Internal Audit Data Analytics Manager
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As an Internal Audit Data Analytics & Innovation Manager, you will play a key role in driving the adoption of data analytics, automation, and AI across Internal Audit. Working at the intersection of technology, audit, and business, you will transform complex audit and risk challenges into scalable, data-driven solutions that enhance audit coverage, improve risk insights, and increase efficiency. You will collaborate closely with audit teams, business stakeholders, D&IT experts, and external partners to deliver innovative solutions and embed advanced analytics throughout the audit lifecycle.
Position
In this role you will:
Drive Audit Innovation & AI Adoption
- Drive the adoption of Data Analytics, AI, automation, and emerging technologies across Internal Audit.
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to enhance audit coverage, risk insights, quality, and efficiency through technology.
- Develop and scale practical solutions, including AI-enabled audit assistants, intelligent analytics, automated testing, and workflow automation.
- Challenge traditional audit approaches by introducing innovative technologies, including agentic AI, and implementing high-value solutions with appropriate governance and oversight.
Expand the Audit Analytics Portfolio
- Partner with audit teams to translate business risks, controls, and audit objectives into effective data, analytics, and technology solutions.
- Collaborate with business, D&IT, and delivery partners to ensure reliable data access, govern solution quality, and maintain the Internal Audit Analytics Catalog.
- Develop reusable analytics and conduct enterprise-wide analyses to identify emerging risks, control gaps, anomalies, and process improvement opportunities.
- Design and deliver end-to-end analytics capabilities, including data pipelines, dashboards, automated testing, and AI-enabled tools.
Enable Data-Drive Audit Delivery
- Deliver advanced audit analytics, including population testing, anomaly detection, trend analysis, and other data-driven assurance procedures.
- Act as a trusted subject-matter expert and coach auditors in the effective use of analytics, automation, and AI solutions.
- Help auditors interpret analytics results and translate them into actionable audit insights and recommendations.
- Develop dashboards, risk indicators, and continuous auditing solutions that enhance audit insights and decision-making.
Strengthen Foundations & Continuous Improvement
- Apply engineering best practices and continuously enhance solutions based on user feedback, performance, and evolving business needs.
- Maintain and govern analytics assets and documentation to ensure long-term sustainability and supportability.
- Document data sources, transformation logic, assumptions, validation procedures, and known limitations.
Why This Role Matters
Internal Audit’s value increasingly depends on its ability to connect risk signals across markets, analyze full populations, and respond at the pace of the business. This role helps make that capability repeatable and trusted — reducing avoidable manual effort while preserving the quality, security, and professional judgment on which effective assurance depends.
Requirements
Background & Experience
- University degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- 7-10 years of experience in Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Technology Consulting, Risk Management, Audit, or technology-enabled assurance.
- Proven experience delivering end-to-end analytics solutions in a business environment.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Python, PySpark, SQL, and modern data platforms such as Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, or Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience building data pipelines, analytical models, dashboards, automation solutions, and business-facing reporting in Power BI.
- Knowledge of Apache Spark, enterprise integrations, REST APIs, SDKs, and software delivery practices including testing, version control, and CI/CD.
- Experience working with SAP data structures, particularly SAP S/4HANA; exposure to Microsoft Purview or other data governance tools is an advantage.
- Familiarity with agentic AI, AI orchestration, copilots, or intelligent workflow automation is highly desirable.
- Ability to translate audit, risk, and business requirements into practical technical solutions and lead delivery across stakeholders.
Your Skills & Mindset
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to connect data, technology, business risks, and controls.
- Hands-on, pragmatic, and solution-oriented approach.
- Curiosity, innovation mindset, and confidence to challenge established approaches constructively.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills across cultures and functions.
- High level of ownership, commitment to quality, and passion for continuous learning and improvement.
What to expect
Expect well-being initiatives, flexible work arrangements, growth opportunities, and excellent benefits, including a unique family leave policy.
JTI - Japan Tobacco International is the international tobacco business of Japan Tobacco Inc., a leading international tobacco product manufacturer, with a global market share of almost 10%. Our company was formed in 1999 when Japan Tobacco Inc. purchased the international tobacco operations of the US multinational R.J.Reynolds. In 2007, Gallaher, a FTSE 100 business, was acquired by Japan Tobacco…
JTI - Japan Tobacco International is the international tobacco business of Japan Tobacco Inc., a leading international tobacco product manufacturer, with a global market share of almost 10%. Our company was formed in 1999 when Japan Tobacco Inc. purchased the international tobacco operations of the US multinational R.J.Reynolds. In 2007, Gallaher, a FTSE 100 business, was acquired by Japan Tobacco Inc. At the time, this was the largest foreign acquisition by a Japanese company.
In 2009, the JT Group acquired part of the worldwide business of Tribac Leaf Limited (a company that trades tobacco in Africa), as well as two Brazilian companies active in the tobacco business, Kannenberg and KBH&C. In the same year, the JT Group also set up JTI Leaf Services, a joint venture with two leaf suppliers in the US – Hail & Cotton Inc. and JEB International.
The Head Quarters are located in Switzerland, Geneva. Worldwide JTI has approximately 25.000 employees spread out over 89 offices en 29 factories. Our brands are sold in more than 120 countries.
Our office in The Netherlands is located in Hilversum and we are responsible for the Dutch market In Hilversum we count 107 employees. Together with Belgium and Luxemburg we are part of the Benelux market. The main office for Belgium and Luxemburg is located in Brussels.
JTI is a true multinational company, without having one culture or one nationality taking precedence over another.
Our roots lie in many different countries - Japan, United States, Great Britain, Austria, only to name a few, and we take pride in building our strength from the diversity of our heritage and the cultures our employees represent. We believe that diversity enables cross-fertilization; it is a true source of inspiration for continuous improvement, development and progress.
JTI Diversity in numbers 60 countries where we have employees 120 countries where our product is sold 27 countries where our product is manufactured 90 nationalities within JTI 48 nationalities located in the Geneva Headquarters 12 nationalities in JTI's 17 Executive committee members
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