The Senior Retail Auditor position is responsible for developing new and existing audit concepts, gaining client acceptance, training all audit levels to execute audit projects and evaluating the effectiveness of audit concepts with the goal of auditing client data generating high quality recoverable claims for the benefit of Cotiviti and our clients.
Key Responsibilities:
Generate and Develop New Audit Concepts - Utilizes retail and auditing experience to perform audit procedures that include analyzing, identifying and defining issues, developing criteria, reviewing and analyzing evidence with the intent to audit standard medium - complex reports. Leader in concept development across multiple audit verticals. This includes evaluating and specifying the concept, interacting with the client to test and gain acceptance. Will execute on the expansion of the concept based on customer requirements. Focused on growing concept approval.
Develops New Tools and Processes- Collaborates with Business Optimization and audit team in developing new tools and reports. Fosters and implements new ideas, approaches, and technological improvements to support and enhance audit production, communication and client satisfaction.
Direct Ownership for Quality Control - Reviews all level auditor claims prior to and after client submission. Set by the audit: for the auditing concept, audit against the expected level of quality and quantity (i.e. fees per hour, vendor/project volume completion, claims written). Makes decisions on audit work completed after the various possibilities have been considered.
Prepare Response to Client Disputes - Provide oversight to audit team for verification of claims validation in concise written or oral manner. Makes determinations based on advanced experience of client knowledge of contract terms and likelihood of acceptance recovery.
Review Client Transactions - Demonstrates high level of expertise in reviewing transaction types, client contracts/vendor agreements, and client data with minimal supervision of how to identify potential over/under payments. Ability to serve as a Subject Matter Expert in a specific claim and/or business type. Participate in knowledge sharing with audit, region, & division.
Meets or Exceeds Productivity & Quality Standards
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree required (accounting or financial related field preferred)
3-5+ years of related experience (accounting, finance, accounts payable, merchandising, buying, or audit preferred)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Advanced computer skills in Excel & Access
Strong working knowledge and understanding of retail industries preferred.
Ability to successfully lead in a team environment and collaborate with others.
Work Environment
Must be able to sit and use a computer keyboard for extended periods of time
Must have flexibility and willingness to participate in the work processes of an international organization, including conference calls scheduled to accommodate global time zones.
For the safety of our employees and those considering employment with Cotiviti, we are currently conducting all interviews virtually. In addition, the majority of the Cotiviti team is currently working remotely, and we are onboarding new hires remotely as well. As we monitor the pandemic, these arrangements may change and we will update accordingly.
Candidates local to the Bentonville/Rogers, AR area are highly preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
