Financial Controls & Data Insights Analyst

Job Description

The Financial Controls and Data Insights Analyst is a key role that supports the Controllership function.  The Analyst will work to leverage data to embed the use of analytics to provide business intelligence, continuous monitoring, and assurance over financial data.  The role will support the company’s control environment by reviewing financial data and providing real time insights. 

The Analyst will be a partner with functions across the organization to assess business activities, key risks, and identify opportunities to leverage data to inform risk mitigation and monitoring. This role will help to develop and execute repeatable data analytics processes to strengthen internal controls over financial data. The role will also focus on providing business intelligence capabilities within the accounting function to help us become more predictive of risks. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Execute and enhance the Finance data analytics strategy to help become more predictive of risk.  

• Support Controllership management in continuous improvement and controls monitoring. 

• Build, develop, and maintain data models, key risk indicators, reporting systems, data automation systems, dashboards, and performance metrics that provide finance business intelligence.  

• Ability to support and conduct control workshops to identify financial data insights.  

• Ability to leverage large data sets from multiple sources seamlessly.  

• Ability to lead, develop, and conduct continuous monitoring projects using advanced data modeling and analysis techniques. 

• Ability to leverage and use technology effectively, including advanced data analytics techniques, visualization tools for dashboarding. 

• Develop and deliver training to Financial Accounting teams on data extraction and analysis techniques.  

• Coordinate with internal functions to ensure risk is managed holistically across the enterprise. 

• Develop an expert working knowledge and understanding of the Company and our objectives. 

• Demonstrates a high level of ethics, integrity, and professional judgement in all activities as a representative of Controllership and Advance Auto Parts overall. 

• Ability to execute multiple projects concurrently while delivering accurate and reliable insights.  

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES 

This position will not directly oversee staff members. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Proficiency with Python, essential SQL