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xScion Solutions is an Information Technology professional services firm supporting leading commercial clients in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. We are currently supporting a large healthcare insurance company with some of their key hiring needs and are looking for a Senior Audit Consultant.

Senior Audit Consultant
6+ months. w/probable extension
Salary: $95 - $115K based on experience
Washington, D.C.

Must be local to Washington, D.C. area. We are not sponsoring H-1B candidates at this time.

Senior Audit Consultant --HIPAA
Tasks

Audit, HIPAA compliance analysis, and support for the following project: PHI Analysis
- Perform the following activities in support of a monthly SLR review:.
* Create an ongoing framework with supporting procedures & templates to analyze and audit the process, documentation, and monthly reporting results of the incentivized and non-incentivized Service Level Requirements (SLRs.
* Using the framework created, audit the monthly SLR results to date, as prioritized by management, starting with the most recent month of the year.
* Analyze the processes to create the SLR, based on the framework, to determine if there are any gaps in the information given and make pertinent process and system recommendations that quantified as to risk and cost.
* Going forward, audit the SLR results monthly producing reporting via the
* Train internal staff on the framework to analyze and audit the SLR results and transition all documentation
- Perform the following activities in support of a quarterly audit of the controls around PHI in compliance with the organization's HIPAA privacy and security rules.
* Create an ongoing framework with supporting procedures and templates to analyze and audit the process and system controls concerning PHI as related to HIPAA privacy and security rules
* Using the framework created, conduct an audit of the process & systems controls concerning PHI.
* Based on the results of the audit, recommend process and system improvements. Produce management presentations to communicate the recommendations.
* Train internal staff
- Perform the following activities in support of a quarterly risk management review:
* Create an ongoing risk management framework, based on standard accepted industry practices.
* Produce training, procedures, templates and a roll out plan to assess organizational risk on a periodic (e.g., quarterly basis) in regard to HIPAA privacy and security rule compliance. The framework needs to be extensible to include other forms of organizational risk, including comprehensive operational, IT and financial risk at some later date.
* Use the framework to assist organization management to conduct the initial risk management assessment, along with options and recommendations on mitigating perceived risk.
* Transition knowledge of how the framework should be used.
- Complete additional tasks as assigned.
* Assist in the preparation of PowerPoint presentations for the management team, based on a template that would be created by the program manager.
* Assist in the analysis of existing external information flows for compliance with organizational policies and procedures.
* Generate a weekly Status Report

Skills

Mandatory
' Expert knowledge of audit planning and execution practices with corresponding certifications
' Demonstrated experience in planning and conducting audits in the relevant subject matter, e.g., HIPAA Privacy and Security rule compliance.
' Demonstrated experience in implementing audit frameworks in organizations.
' Ability to tailor existing industry audit control and risk management frameworks to an organization in an efficient and effective manner.
' Strong training skills
' Strong verbal and written communication skills
' Strong customer skills with internal and external customers
' Must be able to perform assigned tasks with minimum supervision
' Strong control