Lead - Data & Analytics

Job summary

We are looking to hire a Lead - Data Analytics team ensuring continuous control monitoring, risk based insights for proactive management and higher risk oversight. Responsibilities include planning, conducting fieldwork, data analysis to provide sharp insights, validating samples, organizing work papers, interacting with stakeholders, preparing reports with observations and root cause analysis, and ensuring timely closure through effective follow-up. Role involves active participation in process understanding discussions, team handling, stakeholder management, providing insights to the management and knowledge-sharing activities within the team.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Digital & Innovation:

  Prepare and execute digital strategy for Internal Audit and SOX including data analytics and audit lifecycle management tool.

  Develop and implement data analytics driven processes for digital audits, continuous control monitoring ensuring higher risk oversight and proactive actions.

• Continuous control monitoring:

   Ensure in depth business understanding and execute analytics reviews, allocated as per yearly plan, ensuring end to end timely and qualitative deliverables. Maintain comprehensive and effective documentation/work papers.  Work with the Internal Audit team members to continuously define and outline the analytics needed for the internal audits. Develop the necessary analytics to support Internal Audit engagements and provide data insights.

• Reporting and Stakeholder management:

   Prepare impactful audit report along with detailed annexures, root cause, drive global CAPA (action plan), Effective stakeholder management to effectively highlight areas of improvement and recommendations including benchmarks. Ensure periodic updates with Senior Management and Audit Committee and ensure timely closure of identified gaps/areas of improvement. Drive higher adoption of exception reports by first and second line of defence ensuring effective controls and in time detection. Follow up for implementation of agreed actions to ensure effective control environment and timely risk mitigation.

• Team Management:

  Effective team management to drive qualitative outcomes and timely closure of audits. Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment with overall target of highly motivated team. On the job training to team members to build a strong data analytics team enabling analytical mind-set and continuous control monitoring to drive meaningful data insights.

Educational qualification:

• Chartered Accountant with 7-12 years of experience in in Internal Audit and Data Analytics, preferably in a manufacturing industry,
• Certification in data analytics will be preferred.
• Hands on experience in implementation/execution of SAP ERP, Data Analytics tools such as Tableau, SQL/GBQ, Knime, visualization tools, project management etc.
• Strong understanding of Internal Financial Controls and fraud risk assessments.
• CIA/CISA/DISA certification is an advantage

Behavioural skills:

• Ability to work independently, and lead data analytics/ cross-functional teams
• Proficiency in interpersonal skills, fostering positive relationships, influencing stakeholders, building strong connections and partnerships.
• Displays assertiveness, effectively expressing ideas and opinions while respecting others.
• Strong communication skills, facilitating clear and impactful interactions.
• Proficiency in report writing, conveying information in a clear and structured manner.
• Strong analytical skills, enabling effective problem-solving and decision-making.

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