Sr. Analyst, Controlled Substance Data systems
McKesson · USA, KY, Shepherdsville ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Visa sponsorship
- No
- Company size
- 1000+
- Salary
- USD 96,900 – 161,500 / year
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Own and improve McKesson’s controlled-substance compliance systems, translating DEA rules into monitoring logic, reports, and workflows to detect diversion and support audits.
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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
Weare unable to provide sponsorship for this role presnetly or in the future.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business, Regulatory Affairs, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
7+ years of experience supporting compliance, regulatory, quality, risk, or data-driven systems within a regulated industry.
Experience owning or supporting business-critical systems, applications, or compliance platforms.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
Experience supporting audits, inspections, investigations, or regulatory reviews.
Experience partnering with technology teams on system enhancements, implementations, testing, or validation activities.
Ability to operate independently and influence stakeholders across multiple functions.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting controlled substance compliance programs.
Knowledge of DEA regulations, suspicious order monitoring, customer due diligence, diversion prevention, or related compliance controls.
Experience within pharmaceutical distribution, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, logistics, or other highly regulated industries.
Experience with compliance monitoring platforms, risk management systems, data governance, or regulatory reporting tools.
Advanced data analysis and reporting capabilities.
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position
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