Manager, Audit, IT Digital, and Data Analytics - Bethesda, United States - Sun Life Financial

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You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you'll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self.

You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you.

Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights.

Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Director, Internal Audit Data Analytics, this individual is responsible for development, and delivery of strategic analytics initiatives and processes within Internal Audit to achieve Audit objectives.

The individual would be hands-on involved in generating and delivering analytics insights on audits, enabling digital ways of working including automation, better access to data, agile processes and bring life to 'art-of-possible' data science use cases for audits.

The role is part of the Global Audit Data Analytics team, and the individual would have opportunities to collaborate extensively with the analytics teams in other locations in Asia and North America.

The role is a high-visibility and impact role with opportunities to partner with Senior Audit leadership, present to Global Audit teams and connect with analytics networks within Sun Life and in industry.

What will you do?
Lead the analytical project planning with Audit teams to establish scope, objectives, deliverables and perform data analytics procedures and testing to evaluate controls and business objectives, data collection tasks and generate analytics insights

Collaborate with IT and Business Unit users to understand data structure, availability, and accessibility

Develop detailed businesses and systems knowledge of Business Groups, and document business, system, contacts, and data sources to help build a robust knowledgebase for future efforts

Plan, Lead and Develop proof of concept solutions on Audit Process Automation, Continuous Automated Auditing and Monitoring, and other projects enabling audit digitization

Leverage applied understanding of programming, stats, machine learning, data visualization, exploratory data analysis, ML Ops, to uncover gaps in control objectives and enable deeper insights and enhanced risk assurance

Contribute to the development of Internal Audit policies, strategy, and direction; and continually improve audit and supporting processes leveraging technology to the fullest

Develop Analytics curriculum and train auditors in SQL, Python and Tableau on basic analytics tasks of descriptive analytics

What do you need to succeed?
Strong technology and analytical skills, as demonstrated by:5+ years of hands-on experience applying analytics (descriptive, diagnostic, predictive) to evaluate controls and business objectives and identify outliers, anomalies, patterns, or other compliance indicators that may be hidden in the data

5+ years experience in Data Science or Machine Learning, with 2+ years experience in the NLP domain developing and productionizing machine learning models (experience with LLMs, generative AI is a plus) validated by reference to GitHub profile showcasing relevant projects

5-7 years of demonstrative experience using programming languages – SQL and Python including python data libraries (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, scikit-learn), Visualization tools – PowerBI/Tableau and AWS SageMaker

2-3 years of experience developing impactful presentations, visualizations, and dashboards for executives

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The ability to work effectively with persons at all levels in the organization and influence management in ambiguous situations

In-depth understanding of the principles and practices of information technology, data analytics, digital processes, and internal controls in a large corporate environment

Additional Relevant Experience
Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline such as Data Science/Analytics, AI, Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science/Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields

8+ years progressive financial industry experience


Preferred Skills:
Experience using data analytics tools in support of audit engagements (Archer,

Arbutus/Alteryx/Dataiku)

and knowledge of data, digital, and technology landscape

What's in it for you?
Hybrid work environment

Being a member of the Sun Life family, a group of people united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives

Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family

Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical and financial

A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture

The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

An environment of continuous learning and improvement

Access to our Global Learning Centre, available 24/7 for your learning needs


Recent Awards:
We are honoured to be recognized as a 2022

Best Workplaces in Canada

by Great Place to Work Canada

Great Place to Work list for

Best Workplaces for #HybridWork

2022

Great Place to Work list for

Best Workplaces for Professional Development in Canada

2022

Named " Best Places to Work " by Glassdoor, 2021 and 2023

Canada

Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work

2021

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The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors.

In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance.

Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.
Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life.

A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues.

We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to

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At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work.

Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Salary Range:
76,000/ ,000/


Job Category:
Internal Audit


Posting End Date:
03/05/2024

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