Internal Controls Consulting, Senior

About the Role

The Internal Controls Advisory Services (ICAS) team supports Blue Shield of California in strengthening enterprise-wide internal controls, risk management, and governance practices across business and technology functions. In this role, you will help turn risk and controls concepts into practical, business-friendly solutions. You will partner on meaningful internal controls projects, assess how controls are designed and operating, develop practical recommendations, and translate complex risks into clear insights that help stakeholders make informed decisions and build stronger, more sustainable control practices.

This role reports to the Senior Manager and is ideal for someone who brings strong judgment, curiosity, critical thinking, and relationship-building skills to improve how controls are designed, executed, and sustained across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead recurring internal controls projects with business, technology, and risk partners
• Support control assessments from risk identification through testing, documentation, and reporting
• Assess how AI, automation, analytics, and system changes impact risks, controls, and monitoring activities
• Bring curiosity and data-informed thinking to identify ways to strengthen controls and reduce manual effort
• Support enterprise initiatives, including system implementations, transformation efforts, and AI-enabled processes, from a controls perspective
• Translate control issues, technology dependencies, and AI-related risks into clear, business-relevant language
• Build effective relationships with business partners and provide practical guidance on expectations, ownership, and remediation
• Monitor control health, track deficiencies, and support timely remediation by clarifying issues, actions, owners, and timelines
• Prepare concise documentation, including narratives, risk and control matrices, testing results, issue summaries, and remediation support
• Contribute to a collaborative advisory team focused on continuous learning, practical problem solving, and risk-based decision-making

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in internal audit, internal controls, risk advisory, or related field
• Understanding of internal control frameworks and risk assessment methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and drive outcomes

Preferred: CPA, CIA, CISA or equivalent certifications and healthcare experience.

Schedule

This role follows a hybrid workplace model, requiring employees to be in-office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

Pay

Pay Range for California: $90,860.00 to $136,290.00

Pay Range for Bay Area: $102,424.00 to $153,636.00

Note: This range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Salaries are based on candidate experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

About Us

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Blue Shield of California, our mission is to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

Blue Shield is a U.S. News Best Company to work for, a Deloitte U.S. Best Managed Company, and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace. We were recognized by Fair360 as a Top Regional Company and by Points of Light as one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States.

Values

• Honest: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human: We strive to listen and communicate effectively, showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
• Courageous: We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Physical Requirements

Office Environment – roles involving part to full time schedule in an office environment. Based in physical offices and work from home office/deskwork. Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of the work day.