Data Analytics Specialist
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £53,661 to £62,572 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2024 |
| Location: | Birmingham, Blackpool, Bootle, Bristol, Coventry, Darlington, Glasgow, Norwich, Newcastle & Swansea |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Government Internal Audit Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 350736 |
Summary
About the Team
The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is a leader in the use of data analytics in internal audit and counter fraud and investigation. We have built award-winning tools which use generative Artificial Intelligence and other advanced analytical methods, which are used both within the agency and more widely across government. We have an exciting new opening for a Data Analytics Specialist.
About the Job
As a specialist in the application of data analytics in our Data Analytics team, you will develop scripts and applications using R and Python to prepare data, run advanced data analytics and report findings to auditors and investigators using impactful visualisations.
You will provide training and support to increase data analytics capabilities across the organisation. You will also engage with data teams across government and in the private sector, and support research and development activities to learn the latest innovative techniques in data analytics. As you apply these to GIAA activities, you will improve the efficiency of our organisation.
Key Accountabilities include:
• Develop scripts and applications using R and Python to carry out advanced data analytics to support internal audit and counter fraud and investigation (CF&I) activities.
• Produce and present reports detailing analysis outputs and visualisations for GIAA colleagues and customers.
• Document, maintain and collaborate on code using tools such as DevOps and git.
• Suggest and implement improvements to our current scripts, packages, data pipelines, applications and quality assurance processes.
• Lead activities to upskill members of the GIAA data analytics network, and promote the benefits and use of data analytics across the agency.
• Engage with data teams across government and the private sector to investigate new data analytics approaches suitable for internal audit and CF&I activities.
About You
You will be an experienced Data Analytics specialist with a degree in a discipline that has an analytical or statistical element with demonstrated experience in the use of data analytics, or
equivalent work experience. Alternatively, a professional qualification to chartered or equivalent in internal audit or accountancy (IIA/CCAB or equivalent) with demonstrated experience in the use of data analytics.
About Us
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and we welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly, for example, part-time, term time or job share.
Hybrid Working is available to GIAA colleagues. This means a combination of office working and working from home. This includes time spent in our GIAA office locations and can also include any time spent attending our customers' sites. GIAA colleagues are expected to work in an office location for three days a week on average (60%). Naturally, this expectation will be applied on a pro-rata basis for people who have a part-time or compressed hours working pattern.
Benefits of working for the Government Internal Audit Agency
• Competitive salaries and in year rewards
• Flexible working
• Competitive contributory pension scheme with employer contributions starting from 26.6%.
• Discounts on big brands and supermarkets, online shops and on the high street.
• Paid volunteering days
• Season ticket loans/Cycle to work scheme
• Free eyesight test
• Family friendly HR policies
• 25 days annual leave, increasing one day each year to 30 days after 5 years’ service
For more information about the GIAA, role, salary, benefits, who to contact and how to apply please follow the Apply link.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at GIAArecruitment@GIAA.gov.uk
The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is a leader in the use of data analytics in internal audit and counter fraud and investigation. We have built award-winning tools which use generative Artificial Intelligence and other advanced analytical methods, which are used both within the agency and more widely across government. We have an exciting new opening for a Data Analytics Specialist.
About the Job
As a specialist in the application of data analytics in our Data Analytics team, you will develop scripts and applications using R and Python to prepare data, run advanced data analytics and report findings to auditors and investigators using impactful visualisations.
You will provide training and support to increase data analytics capabilities across the organisation. You will also engage with data teams across government and in the private sector, and support research and development activities to learn the latest innovative techniques in data analytics. As you apply these to GIAA activities, you will improve the efficiency of our organisation.
Key Accountabilities include:
• Develop scripts and applications using R and Python to carry out advanced data analytics to support internal audit and counter fraud and investigation (CF&I) activities.
• Produce and present reports detailing analysis outputs and visualisations for GIAA colleagues and customers.
• Document, maintain and collaborate on code using tools such as DevOps and git.
• Suggest and implement improvements to our current scripts, packages, data pipelines, applications and quality assurance processes.
• Lead activities to upskill members of the GIAA data analytics network, and promote the benefits and use of data analytics across the agency.
• Engage with data teams across government and the private sector to investigate new data analytics approaches suitable for internal audit and CF&I activities.
About You
You will be an experienced Data Analytics specialist with a degree in a discipline that has an analytical or statistical element with demonstrated experience in the use of data analytics, or
equivalent work experience. Alternatively, a professional qualification to chartered or equivalent in internal audit or accountancy (IIA/CCAB or equivalent) with demonstrated experience in the use of data analytics.
About Us
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and we welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly, for example, part-time, term time or job share.
Hybrid Working is available to GIAA colleagues. This means a combination of office working and working from home. This includes time spent in our GIAA office locations and can also include any time spent attending our customers' sites. GIAA colleagues are expected to work in an office location for three days a week on average (60%). Naturally, this expectation will be applied on a pro-rata basis for people who have a part-time or compressed hours working pattern.
Benefits of working for the Government Internal Audit Agency
• Competitive salaries and in year rewards
• Flexible working
• Competitive contributory pension scheme with employer contributions starting from 26.6%.
• Discounts on big brands and supermarkets, online shops and on the high street.
• Paid volunteering days
• Season ticket loans/Cycle to work scheme
• Free eyesight test
• Family friendly HR policies
• 25 days annual leave, increasing one day each year to 30 days after 5 years’ service
For more information about the GIAA, role, salary, benefits, who to contact and how to apply please follow the Apply link.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at GIAArecruitment@GIAA.gov.uk
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