Data Risk & Automation Manager

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The ERP Risk & Automation Services (ERAS) team assists with various consulting, internal, and external audit clients by bringing in-depth ERP/ business applications, data analytics (DA), risk management and IT audit skills where needed.  As part of the RSM’s Risk Consulting practice, the specialty service provides complex data analysis and automation services for both external and internal clients, assists in data governance assessments, data conversion/ integration validation, process and performance mining, risk and audit analytics, integrated risk management services, continuous auditing and monitoring program implementations, internal controls design/assessments, segregation of duties assessments and key report testing.

We’re looking for a dynamic, hands-on manager who thrives in both strategic planning and day-to-day operations. As a Data Risk and Automation Manager, you will lead a team while being actively involved in the workflow, ensuring smooth processes, and contributing to projects at every stage. This role requires someone who can inspire a team, make decisions, and, when necessary, roll up their sleeves to get the job done.

The Data Risk and Automation Manager is responsible for managing a team that scopes, designs, develops and deploys systems and processes for addressing critical data risks to our clients, including: a) providing data-driven analytics-based insights into key risk areas, b) analyzing data strategy and validating the integrity of data conversion and integration activities as part of an ERP/ business applications system implementation, c) providing insights, analytics and automation recommendations to address client opportunities, d) evaluating the maturity and viability of an organizations overall IT risk, data governance, and audit readiness strategy and processes and e) providing integrated risk management solutions across all three lines of defense.

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Responsibilities:

• Provide data analytics, risk management and IT audit subject matter expertise during business development pursuits; e.g. proposals, cost build-ups, sales meetings
• Identify, prioritize and execute on high-value opportunities to improve data risk services methodologies; including developing and delivering training, whitepapers, and desktop procedures for best-practice evaluation methods by business application (prioritization on Oracle Fusion, SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft D365, Workday, NetSuite and other tier 1 business applications
• Identify and prioritize high-value opportunities to improve audit and compliance processes through analytics and automation, particularly in areas unique to Data GRC (e.g., metadata management, master data management, data lineage capture and mapping, risk and controls design and testing, upstream and downstream data quality and accuracy validations, etc.)
• Responsible for developing and implementing data analytics solutions, including creating dashboards and reports. This role requires technical expertise to directly build and manage analytics, not just overseeing a team or performing high-level QA. The specialist will actively engage in data analysis, build visualizations, and provide actionable insights to support decision-making.
• Upskill and train more junior staff on best practices and approach to data and risk management, including risk management and internal audit basics, analytics and automation.
• Responsible for execution and review and approval of all work-papers and deliverables, including reporting to client stakeholders.
• Provide guidance to other internal and external stakeholders (clients, industry events, market events, etc.) on related data risk, analytics best practices
• Facilitate sessions with internal and external personnel to effectively design methodology that: a) help audit/compliance professionals learn more about the business in order to better focus attention on the areas of highest risk, and b) identify issues and potential process exceptions
• Manage communication with IT and/or business resources to locate internal and external data for analysis, understand data, and make data requests or direct connections to databases
• Champion sustainable data risk, analytics and automation design concepts
• Manage the development of visualization, dashboards and scripts, using agile development methodology