Job: Internal Audit/Sarbanes-Oxley Manager - Columbia, Maryland

Jobing Description

In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people; our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. As a finance professional, you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.


UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.


UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits provides ancillary insurance products, including dental, vision, life and disability products.


General Profile:


Company thought leader.

- Functional SME.

- Broad business approach.

- Resource to senior leadership.

- Key Resource and leader for the Accounting and Finance Teams


This position will be responsible for internal controls, process documentation and improvements as well as compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and SSAE 16 (SAS 70).


Job Responsibilities:


The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following and are separated into the major functions:


Internal Controls - process understanding, documentation and development of key controls - approximately 50% of time

- Understand all critical processes within Specialty Benefits, across dental, vision and Life and Disability

- Document and/or update documentation of processes, financial risks and related internal controls

- Develop improvements to processes and work with the accounting teams to implement the new controls and processes

- Perform limited testing of internal controls


Regulatory Compliance - approximately 25% of time

- Testing and reporting compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley

- Oversight and management of SSAE audits

- Certain other regulatory reporting


Special Projects - approximately 25% of time

- Individual would be considered a "problem solver" and strategic thinker and would be asked to help in specific issues which come up. Projects would be of a financial/accounting nature and would be required to perform various analyses to resolve the issue.

Skills / Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting


• 6+ years of progressive professional experience in finance and/or accounting


• Public Accounting or Insurance industry experience required


• Past or current experience with Sarbanes-Oxley or internal controls


• Ability to multi-task and work in fast-paced environment and meet deadlines


• Expert level of proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Access)

Preferred:

• Advanced Degree and/or CPA

At Specialty Benefits, you will perform within an innovative culture that's focused on transformational change in the health care system. You will leverage your skills across a diverse and multi-faceted business. And you will make contributions that will have an impact that's greater than you've ever imagined.





Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.