testing strategies, and audit programs that address key financial/operational related risks across various competency areas (e.g., finance/accounting, supply chain and vendor management, revenue cycle management, research administration, human resources and payroll).
Conducts or supervises testing procedures and evaluates the design and effectiveness of internal controls.
Uses process visualization, artificial intelligence, and other technology-enabled audit techniques to analyze complex operational and financial data, identify trends, risks, control weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.
Communicates audit results and strategic observations through clear, concise audit reports and executive-level presentations. Conducts entrance conferences, status meetings, and exit conferences with stakeholders.
Provides practical recommendations that improve operational effectiveness, regulatory compliance, risk management, internal controls, financial performance, and organizational resilience.
Monitors emerging healthcare, regulatory, operational, and financial, risks that may impact organizational objectives.
Maintains assigned areas of the audit universe, co-leads annual risk assessments, and recommends risk-based assurance and consulting projects for inclusion in the Internal Audit Plan.
Works collaboratively with management to monitor and validate corrective actions related to previously reported audit findings.
Provides coaching, mentoring, and technical knowledge sharing to less experienced auditors and serves as a subject matter resource to the department.
Serves as a trusted advisor to management by providing insights regarding enterprise risks, internal controls, governance practices, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
Recommends and drives innovative audit techniques, metrics, and analytics, including automation and AI-enabled insights, to assess risk and control effectiveness.
Education Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field - Required
Master's Degree Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field - Preferred
