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Work Shift:
Day Shift
Time Type:
Full time
Department:
CC407070 Audit Services
Responsible for all aspects of the internal audit function, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling all audit activities. Responsible for directing Audit Services Department activities which include assessing business risks associated with corporate strategies, objectives, and operations; performing independent evaluations of vital processes, programs, and functions for the company and its subsidiaries and developing audit recommendations that improve operations and respond to risk; and monitoring the effectiveness of key internal controls throughout the organization.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
Bachelor's degree in a related field of study.
Accounting - 7 years with 5 years of leadership experience
1 of the following certifications is required - , Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) - Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) - Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
1. Conducts an annual comprehensive risk assessment and uses the results to develop and implement a comprehensive risk-based, prioritized audit plan that reflects a thorough understanding of the company’s business and operations.
2. Provides reasonable assurance that risk management, control, and governance systems are functioning as intended and will enable the organization’s objectives and goals to be met. Maintains a comprehensive insight into the organization’s current and emerging risk profile and monitors future risk changes to the organization based on political, economical, social, environmental, legal or technological factors and their potential impact. Contributes to the development of risk oriented culture within the organization. Ensures internal audit activities are aligned with and enhances the organization’s enterprise risk management strategy and risk profile.
3. Reports audit results and recommendations to the appropriate auditees and management in a timely manner. Discusses audit findings and their impacts professionally and confidently with appropriate levels of the organization. Delivers information in a structured fashion to foster learning and development among members of the audience. Organizes and expresses ideas clearly and with confidence in order to influence others.
4. Reports issues and internal controls deficiencies identified directly to the audit committee and provides recommendations for improving the organization’s operations.
5. Coordinates the agenda for the Audit Committee of the Board of Director meetings, preparing materials and publishing minutes of Audit Committee meetings.
6. Oversees management's formal responses to audit findings and recommendations to ensure that the action plans will address the deficiencies.
7. Coordinates with the external audit firm and the accounting department regarding the annual financial statement audit and provides resources of the Audit Services department as agreed upon by the Audit Committee.
8. Allocates department resources to facilitate the effective and efficient accomplishment of audit objectives and supports personnel development.
9. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for Audit Services department and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the audit function infrastructure.
10. Ensures the internal audit function practices in conformance with the Institute of Internal Auditors International Professional Practices Framework (Standards). Maintains independence in all audit work. Adheres to strict confidentiality as required by the IPPF.
11. Full authority of personnel actions.
Arkansas Children's is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' more than 700,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health. Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); the state’s only magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric specialties (2022—2023): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, is a level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and Northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department, equipped with 30 exam rooms. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health. To learn more, visit archildrens.org.
