Analyst, Internal Audit Analytics (London, GB)

The Analyst, Internal Audit Analytics is a junior (entry level) role responsible for significantly contributing to developing, executing, and improving the Internal Audit Department's (IAD) digital strategy, expanding the use of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance IAD's ability to provide insights, assurance and advice.

As a member of IAD's IT & Analytics team, the Analyst contributes to the ongoing risk assessment of their assigned portfolio and the execution of audit engagements relating to the EBRD's Transformation Group (including IT applications, platforms and processes, project and programme assurance) in line with IAD's risk-based audit plan. The role also assists the IAD team in ad hoc responsibilities and tasks, including supervising other team members, guest auditors, and external consultants, advisory work, and departmental improvements, as assigned by the IAD leadership team.

The primary responsibility of the Analyst is to support IAD in developing, executing, and improving its digital strategy, which covers the use of data analytics, automation through AI, and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) software tooling, and enhancing IAD's capabilities in this regard. Secondarily, the Analyst will also be expected to participate in audit assignments, contributing to the planning of audit engagements, executing fieldwork, and drafting audit issues and reports.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Data Analytics and AI: Helps actively promote and drive the development and execution of IAD's digital strategy and improve the department's capabilities in this regard.
• Liaising with stakeholders in the EBRD's Transformation Group (including the AI Centre of Excellence) and business areas to understand the EBRD's data and AI landscape.
• Facilitating access to data and creating and running data extraction queries.
• Working with IAD team members to gather requirements and develop and maintain data analytics dashboards, data analytics and AI use cases, and AI prompts.
• Supporting IAD team members with assessing data quality, completeness, and relevance.
• Identifying, coordinating and providing related training for other team members.
• Monitoring best practices outside the EBRD, including peers in other international financial institutions, to seek opportunities to better leverage and integrate data analytics and AI.
• Supporting the deployment and use of data analytics and AI tools in the department.
• Contributes to supporting IAD's use of GRC software tooling (ServiceNow IRM).

Audit Risk Assessment and Delivery: Continuously monitors and assesses organisational, risk and control developments in their assigned portfolio of coverage ("business monitoring"). Contributes, with supervision from other team members, to audit engagements as directed, including identifying key risks; devising an audit engagement plan; performing agreed fieldwork; discussing areas for improvement with stakeholders and recommending feasible remedial actions; and assisting in drafting high quality audit reports for Executive Management and the Board of Directors.

Other Responsibilities:

• Develops and manages open and constructive working relationships with stakeholders.
• Deliver assigned activities in a timely manner and to the required level of quality, in accordance with Institute of Internal Auditors' standards, Code of Ethics, and related guidance.
• Keep abreast of relevant industry and organisational developments on data analytics, automation and AI, that may be relevant to the role and to update risk assessments, inform audit coverage, and drive innovation and improvement in IAD practices.
• Proactively supports other departmental initiatives and deliverables as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

• University degree or equivalent, preferably with a data, AI, technology, maths focus, or other subjects with a significant data or AI component, in particular business and finance subjects.
• Data analytics and AI certifications are desirable. Professional qualifications relating to IT auditing, IT security, or IT risk management, are desirable but not required.
• Relevant post-education experience in developing the use of data analytics and AI in a business context, preferably in a finance or banking environment, is advantageous but not required.
• Experience in auditing or risk management is highly advantageous but not required.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Capable of using theoretical data analytics and AI practices and principles and applying them to create solutions to business requirements and problems in a corporate environment.
• Sound oral and written communication skills in English language, with the ability to adapt messages to the audience and negotiate recommendations in a clear and effective manner.
• Team player, able to work effectively with others in a matrix environment.
• Efficient, persistent, self-managing and resilient in the delivery of objectives under pressure.
• Strong technical skills with data analytics, ETL and visualisation tools (preferably Excel, Access, SQL Server Management Studio, Fabric, Power BI, Python, and Tableau) and AI tools (Copilot and the use of GenAI LLMs in general, Azure AI Foundry).

The EBRD environment provides you with varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in; a working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity; an environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.