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Sr. Analyst, Controlled Substance Data systems

McKesson
Shepherdsville, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Aug 2026

About the role

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

The Senior Analyst, Controlled Substance Data Systems serves as the business owner and subject matter expert for systems and data that support McKesson's controlled substance compliance program. This role ensures the integrity, effectiveness, and regulatory defensibility of critical compliance platforms used to monitor controlled substance activity, identify risk, support investigations, and meet DEA requirements. 

Working closely with Compliance, IT, Legal, Quality, and Operations, this individual translates regulatory requirements into business processes, system controls, reporting, and monitoring methodologies that support a risk-based compliance program. 

This is a highly visible individual contributor role requiring strong analytical skills, regulatory judgment, and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders in a complex, regulated environment. 

 
 

Key Responsibilities 

Compliance Systems Ownership 

  • Serve as business owner for controlled substance compliance systems and monitoring platforms. 

  • Ensure systems, workflows, controls, and reporting capabilities align with DEA requirements and internal policies. 

  • Partner with IT to define requirements, support testing, validate enhancements, and implement system improvements. 

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Monitoring 

  • Translate regulatory requirements and enforcement expectations into monitoring logic, business rules, workflows, and reports. 

  • Support suspicious order monitoring, customer due diligence, ordering threshold management, and other risk-based controls. 

  • Identify compliance risks, emerging trends, and opportunities to strengthen program effectiveness. 

Data Governance & Audit Readiness 

  • Maintain the accuracy, integrity, traceability, and audit readiness of controlled substance data. 

  • Conduct data validation, reconciliation, and quality reviews across compliance datasets. 

  • Support regulatory inspections, audits, investigations, and enforcement inquiries through data analysis and documentation. 

Investigations & Regulatory Events 

  • Support investigations related to theft, loss, diversion, and other controlled substance compliance events. 

  • Analyze data, identify trends, and contribute to root cause analysis and corrective actions. 

  • Maintain documentation and audit trails supporting regulatory reporting and filings. 

Cross-Functional Partnership 

  • Collaborate with Compliance, Legal, Quality, Operations, and Technology teams to resolve issues and implement solutions. 

  • Provide guidance and subject matter expertise on compliance systems, reporting, and data interpretation. 

  • Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance compliance effectiveness, scalability, and operational efficiency. 

THIS ROLE WILL REQUIRE BEING ONSITE AT LEAST 2 DAYS A WEEK AT THE SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY OR MASON, OH FACILITY

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