Data Analyst - Audit - Consulting Firm

Responsibilities :

- Act as single point of contact into the DA Team for support and analytical integration into the audits

- Work to define and solution data sourcing capabilities and needs for the audit team

- Coordinate across the DA and audit teams to solve cross business unit challenges

- Act as a business data steward (i.e., Requests, Secure, and Deliver Source Data) for datasets used within the audit team and maintain necessary data governance

- Support and promote identification of analytics opportunities to align with the Audit Service teams objectives; measure KPIs through thoughtful analytics to drive new opportunities

- Develop and deliver solutions that extend existing analytics and infrastructure

- Assist with applying and developing audit analytical models and methods

- Create, develop and validate defined data transformations for the audit teams

- Utilize problem-solving and analytic skills to rapidly create ad-hoc queries and visualization to answer complex business questions or identify data issues

- Work closely with all levels of the Audit Service teams to add analytics to all parts of the audit lifecycle

- Train audit teams to strengthen data analytics skills

Technical Skills :

- Bachelor's degree in business (e.g., Finance, Accounting, Economics) or technology related areas of study (e.g., Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistical Analysis

- Strong knowledge of relational database concepts and structures, data integration techniques, ETL processes and SQL best practices.

- Experience utilizing any BI tools for insight creation and analytic support (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, COGNOS, Microstrategy, Spotfire, Microsoft Business Intelligence Suite, R, Python, Spark, H2O)

- 4+ years of internal/external audit experience

- 3+ years of relevant experience developing business reporting, decision support solutions, or creating interactive visualizations

- 2+ years of experience with data analysis or data profiling

Personal Skills :

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills

- Knowledge and understanding of data reporting workflows

- Highly developed mathematical skills a plus

- Understanding of the Audit Services Lifecycle and ability to work across multiple audit units

- Ability to foster a positive and collaborative environment

- Able to effectively adapt to highly dynamic and fast paced work environment

- Sense of ownership and urgency, with ability to work both independently and as part of team

- Organized and able to function with multiple targets in a deadline driven environment

- Strong presentation, oral and written communication skills

Additional Beneficial Competencies :

- Masters in Statistical analysis, or Business Administration

- Experience and knowledge in supporting or participating within an internal/external audit function

- Knowledge or experience with other data analytic tools a plus

- Expertise with relational databases, querying data warehouses, decision support or ETL tools a plus (e.g., Abintio, Informatica, DataStage, SSRS)

- Experience in designing and coding ETL or architecting and implementing data models