Manager Audit IT Digital and Data Analytics

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Job Description:

Reporting to the AVP Audit Data Analytics this individual is responsible for development and delivery of strategic analytics initiatives and processes within Internal Audit to achieve Audit objectives. The individual would be handson involved in generating and delivering analytics insights on audits enabling digital ways of working including automation better access to data agile processes and bring life to artofpossible data science use cases for audits.

The role is part of the Global Audit Data Analytics team and the individual would have opportunities to collaborate extensively with the analytics teams in other locations in Asia and North America. The role is a highvisibility and impact role with opportunities to partner with Senior Audit leadership present to Global Audit teams and connect with analytics networks within Sun Life and in industry.

What will you do

• Lead the analytical project planning with Audit teams to establish scope objectives deliverables and perform data analytics procedures and testing to evaluate controls and business objectives data collection tasks and generate analytics insights.

• Collaborate with IT and Business Unit users to understand data structure availability and accessibility.

• Develop detailed businesses and systems knowledge of Business Groups and document business system contacts and data sources to help build a robust knowledgebase for future efforts.

• Plan Lead and Develop proof of concept solutions on Audit Process Automation Continuous Automated Auditing and Monitoring and other projects enabling audit digitization.

• Leverage applied understanding of programming stats machine learning data visualization exploratory data analysis ML Ops to uncover gaps in control objectives and enable deeper insights and enhanced risk assurance.

• Contribute to the development of Internal Audit policies strategy and direction; and continually improve audit and supporting processes leveraging technology to the fullest.

• Develop Analytics curriculum and train auditors in SQL Python and Tableau on basic analytics tasks of descriptive analytics.

What do you need to succeed

Strong technology and analytical skills as demonstrated by:

• 5 years of Handson experience applying analytics (descriptive diagnostic predictive) to evaluate controls and business objectives and identify outliers anomalies patterns or other compliance indicators that may be hidden in the data.

• 5 years experience in Data Science or Machine Learning with 2 years experience in the NLP domain developing and productionizing machine learning models (experience with LLMs generative AI is a plus) validated by reference to GitHub profile showcasing relevant projects.

• 57 years of demonstrative experience using programming languages SQL and Python including python data libraries (numpy pandas matplotlib scikitlearn) Visualization tools PowerBI/Tableau and AWS SageMaker.

• Proven track record of developing impactful presentations visualizations and dashboards for executives.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• The ability to work effectively with persons at all levels in the organization and influence management in ambiguous situations.

• Indepth understanding of the principles and practices of information technology data analytics digital processes and internal controls in a large corporate environment.

Additional Relevant Experience

• Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline such as Data Science/Analytics AI Engineering Operations Research Computer Science/Engineering Statistics Mathematics or related fields.

• 8 years progressive financial industry experience

Preferred Skills:

• Experience using data analytics tools in support of audit engagements (Archer Arbutus/Alteryx/Dataiku) and knowledge of data digital and technology landscape.

Whats in it for you

• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family

• Were committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment. Our goal is to make sure all ouremployees have the chance to live up to their full potential

• Were honoured to be recognized as a 2023 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work Canada

• We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their toplevel certification the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work for prioritizing employee wellbeing fostering a positive work culture and achieving excellence in mental health

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The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

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At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

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