Senior Internal Controls Associate

At Definitive Healthcare, our passion is to transform data, analytics and expertise into healthcare commercial intelligence. We help clients uncover the right markets, opportunities and people, so they can shape tomorrow’s healthcare industry. Our SaaS platform creates new paths to commercial success in the healthcare market, so companies can identify where to go next.  

Our employees are kind, collaborative, energetic, approachable and driven. On top of that, we value the unique perspectives, backgrounds and voices of our employees. Why? Because their diverse experiences drive new ideas and help us build a better community. 

For over 10 years, we’ve built a collaborative culture driven by employees who share a passion for improving the healthcare ecosystem, enjoy giving back to the local community and value diversity and inclusion.  

One of the hallmarks of our culture is our commitment to community service. Through the DefinitiveCares program, employees can work with their choice of more than 40 charitable organizations, supporting causes from hunger and homelessness to healthcare, LGBTQ+ issues, racial justice, women’s initiatives and more. 2021 marked the sixth year that we had 100% employee participation in DefinitiveCares. 

We also provide a range of opportunities for employees to connect with each other. Employees can join any of our employee run affinity groups supporting causes such as women’s empowerment, LGBTQ+, Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), disabilities and working parents and potential for many more. Affinity groups often enable greater education companywide through training, events and speaker series. 

We’re also a great place to work. For five years in a row, we’ve been recognized by the Boston Business Journal and the Boston Globe as a best place to work in Massachusetts. In 2022, Energage recognized us for Culture Excellence in Compensation & Benefits, Innovation, Great Leadership, Purpose & Value and Work-Life Flexibility! 

Think you’d be a good addition to our team? Explore our available positions here. We’d love the chance to get to know you.  

Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, the Senior Internal Controls Associate will join a team with the opportunity to assess processes from a bird's eye view and develop and recommend innovative solutions to impact company operations.

Responsibilities will include the business process controls audit lifecycle and working on cross-functional initiatives to transform the way DHC works.  Reporting to the Head of Internal Controls, this role will partner closely with various teams including senior management, finance, legal, corporate development, external consultants, and others to improve processes, advise on M&A integration, test SOX controls and maintain controls documentation.

The role will include analysis of cross-functional department processes and provision of recommendations to the Finance Leadership team, performing testing of the financial controls for the annual SOX controls internal testing cycle and partnering with senior leadership to improve the overall control environment.

Other opportunities include training others on the importance of controls and other topics, development such as cross-training on systems audits, participation in the SOC 2 audit and support for personal career growth. The Internal Controls Team will be looking for ways to scale over time and make processes more efficient, with the ability to grow into new roles and leadership.

  

What you'll do: 

• Advise on cross-functional transformational projects, learning about company processes and providing valuable consulting to the team.
• Become an expert on company policies and procedures over payroll, order to cash, financial close and reporting, taxes and equity and lead by creating ways to reduce risk and improve efficiencies as we scale.
• Participate in recommendations for controls and improvements in cross-functional areas to help various teams work smarter, not harder.
• Assisting the Head of Internal Controls, plan annual SOX audit objectives, design testing procedures, and improve the overall audit process.
• Innovate new ways to utilize technology to reduce audit overhead and control owner time spent on audit evidence collection.
• Conduct walkthroughs of key financial and business processes with control owners and coordinate with external audit.
• Perform business process controls design and effectiveness testing, including meticulous documentation of workpapers and tracking of supporting documentation.
• Identify and analyze control and process issues, ascertain root causes, and evaluate level of business impact and risk.
• Advise process owners on how to craft remediation plans, recommend process improvements, and monitor progress to implement those solutions.