Wealth Senior Audit Manager - Data Analytics

Requisition ID: 202174

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Job Purpose

Working with and reporting to the Director, GWI Audit, the incumbent will be primarily responsible for:

• Evaluating the design and operation of internal controls on assigned projects within the Global Wealth and Insurance audit universe.

• Acting as Officer-In-Charge for moderate to complex projects, processes and units.

• Ensuring department standards are met when completing all assignments / sections.

Accountabilities

Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.

Data Analytics

• Lead data analysis engagements, including providing guidance and supervision to other members of the team.

• 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 and create products that provide business value and improve customer experience.

• Develop and 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 innovation initiatives.

• Develop and deliver peer-to-peer training and knowledge-sharing.

Audit Planning:

• Manage the planning of audits or assigned areas of moderate to high complexity, ensuring scope and extent of work is in accordance with the approved plan, timing and budget are reasonable, procedures are efficient, appropriate resources are assigned and risk understood.

• Develop a thorough understanding of the business, risks and processes for assigned projects.

• Provide input for the Annual Audit Plan.

Auditing and Execution:

• Determine the efficiency, effectiveness, integrity, and reliability of internal controls in relation to defined control requirements by conducting the audit of assigned processes / units / projects.

• Execute, manage, and document assigned activities independently in accordance with the department standards, ensuring the nature and extent of testing is sufficient and appropriate to support the audit opinion.

Problem Identification:

• Identify and assess materiality of control weaknesses ensuring facts are gathered and their full meaning is understood for moderate to highly complex projects.

• Identify underlying causes of control weaknesses and provide practical recommendations as to how they can be mitigated.

• Review audit findings from other participants for presentation to management.

• Follow-up on assigned issues in the Issue Tracking Database for timely resolution.

Reporting/Communication:

• Draft audit findings, reports and correspondence to management, ensuring writing is clear, concise and accurate.

• Develop and maintain good relationships with key auditee and business line management.

HR Management

• Comply with department established HR Management policies and procedures.

• Provide guidance and coaching to staff by providing direction and communicating expectations; impart specialized skills to other audit officers through peer discussions and cooperation on cross-functional audits, coaching and performance management.

• Prepare/review periodic staff feedback forms for projects during the year.

• Prepare periodic and annual performance self-assessments, personal goals and objectives for measurement of performance, a career development and training plan and monitor for achievement/completion.

• Continue self-development to expand or maintain an understanding of the business line’s key processes and business applications.

• Make presentations to other staff to share information for areas of specialization or information obtained in training programs and external courses.

 Education/Experience/Functional Competencies

The ideal candidate should have the following requisite skills/experience:

• One of the following is an asset:

  • 5+ years experience in finance/accounting, asset/investment management, and/or insurance business in 1st or 2nd line.

  • 5+ years internal / external audit experience ideally covering finance/accounting, asset management, brokerage, and/or Insurance.

• University degree in Business, Statistics, Computer Science or related field is an asset.

• Accounting designation (CPA), and / or industry courses (CFA, CFP) an asset.

• Extensive experience with statistical analysis tools like R, Python (including libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, etc.)

• Solid SQL skills for querying relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, DB2, MySQL)

• Experience using and implementing visualization tools like Microsoft Power BI or Tableau

• Experience working with the Hadoop ecosystem (e.g., Hive, Pig, etc.) would be an asset.

• Experience extracting and working with structured and unstructured data in a variety of formats residing in a variety of data systems, and data mining.

• Knowledge and experience in Machine Learning techniques (clustering, decision trees, neural networks) and other advanced statistical analysis techniques and concepts

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with extensive experience presenting complex technical ideas and findings to business stakeholders.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

• Project management experience

• Highly motivated self-starter with experience producing high quality data deliverables and able to work independently and, in a team, environment.

• Demonstrated excellent MS Word, Excel, and Visio skills.

• Demonstrated excellent accounting, financial analysis, and diagnostics skills including calculation, compilation, and reporting.

• Demonstrated ability to complete and analyze quantitative and qualitative research.

• The candidate should be a self-starter who is results-focused and motivated to learn.

• Highly organized, demonstrates a high degree of versatility, initiative, planning, personal resilience, and people/communication skills.

• Ability to lead staff on all engagements as required.

• Thorough ability to write clear, concise audit reports as well as internal and external communication.

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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