Job Description
Equiniti Group Internal Audit is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve Equinitis operations. It helps Equiniti accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.
The primary role of Equiniti Group Internal Audit Reporting & Data Analyst is to
- Assist with the preparation and on-going maintenance of detailed, accurate and consistent reporting.
- Develop an efficient/automated means to analyse and test large volumes of data for outliers, anomalies, patterns, and trends, and helps evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of controls.
The Candidate
This is a highly visible role with significant responsibility in providing accurate and meaningful reports to management and stakeholders. You'll augment your technical skills with an outstanding ability to build robust stakeholder relationships with senior business colleagues.
Core Duties/Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
- GIA data management & preparation of presentations to various internal & external stakeholders including group management and Audit Committee.
- Identify, design, and develop data analytics extract routines to support audit activities performed by GIA
- Manage data extraction, storage, transformation, and processing through data analytics routines, and generate output for visualization/analysis to support GIA
- Use data analysis tools to automate audit testing and develop techniques for continuous auditing and analysing large volumes of data.
- Interact and collaborate with Internal Audit team members in working towards departmental goals.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform audit tests of controls by obtaining and analysing audit evidence, preparing audit work papers, evaluating test results, and drawing conclusions on the adequacy and effectiveness of controls.
- Execute on special projects and other assignments as requested by management.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience skills and behaviours:
- Bachelors degree in business, mathematics, computer science, or management information systems.
- 3-5 years of relevant/recent data analysis experience in audit, financial, risk management, or technology functions.
- Strong quantitative, analytical, data-intuition, and problem-solving skills, and proficiency in data analytics techniques.
- Strong knowledge and proficiency in extraction and analysis of data from a wide variety of financial systems, leveraging data analysis tools, Excel, Access, and/or Microsoft SQL.
- Preferred working knowledge of Audit Management Systems and electronic audit work papers
- Working knowledge of internal controls and auditing techniques preferred but not essential.
- Strong communication and relationship building skills.