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Senior Lead Auditor

This position will be remote/work from home or a hybrid/mobile position in the Brooklyn, OH or Buffalo, NY office.

This position is NOT eligible for employment visa sponsorship or a visa transfer for non-U.S. citizens.

About The Job

KeyBank’s Risk Review Group (RRG) is the third line of defense. The Data Analytics team is responsible for developing and executing audit analytics and championing projects aimed at improving analytic capabilities that will improve Risk Review Group productivity and drive depth into various reviews and risk evaluations.

The Data Senior Lead Analyst will have a strong understanding of the effective utilization of data analytics and gain an understanding of KeyBank’s production and enterprise data repositories. Additionally, the individual will possess strong collaboration skills in order to work with RRG teams and the bank’s line of defenses to effectively analyze bank data with the goal of driving depth of review coverage and increasing efficiency within scheduled reviews.

The Risk Review Group offers work life balance through limited to no travel, flexible schedules and the potential to telecommute. The Risk Review Group also has career path planning and supports professional growth by supporting the pursuit of relevant certifications.

The Data Senior Lead Analyst will be responsible for the following:

• Leverage current and emerging enterprise technologies to progress RRG’s data analytics strategy to advanced stages of RRG’s maturity model.
• Leverage existing enterprise meta data repositories and assist in the development of RRG documentation on data sources to facilitate locating, accessing, understanding and analyzing data.
• Evaluate centralized and decentralized data sources and provide feedback to the Data Analytics Manager with supporting recommendations and implementation strategies. Partner with Key Technology & Operations personnel to identify efficient means of harvesting data for analysis as well as emerging tools and technologies.
• Thoroughly understand the objectives of audit teams to creatively identify/define analytics that can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of audits. Act as an internal consultant to various RRG teams, providing expert knowledge of company systems, processes and associated data. Assist audit teams throughout the data acquisition process to ensure that the requirements for scoped analytics are met within reasonable timeframes.
• Design and evolve methods to integrate the use of data analytics into risk reviews, risk universe scoring, risk indicators, annual planning, continuous monitoring, and continuous auditing. Assist in the development of the standard toolkit for data mining and data analytics utilizing SAS Enterprise Guide. Analyze and develop visualization and reporting solutions utilizing Tableau.
• Promote the use of a data quality framework to 1) demonstrate the accuracy of data used by RRG for data analytics and 2) provide the criteria for RRG to evaluate the accuracy of data used for regulatory and management reporting.
• Assist management in enforcing new standards and methodologies that enhance the data analytics strategy and framework.
• Stay abreast of evolving utilization, best practices, and trends in the use of data analytics for internal audit, credit, operational and other risk areas within large banks. Stay informed on regulatory expectations for the use of data analytics in banks. Keep RRG management apprised of trends and evaluation of RRG adoption in relation to trends and expectations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (data analytics, statistics, finance, mathematics, management information systems, accounting or computer science)
• 4+ years of analytics and reporting experience
• Proven experience with data harvesting and analytic tools (i.e. SAS Enterprise Guide, Google Cloud Platform BigQuery, SQL, Python, R, ACL, Excel/VBA, etc.)
• Proven experience with visualization and business intelligence tools (i.e. Tableau, Qlikview, IBM Cognos, Power BI etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and negotiation skills
• The ability to effectively handle challenging client requests and facilitate collaborative professional relationships with clients
• Excellent written communication skills
• Excellent client service focus and relationship management skills
• Proven ability to work autonomously and in teams
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask with limited supervision

Preferred Skills / Qualifications

• 4+ years audit experience or comparable risk, control and analysis experience
• Education background with an emphasis on business analytics, quantitative analysis, statistics or finance/accounting
• Master’s degree preferred in a related field
• Comprehensive and current knowledge of financial service company products, services, and strategies
• Knowledge of financial services application systems and related data structures
• Experience with internal auditing (i.e. writing test procedures, documenting work performed, drawing conclusions, and identifying issues)

Relevant certification, such as:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• SAS Certified Programmer
• SAS Certified Advanced Programmer
• SAS Certified Enterprise Miner
• Tableau Desktop Specialist
• Tableau Certified Data Analyst

This position is NOT eligible for employment visa sponsorship or a visa transfer for non-U.S. citizens.