Senior IT Assurance Analyst - SOX

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world.  As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.
 

Position Purpose:

Directs the gathering and organization of assessment data and results to support risk reporting and monitoring processes. Advises, designs, and/or validates the status of IT controls and processes and assists in the design of corrective actions to address control deficiencies.

• Support IT SOX program delivery by coordinating SOX activities across internal teams and vendors, planning quarterly workstreams, tracking milestones, and proactively surfacing risks.

• Drive SOX process improvement and audit readiness by building and refining SOX processes, supporting governance activities, and ensuring documentation and artifacts are current and audit‑ready.

• Manage ServiceNow resource and SOW operations by maintaining resource allocations, onboarding/offboarding, SOW‑backed resources, and ERP‑aligned financial tracking to ensure accurate and compliant data.

• Lead resource planning and vendor coordination by facilitating intake and planning discussions with stakeholders and partners, ensuring staffing plans, hours, funding, and delivery expectations are aligned.

• Consults with control owner(s) to innovate and implement controls to minimize/mitigate risks, vulnerabilities and threats to IT as well as improve overall control design

• Ensures stakeholders incorporate new controls and/or updates to controls into testing

• Work closely with key stakeholders within IT to understand the overall business environment, processes, and procedures to design, build and maintain systems of controls across IT functions

• Understands and assesses levels of risk and compliance (deriving from external and internal threats) across the enterprise

• Maintain departmental work process for IT controls

• Interface with business control personnel and provide technical guidance

• Communicates, consults, and assists in remediation of control findings and gaps with IT and business stakeholders

• Develops and/or matures metrics (KRI & KPI) to deliver reports and presentations to various levels of management personnel

• Has the ability to determine if proposed technology solutions have cross-functional impact or risks to other units and to identify areas of efficiency

• Manages stakeholders, identify, and manages issues and risks

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and 4 – 6 years of related experience. Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Technical Skills:

• Experience with project management, program reporting, impact analysis, control and remediation testing

• ServiceNow experience

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio

Soft Skills:

• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty

• Ability to identify problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

• Ability to work independently

• Demonstrated analytical skills

• Demonstrated project management skills

• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

• Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills

• Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management

• Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion

License/Certification:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) preferred

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred

• Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred

• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control preferred

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.  Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status.  Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act