Lead IT Auditor

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey empowers our members to achieve their best health.  For over 90 years, we have been New Jersey’s health solutions leader driving innovations that improve health care quality, affordability, and member experience.  Our members are our neighbors, our friends, and our families.  It is this understanding that drives us to better serve and care for the 3.5 million people who place their trust in us. We pride ourselves on our best-in-class employees and strive to maintain an innovative and inclusive environment that allows them to thrive. When our employees bring their best and succeed, the Company succeeds. 

About the Role

What You'll Do

• Develops IT audit scope and work programs

• Oversees work of senior and staff auditors and may execute IT audit testing

• Provides guidance and critiques SOX 404 work products

• Documents audit test results in accordance with audit policies and procedures.

• Identifies, develops and documents control issues

• Interviews and gathers information from management regarding the process being audited

• Provides feedback on staff and senior auditors- performance

• Assists the manager or General Auditor in executing the IT audit

• Assist the manager or General Auditor in facilitating the execution and monitoring of the SAS70 or other external audits.

• Document the IT audit results and issues as part of the audit report.

• Establishes buy in with management by thoroughly working through issues.

• Offers value-added recommendations to management on internal controls.

IT Division-specific Responsibilities:

• Provides support to external auditing firms and internal Horizon personnel as needed to coordinate divisional resource to audit requests.

• Reviews audit work papers prepared by others to ensure documentation adequately supports completed work. Where necessary, review

• comments are made for follow up by staff

• Reviews the audit points and recommendations made by staff to determine their adequacy and importance, if applicable.

• Discusses all audit recommendations with appropriate levels of management to obtain necessary approvals.

• Provides assistance to Manager/Director in selecting and training staff personnel. This includes directing, advising and assisting les experienced auditors in planning and completing assignments.

Core Individual Contributor Competencies:

• Customer Focus

• Accountable

• Learn

• Communicate

What You Bring

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, Information Technology major preferred
• 4+ years prior IT Audit experience

Additional licensing, certifications, registrations:

• CISA preferred

Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge of audit and control concepts, including application and general computer controls

Skills and Abilities:

• Requires strong ability to think analytically
• Requires strong verbal and written communication skills
• Requires the ability to prioritize work and multitask
• Requires strong organizational and project management skills

Why Horizon?

At Horizon, you’ll do meaningful work that directly improves lives—while being supported by a mission‑driven organization that values expertise, collaboration, and growth.  We believe that when our people thrive, our communities do too.  If you are passionate about making an impact, we’d love to hear from you!

Salary Range:

​This compensation range is specific to the job level and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity.  This range has been created in good faith based on information known to Horizon at the time of posting.  Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case. Horizon also provides a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes:

• Comprehensive health benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision)

• Retirement Plans

• Generous PTO

• Incentive Plans

• Wellness Programs

• Paid Volunteer Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer:

Horizon BCBSNJ employees must live in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut or Delaware. This job summary has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by colleagues within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of colleagues assigned to this job.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability and any other protected class as required by federal, state or local law.  Horizon will consider reasonable accommodation requests as part of the recruiting and hiring process.