Internal Controls Consulting, Senior

Your 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. The Senior will report to the Senior Manager. 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 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.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Work

In this role, you will

• 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

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in internal audit, internal controls, risk advisory, or related field
• Requires understanding of internal control frameworks and risk assessment methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and drive outcomes
• Prefer: CPA, CIA, CISA or equivalent certifications and healthcare experience

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the 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.