Audit Data Scientist

Company Description

Shawbrook is a specialized bank guided by a mission to empower ingenuity and create opportunities every single day.

We offer a diverse selection of savings and loan products. Ranging from personal and business savings accounts, and loans for weddings and new cars, to complex financial credit facilities for businesses requiring significant investment and mortgages for landlords with multiple properties - our customers are all unique.

We provide our customers with the best of both worlds; we cleverly combine robust digital capabilities with human expertise and ingenuity to deliver optimal results. We face the complexities and unconventional circumstances of our customers head on, thriving on the challenge and taking delight in making things happen. By being creative, practical and personal, we know we can always find the right solution for our customers.

If you're ready to roll up your sleeves, contribute new ideas and believe in limitless possibilities, you are the kind of person we are looking for.

Consider working with us if you:

• Desire to form part of a bank built for the complexities of the modern world
• Thrill in challenges and enjoy a fast-paced, innovative and hardworking culture
• Find satisfaction in discovering new and improved ways to solve complexity and make things happen
• Desire to be part of a diverse culture that stands with minority and underrepresented groups
• Care about society and the environment and want to be part of a company that shares that concern
• Are eager to continue growing professionally and be the best version of yourself

Job Description

Shawbrook is driven by its mission to solve complex challenges that open up opportunities for its rapidly growing customer base. In Group Internal Audit, we genuinely care about a prosperous Shawbrook that delivers impeccably for our customers and colleagues.

We are on a mission to redefine the boundaries of internal auditing. Our strategy is to continue building an internal audit function that is future-fit. We are conducting audits differently to rise above traditional functions and embrace innovation, insight, and growth thereby establishing highly effective ways of working. We are here to ensure that we are doing the right things for our customers by responsibly handling their data and ensuring that our processes are rightly structured to effectively meet their banking needs. We are driven by the necessity to significantly contribute to Shawbrook's success by empowering ingenuity to create opportunities every single day.

We are hiring a progressive Data Scientist to join our dynamic team. This role is purposely designed for a professional skilled not only in dissecting data but also in crafting innovative solutions using advanced statistical techniques such as Machine Learning and AI. Your analytical expertise will be crucial in addressing complex questions and providing innovative solutions to emerging challenges. If you are a data enthusiast with extraordinary business communication skills and a zeal for strengthening the team's capabilities, we invite you to embark on this transformative journey with us.

KEY JOB DUTIES

Your responsibilities will include:

• Engaging in descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive data analytics and translating complex scenarios into actionable insights.
• Establishing your own workstreams to support our current analytics strategy while helping us advance towards our future vision and meet the needs of the function and help us achieve our roadmap.
• Cooperating with internal audit colleagues to identify and define the business questions that provide value and the pertinent problems we are aiming to mitigate.
• Developing analytics throughout the internal audit lifecycle i.e. audit needs assessment, audit planning, fieldwork, reporting and ongoing issue validation.
• Applying advanced statistical techniques such as Machine Learning and AI to analyze both core and non-core business data.
• Leading the automation of data analysis processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Developing business relationships effectively and communicating data-driven insights in business terms to facilitate informed decision-making.
• Supporting our function to provide greater assurance and insight by enhancing the data literacy and analytical capabilities of team members through workshops and training sessions.
• Proposing innovative ideas to improve the analytics systems and processes within the team, and fostering a data literate and best practice mindset across the team.
• Cultivating a culture of innovation within the team, encouraging the adoption of cutting-edge data analysis techniques.

Qualifications

The successful candidate may have diverse background:

• A progressive IT or risk professional from any industry. Having strong & proven quantitative analytical skills within analytics functions within financial services will be advantageous.
• Proven experience in data analytics, with a portfolio showcasing innovative use of Machine Learning, AI, and automation in business contexts.
• Strong analytical skills capable of dissecting complex data and distilling it into simple, actionable insights.
• Crafting and presenting findings & analyses in a structured and well-thought-out manner, especially when addressing a non-expert audience.
• Possessing team-working capabilities and the ability to form strong individual, team and stakeholder relationships.
• Having a creative and innovative mindset, open to exploring unique approaches to problem-solving through the use of Machine Learning, AI, and automation.
• Experienced in facilitating workshops and training sessions to enhance team capabilities.
• Possessing a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field. Advanced degrees are a plus.

Generally, the candidate who will thrive in this role at Shawbrook will be open-minded, eager to learn, ready to challenge and be challenged, flexible in their approach to work, and approach the role with a drive to grow and develop.

Interpersonal Skills

• Self-starter with a passion for data
• Having a growth mindset, eager to learn and adapt in an ever-evolving field.
• Able to build harmonious relationships with diverse teams.
• Capable of foresight, identifying the potential impact of emerging data trends on internal audit processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and effective stakeholder management
• Ability to take calculated risks, explore different avenues, and uses data to arrive at better solutions
• Proactive, self-driven and capable of working independently and responsibly

Additional Information

Benefits

Your Health - We prioritize your health and wellness, offering a variety of benefits to ensure you and your family are protected. These include:

• Employee-friendly policies such as maternity, adoption and paternity benefits from day one of your employment
• Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
• Free access to Peppy, a digital health app providing personalized support through fertility treatment, becoming a parent or menopause
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - Providing support on a wide range of topics including financial worries, mental well-being, and a variety of general family, work, housing, and health queries
• A cycle to work scheme
• Gym membership discounts
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service benefits

Your Lifestyle - We recognize that it’s important you strike the right balance between work and personal life. We offer benefits that support you both at work and when you’re enjoying your leisure time.

• At least 27 days of holiday per year
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
• Nationwide gym membership discounts
• Access to discounts on a selection of high street and online brands
• Support for community activities and charitable giving

Your Contribution - We prioritize rewarding those who go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your participation in our success
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme to celebrate our role models and thank our colleagues for a job well done