Physician Compensation Auditor, Expert

Purpose:

The Physician Compensation Auditor Expert is primarily responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, reporting, documenting, and following up on audits of physician compensation in collaboration with the Physician Compensation Team of PSD Finance. This position is fully remote.

Responsibilities:

• Develop an understanding of and coordinate physician incentive compensation plans and physician contract Exhibits B as well as departmental supplemental pay policies and procedures.

• Assist with Physician Incentive/Supplement payroll submission and reconciliation process.

• Successfully manage many competing demands, complete work within allocated time, and be proactive in searching out additional tasks and projects during review downtimes.

• Coordinate CMI quarter end physician incentive compensation expense accruals and related supporting documentation to assess sufficiency of the balance sheet accrual.

• Coordinate and perform SOX Compliance audits on physician supplemental pay and other SOX controls as required.

• Coordinate or Perform Workpaper & Report/ Deliverable Preparation:

• Design and maintain reports, auditing tools, databases and related documentation;

• Utilize standard department templates and processes for performing audit projects related to physician incentive compensation matters;

• Create new audit programs and testing steps to validate additional controls and risks as necessary;

• Complete work papers on time and organize audit evidence to fully support conclusions and findings;

• Fully track and close open audit items and review comments with minimal supervision

• Identify root cause of moderately complex issues or error trends, and propose valuable solutions, including potential modifications to policies and procedures.

• Assist leadership in identifying opportunities for process improvement in the department.

• Lead process improvement activities.

• Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in finance or related business field required.

• Minimum of five years of related work experience required.

• A Master's degree or CPA license and four years of experience will also be considered.

• CPA/MBA preferred.

• Experience in the health care industry preferred.

• Microsoft office with emphasis on spreadsheet application required.

• Demonstrate a high degree of professionalism, enthusiasm and initiative on a daily basis.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment a must.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects, and forge strong interpersonal relationships within the department, with other departments, and with external audiences.

• Attention to detail is critical to the success of this position, with demonstrated competency in customer orientation and the ability to deal with ambiguity.

• Excellent planning, communication, documentation, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

• Advanced mathematical skills.

• Ability to interpret and summarize results of various analyses in a timely and meaningful way.

• Ability to effectively approach problem solving.

• Ability to re-engineer processes to positively impact productivity in terms of timeliness and accuracy.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran