Data Scientist jobs in United States

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Data Analyst to join our client's Group Internal Audit team. In this role, you will leverage data analytics to enhance audit coverage, support risk assessment, and provide insights into compliance and control effectiveness across financial and insurance operations. This is a high-visibility role with opportunities to work across various business units and influence enterprise-wide audit strategy through data.

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Hybrid

Traveling required in the region

• Collaborate with internal auditors and business teams to design and implement data analytics solutions that support audit and compliance objectives from planning through to reporting, provide insights
• Extract, clean, and transform large datasets using SQL and Python to identify anomalies, patterns, and trends.
• Build dashboards to highlight key trends and control effectiveness
• Automate audit tests and support continuous auditing and monitoring initiatives.
• Develop dashboards and reports to present audit findings and KPIs to senior stakeholders.
• Assist in the development of data models for risk assessment, fraud detection, and process optimization.
• Contribute to audit planning by analyzing historical data and providing data-driven insights.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and privacy standards.

• 5-10 years of hands-on experience in data analysis, preferably within internal audit, compliance, or risk functions.
• Strong industry knowledge in financial services and/or insurance.
• Proficiency in Python (Pandas, NumPy, etc.) for data analysis and scripting.
• Strong experience in SQL for data extraction and manipulation.
• Familiarity with audit standards and frameworks (e.g., SOX, COSO, Basel, etc.) is a plus.
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical data findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and a proactive attitude.

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience working in a Group Audit or Group Compliance function within a financial institution or insurance group.
• Knowledge of process mining or audit-specific analytics tools (e.g., ACL, IDEA) is an advantage.

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.