Sr. Consultant, Ethics and Compliance

What Ethics & Compliance contributes to Cardinal Health

Ethics & Compliance promotes a culture that encourages ethical conduct and a commitment to compliance. This function implements strategies and processes to ensure adherence to policies, educates and trains employees across the organization, and conducts investigations to resolve ethics and compliance issues.

Ethics & Compliance develops and implements strategies and standard operating procedures to promote adherence to internal ethics and compliance policies related to areas such as privacy, HIPAA and FCPA, among others. This job family resolves concerns from business unit leaders and employees and proactively provides guidance and trainings on policies.

What Compliance Business Partner contributes to Cardinal Health

The Ethics and Compliance Business Partner supports the Corporate Compliance Program functioning as an individual contributor responsible for providing leadership, direction and professional expertise on compliance matters related to the business operations of the company.

What the Compliance Department contributes to Cardinal Health

The Compliance Department is responsible for implementing all elements of an effective compliance program.  Compliance develops and implements policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and Cardinal Health’s high ethical standards. The team proactively completes risk assessments to identify legal and compliance risk and develops and conducts training and monitoring programs to mitigate risk. Compliance works closely with Legal and Regulatory subject matter experts to provide guidance to employees on compliance with Cardinal Health’s policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a subject matter expert on various laws and regulations, including but not limited to: Federal and State Anti-Kick Back Statutes, False Claims Act, Payor Regulatory Requirements, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and Ethical Standards and Business Conduct and substantive working knowledge of federal and state law regulations relating to the pharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrate knowledge and successful implementation of the elements of an effective compliance program
• Completes annual risk assessments through regular meetings with stakeholders, business leaders, legal, and external sources to identify potential compliance risks and develop remediation plans with the business.
• Develop and implement training and monitoring plans using the compliance risk assessment data and knowledge of various laws and regulations.
• Establish standards, processes, assessments, and tracking tools to evaluate compliance (at each level of the organization) with regulations, policies, procedures, and internal control processes.
• Identify and implement ways to measure the effectiveness of Compliance resources, processes, and training to continue to enhance our compliance program as well as simplify business processes.
• Assist with understanding and disseminating changes in related healthcare regulations or standards and in the application of such changes to current policies, procedures, or processes.
• Collaborate with the Ethics and Compliance Department staff, operations, and other departments as indicated (Legal Department, Internal Audit, Human Resources etc.) to ensure alleged compliance issues or regulatory violations are thoroughly investigated and plans of correction are implemented where indicated.
• Develop and provide face-to-face formal and informal training on various laws and regulations as well as compliance policies and procedures.
• Understand the strategic and tactical objectives of the business and develop thoughtful and practical solutions reflective of the current regulatory landscape, CAH policies and procedures, and the current and future needs of the organization.

What is expected of you for success in your role

• Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of legal and compliance concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects
• Effectively communicate with all levels of the Cardinal Health organization
• Proven leadership ability with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Function as role model regarding compliance standards, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, and attitude.
• Self-motivated individual able to obtain and increase competency with vendor systems.
• Must possess strong oral and written communication skills with experience in professional and formal writing of work products such as policies, plans, and reports.
• Demonstrated facilitation, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to