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Internal Audit’s primary mission is to provide assurance to the Board of Directors and Executive Management that BlackRock’s businesses are well managed and meeting strategic, operational and risk management objectives. The Data Analytics (DA) team leverages various data science, business intelligence, and analytical methods to assess BlackRock’s control environment. The DA Associate will engage collaboratively with business & technology teams, internal risk partners and with IT teams to support the goals of Internal Audit.
Job Responsibility:
Develop code to execute audit tests, build tools, and/or execute data centric activities supporting the department and ensure that all code is properly documented and maintained
Contribute to the strategic development of the DA program including the design and implementation of tools and technologies, development, delivery, and distribution of data analytics presentations, training, and methodology
Propose alternative and creative approaches to audit testing, leveraging technology to either gain efficiencies or provide additional coverage
Facilitate discussions with audit stakeholders and demonstrate quick understanding of risk, controls and the data analytics solutions that can be offered to support audit objectives
Participate in short term data analysis activities aimed at supporting audit delivery and/or other ad-hoc requests including closure verification of issues, regulatory inquiries, strategic initiatives
Networking to cultivate strong relationships with firm-wide partners to ensure successful analytic activities such as retrieval of new data sets, learning technology architecture, troubleshooting, etc.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in information systems, data analytics, data science, computer science, economics, risk management or another quantitative related field
At least 4 years of experience in data analytics and/or audit, risk management function, preferably within the wealth management/asset management/banking industry
Strong SQL skills required
Programming experience in Python or R
Experience of any other scripting languages (VBA, PowerShell, etc.)
Working experience of any Business Intelligence tool (Power BI, Tableau) is preferred
Experience with both structured and unstructured data
Familiarity with cloud data environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake), Extract Transform and Load (ETL)
Hands-on experience in techniques like text analytics, web scraping, Selenium, N-Gram analysis, Sentiment Analysis, etc. is preferred
Strong understanding/ability to quickly learn of business processes, risks, and controls to enhance audit efficiencies and effectiveness through the development and delivery of audit data analytics
Awareness of development life cycle and tools like Azure Dev Ops and JIRA
Team player with project management skills, delivered timely high-quality results and have attention to detail along with analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal, written, and listening)
Nice to have:
Working experience of any Business Intelligence tool (Power BI, Tableau)
Hands-on experience in techniques like text analytics, web scraping, Selenium, N-Gram analysis, Sentiment Analysis, etc.
Experience preferably within the wealth management/asset management/banking industry
What we offer:
Retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future
Access to education reimbursement
Comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being