[Hiring] Senior Compliance Analyst @UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Role Description

The Institutional Compliance department at MD Anderson Cancer Center plays a critical role in ensuring adherence to federal, state, and institutional billing and reimbursement regulations. The Billing & Reimbursement Compliance team partners closely with physicians, operational leaders, and departments across the institution to support compliant billing practices, mitigate organizational risk, and promote operational integrity through audits, investigations, education, and continuous improvement initiatives.

This Senior Compliance Analyst role offers the opportunity to work in a highly analytical and collaborative environment, supporting complex compliance audits and investigations that directly impact institutional operations and regulatory readiness. This position is ideal for an experienced compliance professional who can work independently, manage sensitive matters with discretion, and communicate effectively with physicians, leadership, and operational teams.

In this role, you will independently conduct:

• Focused and routine billing & reimbursement audits and investigations, including prospective and retrospective reviews of inpatient and outpatient professional documentation and billing practices.
• Identify compliance risks, evaluate audit findings, quantify deficiencies, and develop recommendations for corrective action plans and operational improvements.
• Prepare detailed reports, present findings to physicians and departments, and collaborate with operational teams to ensure appropriate follow-up and resolution.

A significant component of this role involves education, training, and collaboration:

• Work closely with leadership and compliance colleagues to develop and provide education related to billing and reimbursement compliance.
• Provide guidance and oversight to Compliance Analysts and Associate Compliance Analysts on assigned audits and investigations.

Success in this role requires strong investigative and communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment. Experience in healthcare compliance, billing audits, reimbursement regulations, and provider documentation review is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Audit and investigation experience.
• Prior experience with billing coding.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (Required).
• Master’s Degree (Preferred).
• 6 years of experience in a compliance related field or in research, information technology, cybersecurity, healthcare administration and/or general business as an analyst, auditor, or fraud investigator (Required).
• 4 years of required experience with preferred degree.
• May substitute required degree with additional years of related experience on a one-to-one basis.

Benefits

• Paid medical benefits.
• Generous paid time off.
• Retirement plans.
• Tuition benefits.
• Educational opportunities.
• Individual and team recognition.

Company Description

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition.

This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.