Senior Manager, Audit Data Analytics

Requisition ID: 228551  

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Purpose

Contributes to the overall success of the Audit Department globally as part of the global Audit Professional Practice team. Reporting to the Director, Governance and Reporting and working closely with the Vice President, the incumbent is an integral member of the Professional Practice team in ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the Chief Auditor’s and Audit Department’s business strategies and objectives.

Main accountability is to create, maintain and improve data analytics capabilities for Internal Audit in support of its mandate, particularly over reporting that is distributed to internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have solid technical knowledge and experience in data science / engineering, analysis, and visualization.

Accountabilities 

• Lead data analysis engagements, including providing guidance & supervision to other team members.
• Collaborate with business lines and other stakeholders to enhance Internal Audit's and the Bank's data analysis practices and adoption.
• Identify, acquire and use large volumes of data to provide incremental business value through creation of new models and algorithms that help the Internal Audit group execute Audits more efficiently and allow management to identify emerging risks.
• Develop innovative solutions that provide business value and improve customer experience.
• Develop & enhance visual dashboards to enable data-based Continuous Monitoring throughout Audit.
• Work with large datasets and distributed computing tools for analysis, data mining and modeling.
• Prepare detailed documentation to outline data sources, models and algorithms used and developed, as well as results obtained.
• Support and deliver on the Data Analytics transformation initiative.
• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Lead data analysis and visualization for the department’s annual planning process, collaborating closely with methodology specialists.
• Design, implement, and optimize data analysis and visualization solutions for reporting, monitoring, and annual planning using Power BI, Python, Excel, Alteryx, SQL, and PowerApps.
• Support Directors in the Audit Professional Practice area as needed with short-term projects, including gathering requirements, implementing business logic, and creating dashboards.
• Provide technical support and guidance for Alteryx workflow development, optimization, and publishing on Alteryx Server.
• Manage and integrate analytics solutions across multiple platforms, ensuring process automation and operational efficiency.
• Support the department’s IT unit by analyzing data quality and data integrity as needed.
• Develop/deliver peer training & knowledge-sharing on data engineering, analysis, & visualization.
• Follow software industry best practices in testing and documentation.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct. 
• Champions a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment, communicating vison/values/business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team. 

Education/Experience

• Proficient in Python for data analysis, automation, and scripting tasks.
• Advanced expertise in Power BI Desktop and Power BI Report Server, including data modeling, report automation, and dashboard development.
• Strong Excel (Power Query) skills for data analysis, dashboard creation, and report automation.
• Experienced in implementing and optimizing business intelligence solutions using Power BI and other data visualization tools.
• Experienced in designing, optimizing, and documenting Alteryx workflows to support audit processes, including publishing and managing workflows on Alteryx Server for collaborative review and compliance
• Working knowledge of machine learning techniques and advanced analytics methods.
• Skilled at presenting complex technical concepts and analytical findings to business stakeholders, both in writing and verbally.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality data and analytics solutions independently and as part of a team.
• 3–5 years of professional experience as a data analyst, data engineer, or data scientist.
• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; adept at meeting project deadlines.

Additional skills and experience considered beneficial

• Some familiarity with advanced analytics and machine learning.
• Some experience with HTML and CSS (JavaScript is optional).
• Project management experience to successfully prioritize multiple streams of work.
• Professional working proficiency in Spanish would be an asset.

Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

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