Internal Audit Consultant - Eden Prairie, MN
Optum/UHG · Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States · US
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Demand62
Career growth58
Healthcare fit32
Remote potential30
5-year outlook
Internal audit and risk roles at large payers tend to pay steadily and progress toward senior audit, compliance, or risk leadership, but the given band ($72.8k-$130k) reflects that pay scales with audit certifications and years of accounting experience rather than clinical background. Clinicians entering without finance credentials likely start near the lower end.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
mid
Employment type
–
Date found
2026-10-29
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Eligible countries
- United States
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Why this is worth applying to
Worth considering only if you already have accounting, finance, consulting, or compliance audit exposure and want a stable corporate path inside a healthcare giant. For a typical clinician with no audit background, the degree and experience requirements make this a low-probability pivot.
Who should apply
Clinicians with a prior accounting/finance/consulting background or a healthcare MBA; nurses or allied health professionals who have run quality or compliance audits and hold or are pursuing CIA/CPA/CISA; IMGs and healthcare graduates with finance-heavy CVs who want payer-side risk work.
CV angle
Reframe clinical quality audits, chart-review sampling, regulatory/accreditation survey prep, incident root-cause analysis, and compliance documentation as internal-control and audit-adjacent work. Emphasize any budget, project ownership, cross-functional stakeholder management, and data/Excel or systems experience, and explicitly name SOX/control-testing familiarity if you have touched it through health-system finance or compliance rotations.
Skills to highlight
- Internal controls and control testing
- Audit planning and workpaper documentation
- Root cause analysis and corrective action plans
- Regulatory and compliance knowledge (healthcare)
- Data analysis and Excel/reporting
- Project management and meeting deadlines
- Cross-functional stakeholder communication
- Risk assessment
Role summary
A mid-level internal audit consultant at Optum/UHG responsible for planning and executing financial and operational audits, SOX control testing, workpaper documentation, root-cause analysis, and follow-up on corrective action plans across business units.
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