Healthcare IT Auditor — Risk & Compliance Lead

10000 Sanford; United States; On-site; USD 83,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanford Health in the United States seeks an Audit Lead to manage internal audits at enterprise and location levels, guiding fieldwork, reporting, and remediation actions with senior leadership.

The role emphasizes HIPAA/HITECH compliance, risk assessments, and development of audit programs, requiring solid knowledge of auditing frameworks, and strong data analytics capabilities to support regulatory and operational improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Information Systems, Information Technology, Health Information Management, Health Informatics, or other Business-related degree with an Accounting minor is required.
• Masters degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience is required, preferably in health industry or as a lead auditor.
• Solid understanding of auditing frameworks, and accounting principles and standards is required.
• Understanding of general audit concepts, techniques, approaches and processes is required.

Responsibilities

• Perform internal audits at both enterprise level and location level as determined by engagement.
• Manage and support annual internal audit plan, risk assessments, data and reporting capabilities, audits and investigations.
• Audit Lead will help manage all aspects of audit engagements, complete fieldwork and work paper reviews and finalize audit reports.
• Review findings and conduct follow‑up on remediation plans with audit team and senior leadership.
• Ensure system, policies, applications, and processes comply with internal policies and external industry regulations.

Skills

Data analytics

Auditing standards

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/IT

Masters degree preferred

Job description

Sanford Health in the United States seeks an Audit Lead to manage internal audits at enterprise and location levels, guiding fieldwork, reporting, and remediation actions with senior leadership.

The role emphasizes HIPAA/HITECH compliance, risk assessments, and development of audit programs, requiring solid knowledge of auditing frameworks, and strong data analytics capabilities to support regulatory and operational improvements.