Temporary External Auditor, Top Hospitals 2027 List

The role

A data scientist will perform an independent audit of the Forbes Top Hospitals 2027 list and ratings pre-publication. The role involves verifying methodology implementation and ensuring results can be reproduced.

What you will do

• Audit the 2027 Forbes Top Hospitals results
• Perform process mapping, methodology-to-code traceability, testing evidence, and reproducibility validation
• Provide detailed documentation
• Compare Python code to methodology report to identify discrepancies
• Review output in an Excel document against the methodology report

Required qualifications

• Proficient in Python and Excel
• Effective communicator, capable of translating complex technical content into insights for diverse audiences
• Highly skilled in keeping precise and detailed records
• Excellent research skills
• Industrious problem-solver

Nice to have

• Experience analyzing CMS healthcare quality measures
• Experience quality checking healthcare measure calculations and outputs

About the company

Forbes is a global media brand that spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries. The brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly through journalism, events, and licensed local editions.