Digital Audit Senior Manager - Data - Analytics

About the role 

A career within Data and Analytics services will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations uncover enterprise insights and drive business results using smarter data analytics. We focus on a collection of organisational technology capabilities, including business intelligence, data management, and data assurance that help our clients drive innovation, growth, and change within their organisations in order to keep up with the changing nature of customers and technology. We make impactful decisions by mixing mind and machine to leverage data, understand and navigate risk, and help our clients gain a competitive edge

We are seeking a Senior Manager in Manchester to join our Digital Audit Data Analytics team. 

What your days will look like:

• Manage complex engagements with a focus on designing and developing ways to automate and reimagine audits
• Lead teams which develop audit solutions by implementing innovative technologies, such as Alteryx, SQL. Python, R, Power BI, PowerApps, Process Intelligence
• Build a strong understanding for the role data and analytics plays in the modern day audit and review and quality control of the outputs
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart
• Analytics and reporting, including visualisation of data to help organisations manage business risk establish the right controls, processes and structures to ensure that information can be trusted and improve decision-making

 This role is for you if you have:

• Basic finance process knowledge (Order to Cash, Purchase to Pay, Financial Services) and how ERPs manage and structure the data
• Audit experience, and experience of applying data analytics within the external audit process
• Use of technology in data & analytics including for use in providing managed services
• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, including communication with senior stakeholders of a non-data background (being able to communicate technical issues in simple business terms) and excellent report writing skills
• Solid experience in managing projects, including developing project plans, budgets and deliverables schedule
• Proven analytical and problem solving capabilities on complex engagements 
• An understanding of data & analytics and demonstrate knowledge and insight in how this fits within the audit process

Technical Skills:

• Data extraction from financial accounting systems
• Data clearing techniques and tools
• A vision of how data analytics are going to be applied and development in the external audit practice
• Understanding of key accounting principles and process cycles including revenue to receivables, purchase to cash
• Data analytic technology such as Alteryx, SQL, Python, SQL (preferably SQL Server) and data manipulation
• Machine learning techniques
• Use of visualisation technologies such as Power BI and Tableau

What you’ll receive from us: 

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions. 

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.