About Us:
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.
LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific.
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Role Description:
You will lead a new data analytics team and act as the primary point contact supporting the Global Group Internal Audit function. Your role will involve supporting delivery of the annual audit plan on time and within budget, while managing audit risk through compliance with methodology requirements.
As the Country Lead for the Internal Audit Team, you will oversee and manage all internal audit activities within the country. Your responsibilities will include ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, identifying and mitigating risks, and providing strategic insights to enhance operational efficiency. You will lead a team of auditors, fostering a culture of integrity and continuous improvement.
Collaborating with Internal Audit colleagues across multiple locations, you will provide mentorship on effectively utilising large datasets for individual audit engagements using sophisticated analytical techniques. Additionally, you will assist the team by enhancing risk assessments and monitoring through advanced analytical methods.
You will develop a broad understanding of the Group’s systems, applications, and architecture by building deep relationships with audit partners and independently running audit partner meetings.
Key Responsibilities:
Collaborate with Internal Auditors: Work closely with internal auditors to understand relevant risks and how data can be used to improve our audit work.
Cultivate Partner Relationships: Build and maintain positive relationships with partners to gain a comprehensive understanding of the Group’s data landscape.
Strategise and Execute: Develop and implement a comprehensive data strategy for the Internal Audit function.
Embed Analytics: Integrate the use of analytics across all parts of the Internal Audit lifecycle, including audit engagements, continuous monitoring, and supporting efficiencies within the function.
Advanced Data Analytics: Perform advanced data analytics in accordance with Internal Audit Methodology, including data acquisition, cleansing, analysis, modelling, machine learning, and Gen AI.
Visualisation and Reporting: Build impactful visualisations and reports, with proficient use of Power BI.
Deliver Core Audit Components: Deliver core components of audit engagements in conjunction with audit teams, in line with Internal Audit Methodology.
Mentor and Empower Team Members: Coach and empower team members and the wider audit teams on the application of data analytics.
Leverage Best Practices: Leverage standard methodologies across the Audit function.
Support Critical Initiatives: Contribute to critical initiatives within Internal Audit and support the delivery of training.
Candidate Profile / Key Skills:
Professional Background: Significant experience in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
Data Expertise: Demonstrable experience in data acquisition, cleansing, and advanced data analytics.
Programming Skills: Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and SQL.
Machine Learning and AI: Experience with machine learning, data modelling, and Gen AI.
Data Visualisation: Proficient in data visualisation and reporting tools, particularly Power BI.
Audit and Risk Experience: Preferable to have internal audit or risk experience and experience as a data analyst.
Team Leadership: Proven expertise in managing and developing high-performing teams.
Partner Management: Extensive partner management experience.
Continuous Improvement: A continuous improvement attitude.
Communication Skills: Ability to communicate effectively in English with all levels of staff, both orally and in writing.
International Experience: Experience in a fast-paced international organisation would be advantageous.
Benefits:
We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!
We maximise each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:
- 25 days’ holiday per year
- 1 additional day off for your Birthday
- Annual wellness allowance
- Share Purchase Plan
- Medical Health Insurance
- Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
- Dental Coverage
- Life insurance
- Pillar 3 Private Pension
- Meal Vouchers
- Flexible Benefits
- Bookster
- Volunteering Events
- All LSEG colleagues with at least one year’s continuous service, who become parents, are now entitled to at least 26 weeks’ paid leave, and the option to return to work on a phased basis, in relation with specific company’s policy and guidelines
LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.
