Senior Risk & Internal Controls Advisor — Hybrid-Flex

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Blue Cross NC is seeking a Senior Risk Advisor to deliver audit and advisory services across the organization's non-insurance operating assets, focusing on financial, strategic, and entity-level risks and controls. You will partner with management to design, implement, and monitor internal controls across subsidiaries.

You will lead walkthroughs, perform testing, and develop plans to strengthen governance, with emphasis on risk identification, remediation, and high-quality audit reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree required.
• 5+ years of experience in risk, internal controls, or audit.
• In lieu of degree, 7+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist Audit Manager in performing audit and advisory engagements related to key organizational initiatives such as business acquisitions and corporate synergies.
• Utilize the COSO internal control framework to assist management in the design, implementation, and monitoring of entity-level controls at the company's subsidiaries to strengthen corporate governance, support and foster a strong control environment, and establish an enterprise framework for ongoing control activities.
• Analyze organizational and financial processes to identify and assess risks, identify gaps, develop mitigation strategies, and provide recommendations to management regarding enhancements to the control environment and governance structure.
• Document business processes, risks, internal controls, and testing procedures in accordance with the department's framework and documentation requirements.
• Provide continuous training, guidance, and consulting for management regarding risk identification, assessment, management, and mitigation.
• Perform various financial and other ad-hoc audits as needed, identify exceptions/deviations, and report findings.
• Perform control deficiency assessments, develop corrective action plans, and validate management's remediation actions.
• Proactively identify and communicate risks to the business and Audit leadership timely.
• Independently lead walkthroughs, perform testing, and develop advisory/audit plans.
• Provide recommendations to balance risk mitigation with organizational efficiencies.
• Produce high-quality, coherent audit reports.
• Communicate effectively and professionally to management, peers, and business partners.

Skills

Audit experience

Risk assessment

Internal controls

COSO framework

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Excel

Visio

Word

PowerPoint

AuditBoard

Optro

Job description

Blue Cross NC is seeking a Senior Risk Advisor to deliver audit and advisory services across the organization's non-insurance operating assets, focusing on financial, strategic, and entity-level risks and controls. You will partner with management to design, implement, and monitor internal controls across subsidiaries.

You will lead walkthroughs, perform testing, and develop plans to strengthen governance, with emphasis on risk identification, remediation, and high-quality audit reporting.