Senior Data Analyst - Cape Town at Clicks Group

Job Objectives:

• Assist the audit team in the field by being responsive to data needs in a timely manner
• Be the internal liaison between IT and the internal audit team to facilitate data needs for the audit team
• Assist in investigations and other management requests as necessary by gathering, sorting, and otherwise making sense of necessary data.
• Proactively search for data anomalies that could be indicative of control issues.
• Work with internal auditors to understand data needs and brainstorm ways to perform audits more efficiently. 
• Drive the implementation of a continuous monitoring framework using data analytics to support the relevant internal audit projects
• Perform special reviews of operations when requested
• Linking of different data streams and visualisations and graphic output; upskilling and SAS, ACL, Tableau, and visualisation tools

Minimum requirements

Qualifications

• Essential: Bachelor's degree or above in quantitative fields such as Data Science/Analytics, Computer Science/Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields
• Desirable: Postgraduate degree in quantitative fields such as Data Science/Analytics, Computer Science/Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields

Job-related experience

• 5-8 years data analytics experience
• Experience in data management, governance, data acquisition and modeling, data structures and architecture.
• 3-5 years financial systems or system auditing experience from big 4 preferable
• Experience in using visualisation tools such as Tableau and PowerBI
• Utilisation of Microsoft Office products 

Job-Related skills & knowledge:

• Data analytics tools such as ACL/SAS/IDEA or similar
• Application of internal audit and risk assessment methodologies
• MS Excel Advanced
• Building and maintaining strong relationships
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong analytical and organisational skills