Business Analytics Senior Analyst

location: Warsaw, Prosta 36

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Role/Team Overview:

The Digital Solutions and Innovation (DSI) team within the Citi Internal Audit Innovation (IA) function is looking for a Business Analytics Senior Analyst to join the IA Centralized Analytics Team.  The IA Centralized Analytics function ensures that members of Internal Audit are equipped with right technology, governance and analytics platform to increase the effectiveness and performance of audit activities, expand coverage, and by this enable robust audit assurance. The candidate must be proficient in the development and use of analytics technology and tools to provide analytical insight and automated solutions to enhance audit efficiency, and have functional knowledge of banking processes and related risks and controls. 

Key responsibilities:

• Participates in designing and delivering the innovative tools for Auditors

• Has subject matter expertise in the optimization of audit processes and tools improvements.

• Defines data needs, designing, and coordinating audit solutions development in accordance with professional standards.

• Pro-actively develops automated routines to help Auditors with Audit Testing and Audit Lifecycle.

• Provides coaching to Audit team members regarding the use of solutions and supporting provision of appropriate trainings / guidelines.

• Provides support to other members of the IA Centralized Analytics team, and wider Digital Solutions and Innovation team.

• Applies understanding of business processes to identify opportunities to enhance audit efficiencies and effectiveness through the design and delivery of automated processes.

• Has strong verbal and written communication skills to clearly articulate business requirements and results and make practical recommendations for technology teams to develop solutions.

• Develops professional relationships with audit teams to assist in the definition of Audit Solution and Automation opportunities.

• Develops effective working relationships with technology and business management of the area being audited, to facilitate understanding or processes and sourcing of data.

• Promotes continuous improvement in all aspects of audit automation activities (e.g., technical environment, software, operating procedures).

Skills and Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of business / audit analyst experience in providing analytical techniques and automated solutions to business needs.

• Excellent technical, programming, project management, Agile and coordination skills

• Excellent analytical ability to understand business processes and related risks and controls and design innovative audit solutions based upon audit needs.

• Strong interpersonal and multicultural skills for interfacing with all levels of internal and external audit and management.

• Self-driven, problem-solving approach. Understanding and optimization of procedures, and following these to keep quality and security of processes.

• Work experience in global environment and in large company.

• Work experience in stakeholder management and Senior Management reporting

• Detail oriented approach, consistently performing diligent self-reviews of work product, and attention to data completeness and accuracy.

• Data literate, with the ability to understand and effectively communicate what data means to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Proficiency in two or more of the following technical skills is required:

• SQL, Python

• Hadoop ecosystem (Hive, Sqoop, PySpark etc).

• Alteryx, KNIME

• SDLC, Agile

• Appian, JBPM

Experience of the following areas would be preferred:

• Experience as an Application Manager, Developer or Product Owner of Software Development.

• Gathering Business Requirements and Designing Technology Solutions

• Driving process / technology changes (proof of