Remote Data Analytics Specialist - Audit & Compliance

Stride; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Stride, Inc. seeks a Data Science Specialist to advance Audit, Compliance Analytics, and SOX testing through data analytics and automation. You will build repeatable analytics, validate data quality, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Audit, Compliance, IT, and Data Engineering, leveraging SQL, Python, and visualization tools to improve testing coverage and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• Five years of external audit, Internal Audit, SOX, risk advisory, or similar assurance experience.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, audit methodology, testing and evidence.
• Experience using data analytics to support audit, compliance, risk, or control testing.
• Strong SQL and Python skills with large datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and ability to document procedures.

Responsibilities

• Apply data analytics to support Internal Audit, Compliance, SOX, and other assurance activities.
• Translate objectives into data requirements, tests, queries, and analytics.
• Develop repeatable analytics and automate testing to reduce manual effort.
• Analyze populations to identify trends, exceptions, and control issues.
• Prepare audit-ready workpapers and documentation with data sources and results.
• Collaborate with IT, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders to improve analytics coverage.
• Support monitoring and testing of funding, privacy, and compliance processes.

Skills

SQL

Python

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Snowflake

DBT

Github

SQL

Python

Job description

Stride, Inc. seeks a Data Science Specialist to advance Audit, Compliance Analytics, and SOX testing through data analytics and automation. You will build repeatable analytics, validate data quality, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Audit, Compliance, IT, and Data Engineering, leveraging SQL, Python, and visualization tools to improve testing coverage and efficiency.