Senior Associate - Internal Controls

About Definitive Healthcare :
At Definitive Healthcare (NASDAQ: DH), we're passionate about turning data, analytics, and expertise into meaningful intelligence that helps our customers achieve success and shape the future of healthcare. We empower them to uncover the right markets, opportunities, and people-paving the way for smarter decisions and greater impact.
Headquartered just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Definitive Healthcare operates across North America, Europe, and India, supporting a growing global client base of more than 2,400 customers since our founding in 2011.
We're also a great place to work. In 2024 and 2025, we earned multiple workplace honors, including Built In's 100 Best Places to Work in Boston (both years), a Stevie Bronze Award for Great Employers, and recognition as a Great Place to Work in India.
We foster a collaborative, inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive innovation. Through programs like DefinitiveCares and our employee-led affinity groups we strive to promote connection, education, and inclusion.
About the Role
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 SOX 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, IT, legal, privacy, external consultants, and others to explore and improve processes, manage external certifications, 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 Finance 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, organization of enterprise external certifications/regulation, and support for personal career growth. The Internal Controls Team will be looking for ways to scale over time and make processes more efficient, including automation of SOX testing, 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.
• 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 and AI 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.
• Prepare accurate and concise results and metrics for inclusion in reporting to management and the Audit Committee.
• Serve as a key liaison with external auditors to coordinate testing efforts, provide documentation, and ensure alignment on audit scope and expectations.
• Be a key point of communication by keeping control owners in the loop and maintaining up to date information on the Internal Controls Portal.
• Promote a strong internal controls culture by educating stakeholders on risk awareness and control responsibilities.

What You'll Bring

• A positive, proactive, can-do, team-oriented attitude
• A thoughtful approach on how to review and mature processes and an eagerness to learn
• Prior knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, documentation, controls, and evaluation of design/effectiveness
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communications skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work quickly in a fast-paced company

What you're looking for

• An open, people-focused culture
• A deeper knowledge and understanding of financial processes and systems
• Great mentorship and growth in your audit career
• Networking and exposure to leadership and other departments
• Work-life balance

Experience

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution; financial majors preferred and/or-
• 2-4 years of experience in internal or external financial auditing functions, ideally with SOX controls and awareness of auditing standards and U.S. GAAP
• Internal audit professional certification such as CIA or CISA, or willingness to obtain one
• Experience with tax controls or an up-c structure a plus
• Experience with multi-national technology companies is a plus

Compensation and Benefits
The salary range for this position is $72,000 - $136,000 per year, which represents the base pay the company reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role. Actual pay within this range will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, and qualifications.
Depending on the position, employees may also be eligible to participate in a company bonus or commission plan. All employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited paid time off, and participation in the company's 401(k) plan with employer contribution.
Why we love Definitive, and why you will too!

• Industry leading products
• Work hard, and have fun doing it
• Incredibly fast growth means limitless opportunity
• Flexible and dynamic culture
• Work alongside some of the most talented and dedicated teammates
• Definitive Cares, our community service group, gives all of us a chance to give back
• Competitive benefits package including great healthcare benefits and a 401(k) match

What our Employees are saying about us on Glassdoor:
"Great Work atmosphere, great work life balance, excellent company to work for, amazing top notch product, incredible customer service, lots of tools to help you succeed."
-Business Development Manager
"Great team. Amazing growth. Employees are treated very well."
-Research Analyst
"I have waited 36 years to work at a dream job for a dream company and I am so happy to have finally got there."
-Profile Analyst
If you don't fit all of these qualifications, but believe you're still a great fit, feel free to apply and tell us why in your cover letter.
If you are a California, Colorado, New York City or Washington resident and this role is a remote role, you can receive additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role, which we will provide upon request.
Definitive Hiring Philosophy
Definitive Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and teammates. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other status. If you're interested in working in a fast growing, exciting working environment - we encourage you to apply!
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