Audit Specialist Job Description
Audit specialist
provides written appeals utilizing Official Coding Guidelines, Coding Clinic, CPT assistant and Coding Clinic as appropriate to defend the appeal.
Audit Specialist Duties & Responsibilities
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20% Travel element will be required
Daily reconciliation and audit of store transactions for exceptions, responding to questions and interact with various levels of management from retail stores and retail store operations
Work with IT to resolve posting issues related to sales / credit card processing
Reconciliation of receipts as recorded in the general ledger system to credit card processor and other third-party reports
Making sound judgments to process credit card and general adjustments resulting from completion of reconciliation
Completing month-end adjustments and corrections required prior to releasing data from Sales Audit sub-system to the general ledger
Investigate and resolve credit card chargeback issues and requests for information to ensure Company minimized chargeback expense
Review requests for outgoing refund checks
Work from checklists to prepare files for audit or quality reviews
Ensure and confirm that all documentation and records are available for review and are in order
Audit Specialist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Audit Specialist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CISA, CIA, CPA, CISSP, CISM, ISO27001, ISO9001, ISO22301, ISO, SOX
Education for Audit Specialist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the audit specialist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Education, Auditing, Management, Computer Science, Business/Administration, MBA, Information Systems
Skills for Audit Specialist
Desired skills for audit specialist include:
Medical terminology
Experience with CPT and ICD-9 coding
HCPCS Coding
CPT/HCPCS Coding
Excel
Microsoft office
Motor industry
Perot / Peradigm system
Manufacturer models and technical aspects
Desired experience for audit specialist includes:
Proven Information Technology Audit skills
Random spot checks of files pulled for audit for accuracy
Organize delivery of requested docs, files, to Audit or Quality Teams
Completing all aspects
Assisting with the provision of appropriate management information to the Head of Audit and Quality, Audit and Quality Manager and other senior management as required
Assisting with the provision of appropriate management information to the Head of Audit and Quality, Audit and Quality Manager and the Director of Business Improvement and Regulation as required
Audit Specialist Examples
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Audit Specialist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for an audit specialist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for audit specialist
- Create and maintain a weekly dashboard for management
- Review 3rd party contractor invoices and supporting documentation for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with policies
- Obtain employee consent for payroll deductions of unallowed or unsupported expenses over 60 days aged, and process the deductions
- Print team email box requests for time and expense adjustments for their region
- Engage wholesalers in understanding their operating systems and processes used in their magazine billing and return transactions for both publishers and retailers
- Drafting Standard Operating Procedures
- Monitoring and updating PP&E SharePoint sites, as required
- Prepare weekly dashboards for team progress reporting
- Contribute to weekly internal status meetings
- Communicate directly with client personnel, as necessary, to complete assigned tasks
Qualifications for audit specialist
- Recognizes the controls that mitigate the risk of negative outcomes through prevention or detection and correction
- Develops skills in multiple technical areas to gain breadth of knowledge
- Acts as a source of technical expertise
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and/or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is preferred
- 5+ years of internal audit or control testing experience
- Financial services industry experience and IT experience would be beneficial
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of audit specialist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for audit specialist
- Generating and distributing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to educate leadership on pursuit progress and marketshare growth
- Assisting with the creation of client-facing marketing material and programs
- Coordinating submission to external media publications as it relates to accounting firm rankings
- Writing and designing an internal monthly newsletter on behalf of the West Regional Client Pursuit Leader
- Developing a deep understanding of internal and external research tools to support ad-hoc marketshare and data-driven requests as it relates to creating a strategic edge in targeting and pursuits
- Interfacing with internal resources to identify and request research to help educate client-service teams on targets
- Validate specifications with key stakeholders (Editorial, Customers) to ensure it is meeting Audit Standards and will improve workflow
- Validate behavior is working as expected when it is built by completing workflow testing
- The Audit Specialist must also meet with customers, provide customer support and other duties as assigned by manager
- Order entry Internal Remanufacture Orders for items being shipped back to the remanufacture depot
Qualifications for audit specialist
- Understanding of PP&E concepts
- Familiarity with audit principles
- High degree of self-motivation and strong career aspirations
- 4-year college degree, preferably in marketing, communications, journalism, English, or a related field
- Comfortable engaging with all levels of an organization
- Maintain an in-depth working knowledge of the university’s information systems and working environment
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Our growing company is looking for an audit specialist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for audit specialist
- Prepare journal entries, debiting, and crediting various accounts
- Prepare balance sheets for multiple general ledger accounts including all payment type receivable accounts
- Processing customer appeasements through third party processors (PayPal, Amazon)
- Download daily bank files including chargebacks, adjustments, fees, and putting it on the Chesapeake server to process
- Check daily for missing credit card settlement files and downloading/pulling the correct files to process
- Research payment type discrepancies and variances between general ledger and processor
- Research and respond to debit cards chargebacks and verifying all other retail credit cards chargebacks amounts being booked for the month
- Assist with projects geared to improve efficiency and cost savings
- Assist in development of the company’s annual audit plan
- Collaborate with the audit team in the writing of audit summaries of issues and reports which accurately describe identified control concerns, associated risks, and appropriate recommendations
Qualifications for audit specialist
- Requires travel of 10-15% annually to perform audits
- Knowledge or certification in leading practices for IT processes and controls
- Experience in implementing industry specific IT compliance requirements (GxP, HIPAA)
- Experience in auditing practices and methodology
- Technical expertise in relevant IT disciplines (including but not limited to hardware, networking, database management systems, operating systems, security, system development) preferred
- Partner with retail stores and IT to correct transactions in reject status within Aptos Sales Audit
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Our growing company is looking for an audit specialist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for audit specialist
- Manage the audit ordering with our selected vendors for General Liability policies upon cancellation or 90 days prior to expiration
- Review audits with respects to conformity to policy classifications and input the audit results in the system
- Handle the daily management of the Audit mailbox
- Process non-productive audits
- Review and process closed even audits
- Handle audit disputes received from Agents and provide responses to all agents' requests
- Manage the direct collections process
- Work with the staff as required to address policy related audit questions
- Timely execution of portions of risk-based internal audits in accordance with the annual audit plan
- Assist in developing audit scope of review in conjunction with the Auditor-in-Charge
Qualifications for audit specialist
- Balance in Chesapeake store deposits as reported by store POS through Aptos Sales Audit to actual bank deposits
- Follow up with stores on both register and bank cash overages and shortages
- Balance in Chesapeake credit card receivables as reported by Store POS through Epicor Sales Audit to settlement acknowledgment from payment processors
- Issue gift cards and transfer balances between cards as requested by stores and Corporate departments
- Prepare monthly journal entries regarding sales and tender, bank over/short, and credit card fees
- Candidate should have Bachelor's degree
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for an audit specialist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for audit specialist
- Verbally communicate findings to Auditor-in-Charge and draft comprehensive and complete documentation of audited area
- Identify and analyze performance trends on behalf of the Claims Department
- Customer Service Management - Manage and service an assigned territory, which will also include the larger, most complex field audits for the department
- Technical/Systems Knowledge - Provide technical consulting, guidance and training on state laws, rules, and exceptions
- Vendor Management - Assign work to and monitor results for vendors and perform quality reviews to measure and enhance vendor quality and time service levels
- Planning and Development - Consult with and assist Premium Audit Director in implementing standards and monitoring staff performance (which will include some quality review of staff as a checks and balances system)
- Conducts reviews and testing to determine compliance with critical and required controls
- Is identified as a Subject Matter Expert in a given discipline
- Participates in internal, cross-divisional teams to develop and align procedures and standards
- Directs the efforts of others such as internal and external resources
Qualifications for audit specialist
- 7+ years of relevant experience including having demonstrated deep foundational knowledge of risk & controls
- CPA or CIA is required
- A background that includes people or project management experience is also strongly preferred
- Completed at least 2 years in an undergraduate program in accounting, finance, economics or other business related field
- Bachelor’s Degree (or 4 years of equivalent work experience), preferably in Business or related field
- Your current manager supports this development opportunity