[Hiring] Senior Financial Compliance Analyst @Stanford Health Care

Role Description

The Sr. Analyst – Finance Compliance will play a critical role in safeguarding the financial integrity and operational compliance of Stanford Health Care's Controller's Office. Reporting to the Sr. Manager – Financial Reporting, this role is primarily responsible for conducting expense report reviews and audits, as well as maintaining comprehensive records of internal controls and process maps.

The Sr. Analyst – Finance Compliance will serve as a key liaison between the Controller's Office and both internal and external auditors, ensuring that controls documentation is accurate, current, and audit-ready at all times. This individual will apply a strong working knowledge of the COSO framework, healthcare-specific compliance requirements including HIPAA and CMS guidelines, and general internal controls best practices to protect the organization against financial risk, policy violations, and audit findings.

The role requires a detail-oriented professional with equal capability in transactional audit work and broader controls documentation, able to communicate findings clearly and constructively to finance leadership and operational stakeholders.

What you will do

• Expense Report Compliance and Review:
  • Conduct thorough and systematic audits of employee expense reports to ensure compliance with Stanford Health Care’s expense policies, IRS regulations, and applicable healthcare industry guidelines.
  • Review expense submissions for accuracy, appropriate documentation, proper authorization, and alignment with organizational spending policies and thresholds.
  • Identify patterns of non-compliance, policy exceptions, or potential fraud indicators across expense transactions and escalate findings appropriately.
• Controls Documentation and Process Mapping:
  • Maintain and continuously update a comprehensive library of internal controls documentation for the Controller’s Office, including control narratives, risk and control matrices, and supporting evidence.
  • Develop, maintain, and refine process maps for key accounting and finance workflows, ensuring documentation accurately reflects current-state operations and control activities.
• Control Assessment and Audit Support:
  • Identify control gaps, weaknesses, or design deficiencies through documentation reviews and walkthroughs, and recommend remediation actions.
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external auditors, facilitating walkthroughs, providing requested documentation, and coordinating timely responses to audit inquiries.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Four (4) or more years of progressively responsible experience in compliance, internal audit, accounting, or a related field within a complex organization.
• Experience working directly with internal and external auditors, including preparation of audit support and facilitation of audit walkthroughs.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of internal controls framework and its application to financial reporting and operational compliance processes.
• Strong understanding of general internal controls best practices, risk assessment methodologies, and audit evidence standards.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct thorough and objective expense report audits, identify policy exceptions, and communicate findings professionally to stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficiency in developing clear, accurate, and well-organized process maps and controls documentation.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills with high attention to detail and the ability to identify anomalies, patterns, and control gaps within financial data.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent audit and documentation workstreams while meeting deadlines in a complex, matrixed healthcare organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear audit findings reports and present results to finance leadership.

Licenses and Certifications

• CPA - Certified Public Accountant preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer

Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale

Generally starting at $59.21 - $78.43 per hour. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.