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Salary: Grade 18 ($ - $)

Shift: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location: Harrisburg, PA.

Department: Internal and IT Audit

The Lead Data Scientist/Analytics Auditor works under general supervision, this role is responsible for conducting independent and objective IT analysis and extracting of IT audit data. This includes creating test cases and preparing data sets, tables, graphs, and statistical analysis. This role collaborates with all team members of the Internal Audits department.

• Analyze and evaluate complex data from different sources, discover patterns hidden within raw data, create insightful variables, and develop competing models.
• Analyze data from information technology audits as assigned and in accordance with internal audit methodology and established auditing standards.
• Work on assignments involving moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Provide subject matter expertise to Internal Audits (IA) regarding data visualization, SQL, R and Python to all business units.
• Create test cases, identifying scope of testing with risk-based approach for each audit or scope of work.
• Prepare analysis data sets, tables, listings, graphs, and statistical analysis.
• Design and build data analytics solutions for Internal Audits based upon risk, scope, and audit project objectives.
• Collaborate effectively with Internal Audit team and management to understand data, analytical, and reporting needs then produce and deliver solutions to support those needs.
• Identify access, consolidate and manage data that is relevant to support audit objectives; data management includes administration of Internal Audit data repository while following Data Governance guidelines and best practices.
• Provide preliminary to final data analysis reports, extracts, or searchable records for the Internal Audit department.
• Develop visualization analytics and reporting to present scenarios from data, both at a high level to highlight potential risks and at the detailed level to enable root cause analyses.
• Collaborate with the audit teams to build strategic self-service data products that enable auditors to more efficiently and effectively work with data and identify potential risk.
• Create and executive the most complex Structured Query Language (SQL) queries.
• Ensure audit methodology is followed, including all appropriate documentation and requirements.
• Using mathematical and statistical modeling, identify, interpret, and project trends in current and new data sources.
• Collaborate on interpretation and presentation of findings.
• Design, produce, deploy, and maintain metrics dashboards, ad hoc and scheduled reporting, and high-impact and intuitive visualization of relevant, and often complex, data for management and senior executives.
• Develop and/or implement processes/change management for enhancing metrics, dashboards and scorecards.
• Monitor and interpret data from metrics systems in relation to applicable policies and procedures.
• Provide superior analyses and interpretation/evaluation of strategies which includes presentation preparation for leadership review.
• Propose and implement innovative analytics for both trending metrics and predictive analysis that are operationally relevant.
• Perform and document audit procedures to assess the security and configuration controls of information systems (e.g., applications, databases, operating systems, networks).
• Draw conclusions and provide recommendations in a clear, concise and constructive manner, both orally and in writing.
• Document results in the audit work papers and audit report.

• Keep track of and accurately report time spent on a timely basis.
• Keep up-to-date and increase knowledge in the areas of auditing, information technology, business, organization initiatives, and maintain professional certifications.
• Comply with the Agency’s enterprise security and privacy policies and departmental…