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Joe Steakley is Senior Vice President - Internal Audit Services for Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services. He oversees HCA’s Internal Audit Department, which is responsible for auditing financial reporting controls, facility financial statements, revenue cycle processes, information system controls, and compliance with regulatory policies. He is also responsible for the Enterprise Risk Office and Business Continuity Planning of HCA.
Steakley joined HCA in 1997, as Vice President - Internal Audit Department. He was appointed to his current position in 1999. Prior to joining the company, Steakley was a partner at Ernst & Young, where he worked for 22 years.
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants. Steakley has served as a member of the Statement of Position Task Force (SOP 99-1) that issued, in May 1999, guidance to practitioners in conducting and reporting on an agreed-upon procedures engagement performed pursuant to the AICPA Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements to assist management in evaluating the effectiveness of its corporate compliance program. He is a member of the Advisory Board to the Center for Continuous Auditing based at Texas A&M University. Community activities include executive board member of the Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America, executive board member of The National Conference for Community and Justice, past member of the Campaign Cabinet of the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, past President of the Nashville Downtown Lions Club and past President of The Cumberland Club.
A native of Nashville, Steakley earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Middle Tennessee State University. Steakley and his wife, Brenda, have two children, Blair and Nathan. He was born on April 24, 1954. | 