Philip Sherrill is Chief Audit Executive and Vice-President of Internal Control and Reporting for Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (ABCBS) in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he has spent the last 26 years of his career. In his current role, he is responsible for leading the company’s Enterprise Risk Management process. He has executive responsibility for supporting management’s efforts to maintain and enhance the Enterprise’s overall internal control framework and its regulatory compliance structure. He is accountable for internal and compliance audit activities, facilitation of a wide range of external audits, investigation of potential healthcare fraud, waste and abuse, elements of operational performance monitoring and overall regulatory and marketplace compliance activities. Philip works closely with the Risk, Audit, Cyber Security and Compliance Committees of the Board of Directors, Senior Leadership and management staff to assess, prioritize and manage a wide range of risk exposures.
Philip is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and a Certified Health Insurance Executive (CHIE) through America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Philip received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Computer Information Systems from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.