Data Auditor

General information

Entity

About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB)

Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022).

8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and North Africa, support the Bank’s clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world.

Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade.

The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.

For more information, please visit www.ca-cib.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ca_cib

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credit-agricole-cib/

By working every day in the interest of society, we are a group committed to diversity and inclusion. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.   

Reference

2024-93055  

Update date

09/10/2024

Job description

Business type

Types of Jobs – General Inspection / Audit

Job title

Data Auditor – Associate

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Management position

No

Job summary

Summary of the position

The IGE Data Auditor is responsible for acquiring, executing, transforming, loading, analyzing, visualizing, and storytelling CACIB’s systems raw data in order to help identify existing and emerging risks, provide data analytics for audits and internal projects, as well as automate audit testing to increase the breadth, depth and speed of audit coverage, thus providing higher levels of assurance. The Data Auditor is also expected to document the technical specifications of re-usable queries, extracts, or analysis with source information, key fields, and usage. The Data Auditor performs audit work as needed, where he/she can provide feedback or guidance on how data analysis can improve the audit coverage.

Key Responsibilities

Audit assignments and Continuous Monitoring

·   Identify and acquire the necessary data from relevant source systems used by Internal Auditors to develop data analytics needed to support IGE team
·   Contribute to audits’ planning, analyzing data and identifying areas to automate the testing
·   Present automation proposals to IGE’s management on existing processes and/or testing
·   Collaborate with audit teams to design and execute testing
·   Perform testing creating codes that can be used in different audits
·   Design, document, and build data analytics scripts to meet specific audit objectives and determine if these can be reused on a continuous basis to strengthen the assessment of internal controls
·   Publish analytics results to the Internal Audit teams, and provide support / training as necessary to interpret and refine the results of the analytics provided
·   Expand the library of Python automation scripts currently used by the department during continuous monitoring mission

IGE Continuous Improvement Program / Transversal topics

The Data Auditor contributes to the continuous improvement of IGE methodologies and processes. As part of his/her responsibilities, he/she can be requested to:
·   Build and share knowledge (e.g. through contributing to SynerGIA, preparing and presenting   Knowledge Express, taking active part in various Methods and Support projects)
·   Perform continuous monitoring of the different portfolios and business lines by analyzing data and trends using data analytics
·   Prepare different committee presentations, summarizing the findings from the continuous monitoring performed
·   Actively participate in global initiatives aimed at improving Internal Audit’s processes and procedures
·   Maintain and update a data tools inventory (that will contain code, user guides produced during audits)
·   Actively participate in one or several knowledge communities within IGE

The Data Auditor is regularly trained on banking and regulatory matters and must always maintain a sufficient knowledge of the different data tools that he/she has access to (Python, PowerBI, Dataiku). He/she must complete all the mandatory trainings within the deadlines.

Supplementary Information

Management and Reporting

 

Direct reporting line to Head of IT/Data/Cybersecurity Audit in the Americas

Position location

Geographical area

America, Canada

City

Montreal

Candidate criteria

Minimal education level

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Academic qualification / Speciality

Bachelor’s or Mater’s degree in engineering , statistics or data analytics (e.g. business intelligence)

 

Experience

• At least 2 years of experience in data analytics (internal / external)
• At least 2 years of experience in audit (internal / external)

Required skills

• Analytical skills
• Attention to details, accuracy
• Ability to communicate clearly and easily, including in writing
• Ability to analyze and summarize
• Verbal and written communication skills in English required (You will need to service Anglophone clients and work with Anglophone colleagues)
• Verbal and written communication skills in French considered a strong asset
• Relationship management
• Ability to work across disciplines

Technical skills required

• Ability to learn new coding / use of new tools
• Proficiency with data analytics tools (Excel, PowerBI)
• Coding skills (Python is required)

Languages

English, French