Fraud Risk Assessment Consultant

About the role

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Fraud Risk Assessment Consultant to support a company focused on federal healthcare program integrity, fraud prevention, and enterprise risk management initiatives supporting Veterans' healthcare programs. This position is remote with on-site requirements as needed. The Fraud Risk Assessment Consultant will assess fraud vulnerabilities, evaluate internal controls, and develop risk mitigation strategies to strengthen fraud prevention and monitoring efforts across healthcare programs. Join a mission-driven team dedicated to protecting Veterans, safeguarding taxpayer dollars, and improving accountability across critical federal healthcare operations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fraud risk assessments to identify, evaluate, and prioritize fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) vulnerabilities across healthcare programs.
• Evaluate internal controls, perform control testing, assess inherent and residual risks, and recommend improvements to strengthen program integrity.
• Facilitate stakeholder interviews, workshops, and risk discussions while gathering and analyzing program documentation, data, and operational processes.
• Develop risk dashboards, governance reports, executive briefings, white papers, and recommendations for leadership and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, root cause analyses, remediation planning, knowledge transfer efforts, and fraud prevention training activities.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of experience supporting fraud risk management, fraud risk assessments, internal controls, compliance reviews, enterprise risk management, or fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) initiatives.
• Experience working with fraud risk and internal control frameworks including the GAO Fraud Risk Framework, COSO Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), COSO Internal Control Framework, and GAO Green Book.
• Strong analytical, research, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills with experience developing executive-level deliverables.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Active Public Trust Clearance required with the ability to pass a Tier 2 / Moderate Background Investigation (MBI) and obtain a VA Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card.

Benefits

• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K
• Sick Leave as required by law

Pay

Salary Range: $90,000 - $100,000 depending on experience