Senior Data Analytics Lead – Internal Audit (Hybrid)

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 127.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid working program

Competitive total rewards package

Zusammenfassung

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. seeks a senior Data Analytics lead for the Internal Audit Department Americas. You will drive the analytics program, design scalable analytics routines, and ensure high coverage and timely insights across audit activities.

The role requires 10–15+ years in internal or external audit within financial services, with strong data skills and leadership capabilities. Hybrid work model is offered in the U.S. market.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in business, mathematics, computer science, management information systems, or a related field.
• Advanced degree and/or professional certifications (e.g., MBA, CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE, or equivalent) preferred.
• Significant experience (10-15+ years) in internal audit, external audit, regulatory examination, or risk management within financial services, including demonstrated experience leading teams or workstreams.
• Strong hands‑on expertise in audit data analytics, including full‑population testing, anomaly detection, trend analysis, and analytics‑enabled control testing.
• Demonstrates strong knowledge and proficiency in data extraction, transformation, and analytics tools, with demonstrated experience leveraging a wide variety of data analysis tools:

Aufgaben

• Lead the execution of the IADA Data Analytics program under the Head of Data Analytics.
• Translate strategic objectives into executable plans, deliverables, and timelines across audit execution, continuous monitoring, and departmental reporting.
• Design, develop, and maintain audit analytics routines that support audit planning, executions, and continuous auditing.
• Ensure analytics enable increased testing coverage, full-population testing, and identification of outliers, anomalies, patterns, and trends to evaluate control design and operating effectiveness.
• Drive operational effectiveness and consistency of analytics usage across audits by establishing standard methodologies, reusable analytics assets, and execution playbooks aligned with Internal Audit standards and regulatory expectations.
• Oversee data extraction, transformation, and preparation activities to support audit analytics, working closely with Technology and Business partners to obtain reliable, timely, and well-controlled data inputs.
• Manage and enhance analytics infrastructure and tools used by the IADA team, ensuring solutions are scalable, well-documented, and fit for audit use.
• Develop and implement automated testing and continuous monitoring solutions under the direction of the Head of Data Analytics, expanding the use of analytics to improve audit efficiency, coverage, and timeliness.
• Act as a primary point of contact for audit teams and business partners on analytics-related matters, including data sourcing, interpretation of results, and integration of analytics into audit programs.
• Provide technical leadership and quality review over analytics-supported audit testing, including reviewing workpapers, validating methodologies, assessing test results, and supporting conclusions regarding control design and operating effectiveness.
• Lead execution of complex analytics initiatives and special projects, including regulatory-driven analytics, enterprise data efforts, and cross-audit analytics programs, as assigned by the Head of Data Analytics.
• Track, analyze, and report on program-level metrics related to analytics adoption, effectiveness, and efficiency.
• Prepare management-level dashboards and narratives to support Internal Audit leadership reporting.
• Direct, coach, and develop IADA Data Analytics staff, including assigning work, reviewing performance, providing feedback, and supporting ongoing professional development for junior staff.
• Foundational understanding AI and advanced analytics concepts, including exposure to machine learning, generative AI, and automation capabilities, and an understanding of how such tools may be applied within Internal Audit. Experience applying or piloting such techniques in an audit, risk, or analytics context is a plus but not required.

Kenntnisse

Audit data analytics

People management

Project management

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in business, mathematics, computer science, MIS, or related field

MBA or CPA/CIA/CISA/CFE preferred

Tools

Oracle

Microsoft SQL Server

Azure SQL

Snowflake

Sybase

SQL

Python

PySpark

SparkSQL

PowerBI

Tableau

QlikView

Azure Data Factory

ADLS

Databricks

Airflow

SSIS

Tidal

Jobbeschreibung

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. seeks a senior Data Analytics lead for the Internal Audit Department Americas. You will drive the analytics program, design scalable analytics routines, and ensure high coverage and timely insights across audit activities.

The role requires 10–15+ years in internal or external audit within financial services, with strong data skills and leadership capabilities. Hybrid work model is offered in the U.S. market.