Audit Data Analyst - Senior Auditor (I)

USAA•Charlotte, NC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

USAA is seeking an Audit Data Analyst - Senior Auditor to join their Audit Services team. This role focuses on applying data-driven continuous auditing to business audits. The ideal candidate will participate in and make recommendations for the ideation, development, and execution of impactful analytic control tests. This includes understanding the data behind key processes, risks, and controls, analyzing and interpreting results, and preparing communication of findings and recommendations to Audit teams and leadership. The role also involves developing data literacy skills and championing data analytics strategy and transformation.

Requirements

4 years experience with analytic coding techniques and visualization tools.
2 years experience in SAS, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, RPA, Power BI or other data analysis tools.
2 years experience working on data and analytics in an audit, risk, or controls environment.
1 year experience creating reporting dashboards and summarizing actionable results.
Experience developing data technology specific to auditing activities.
Ability to break-down a complex problem into components, solve them using data analysis, process knowledge and risk/control knowledge, and communicate data analysis, issues and control recommendations with transparency and integrity.
Strong written and verbal communication skills that deliver quality, actionable and beneficial feedback to audit teams on potential control issues and solutions to close gaps.
Effectively works within a team and across teams to drive business results, employing creative thinking and the ability to work on competing priorities.

Responsibilities

Applies data driven continuous auditing on business audits for the Audit Services team.
Participates and makes recommendations in the ideation and development of impactful and high-quality analytic control tests.
Participates and makes recommendations in the execution of audit analytics, analytic methodology, and/or adoption of analytic approaches.
Partners with audit teams to understand the data behind key processes, risks, and controls to develop analytic control tests.
Analyzes and interprets results in a meaningful, clear, and concise manner.
Tracks and monitors progress against analytic control tests and projects and escalates results as needed to Audit leadership.
Prepares presentation communications of audit data analytics results and makes recommendations to Audit teams and leadership.
Develops data literacy skills through ongoing professional development.
Champion of executing data analytics stratify and transformation.