1212156 - Data Scientist - Internal Audit Analytics & Digitalization
- Recruiter
- Nomura
- Location
- Charing Cross, UK
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 16 May 2022
- Closes
- 31 May 2022
- Ref
- 2967901487
- Job role
- Audit, Internal audit
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
Job Title:Data Scientist - Internal Audit Analytics & Digitalization Job Code:1212156
Skill Category:Audit
Location:EMEA Client Job Ref: Job Type:Permanent
Post Start Date:23 Feb 2022
Post End Date: Job Summary:
Department overview:
The Internal Audit (IA) department is a key part of the Nomura's corporate governance and the department's primary objectives are to review the company's control environment and report any weaknesses identified to the Audit Committee and senior management.
The Analytics & Digitalization team has a global remit within Internal Audit, reporting to the Global Head of Analytics & Digitalization who reports to the Global Head of Wholesale Audit, both based in London. Nomura Internal Audit adopts a fully integrated audit approach, and data scientists are expected to work closely with technology and business auditors. Furthermore, the Analytics & Digitalization team is responsible for defining and implementing the Internal Audit global data analytics and digitalization strategy. Internal Audit in EMEA aims to be a pillar of excellence providing global guidance and leadership on data analytics and digitalization. Internal Audit has matured its data analytics capability over the past years and is committed to use data and technology to modernize the audit process.
Role description:
A vacancy exists for an associate Data Scientist to join the Nomura Internal Audit Analytics & Digitalization team in EMEA. This opportunity suits highly motivated candidates who have solid data science and technical skills. The remit is twofold. While the primarily focus is to support IA's digitalization strategy through audit automation, the role may also require to design and execute data analytics to support the auditors in understanding business and control outcomes. This role is an opportunity for candidates with a data science academic background, preferably with prior relevant working experience, to join the Internal Audit department of an Investment Bank. Auditors with both data analytics and programming working experience are also welcomed to apply.
Key objectives critical to success:
Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:
Skills and Experience Required
Right to WorkThe UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we are able to consider applications from overseas workers from outside the UK (who require a Tier 2 Skilled Worker visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that this is a genuine vacancy for a qualified role.
Diversity & Inclusion
Nomura is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to ensuring we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We welcome all applications and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition, please do not hesitate to contact
Skill Category:Audit
Location:EMEA Client Job Ref: Job Type:Permanent
Post Start Date:23 Feb 2022
Post End Date: Job Summary:
Department overview:
The Internal Audit (IA) department is a key part of the Nomura's corporate governance and the department's primary objectives are to review the company's control environment and report any weaknesses identified to the Audit Committee and senior management.
The Analytics & Digitalization team has a global remit within Internal Audit, reporting to the Global Head of Analytics & Digitalization who reports to the Global Head of Wholesale Audit, both based in London. Nomura Internal Audit adopts a fully integrated audit approach, and data scientists are expected to work closely with technology and business auditors. Furthermore, the Analytics & Digitalization team is responsible for defining and implementing the Internal Audit global data analytics and digitalization strategy. Internal Audit in EMEA aims to be a pillar of excellence providing global guidance and leadership on data analytics and digitalization. Internal Audit has matured its data analytics capability over the past years and is committed to use data and technology to modernize the audit process.
Role description:
A vacancy exists for an associate Data Scientist to join the Nomura Internal Audit Analytics & Digitalization team in EMEA. This opportunity suits highly motivated candidates who have solid data science and technical skills. The remit is twofold. While the primarily focus is to support IA's digitalization strategy through audit automation, the role may also require to design and execute data analytics to support the auditors in understanding business and control outcomes. This role is an opportunity for candidates with a data science academic background, preferably with prior relevant working experience, to join the Internal Audit department of an Investment Bank. Auditors with both data analytics and programming working experience are also welcomed to apply.
Key objectives critical to success:
- Maintain, develop and expand IA's portfolio of DA (Data Analytics) Tools. The DA Tools are a set of desktop based solutions developed for auditors and designed to automate some of the audit activities that would otherwise be manual.
- Maintain, develop and expand IA's DA Infrastructure. The DA Infrastructure is IA's platform to build DA Tools and support auditors' use of modern technology in audits. The successful candidate will be encouraged to put this academic and professional knowledge in use to advise and influence the development of IA's DA Infrastructure.
- As a key member of the Analytics & Digitalization team, the successful candidate may lead and execute data analytics assignments in accordance with departmental audit standards and methodology, including:
- Fast prototyping of different data analytics ideas and re-usable solutions for analysing data to generate insights.
- Identify and obtain data to analyse for audits assignments by conducting data interviews, and follow up as necessary until data is satisfactorily and completely obtained. Understand data structures and lineage, develop and evaluate solutions to extract data for audit testing if necessary.
- Visualise data analytics results and present findings through visualisation tools and dashboards.
- Contribute to the expansion of Internal Audit digitalization strategy.
- Educate non-data minded colleagues in understanding the importance of data and technology in business.
Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:
- Undergraduate and/or Graduate or higher education qualification.
- Bachelor's and/or Masters degree in Computer Science and/or Data Science.
Skills and Experience Required
- Recent academic or working experience of programming with Python and familiar with Linux/Unix environment. Needs to have a keen interest in developing programming level skills in new technologies (e.g. ElasticSearch, Graph Technology, TensorFlow, etc.)
- Excellent knowledge of recent developments in the field of data science, machine learning, and open source technologies, and practical experience in applying this knowledge to given use cases and real-world data.
- Recent academic or working experience in data modelling and visualisation would be seen as an advantage.
- Good knowledge of infrastructure (Linux servers, Red Hat, etc.)
- Understanding of software development cycle.
- Prior experience of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) practices of application development would be advantageous.
- Recent academic or working experience in data analytics with hands-on experience working with data and developing reusable and easy-to-use scripts and applications would be seen as an advantage.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Self-starter and a team player who enjoys working in a global and diverse environment.
- Able to multi-task.
Right to WorkThe UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we are able to consider applications from overseas workers from outside the UK (who require a Tier 2 Skilled Worker visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that this is a genuine vacancy for a qualified role.
Diversity & Inclusion
Nomura is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to ensuring we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We welcome all applications and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition, please do not hesitate to contact