Data Analytics Internal Audit Lead

The Data Analytics Internal Audit Manager enhances internal audit effectiveness through advanced analytics, machine learning, and agentic AI. Partnering with the Group Internal Audit (GIA) team, the role delivers data-driven insights into risk and controls by extracting, transforming, and visualising data from multiple sources. The role holder produces clear, evidence-based analysis, supports the communication of audit findings to stakeholders, and develops dashboards and management information (MI) reports to enable informed decision-making. All work aligns with best practice, audit methodologies, and professional standards.

About Just: We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose-led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do. This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.

Key Accountabilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert in data analytics, including data modelling, SQL, Power BI, Purview, and related technologies; apply Python/R to automate analysis and enhance audit capability.
• Deliver data analytics support to Internal Audit, generating actionable insights on risk and controls from diverse data sources.
• Contribute to the delivery of GIA strategy through data-driven solutions and innovation.
• Drive continuous improvement by adopting new technologies and developing analytics capabilities.
• Design and deliver dashboards and management information (MI), introducing opportunities for automation and efficiency.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Ensure effective data governance and manage multiple analytics projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Align all activities with audit methodology, best practice, and professional standards.

Examples of Key Activities:

• Administer and maintain TM+ for Internal Audit, ensuring alignment with audit processes.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, visualisations, and MI to support audit outcomes and operational metrics.
• Collaborate with audit teams to understand requirements and deliver relevant data solutions.
• Source, transform, and analyse data from multiple systems; perform data profiling, quality assessments, and exploratory analysis.
• Identify trends, anomalies, and risk indicators through advanced analytics and SQL-based investigation.
• Promote and support the use of AI, including GenAI and LLMs, to enhance audit efficiency and insight generation.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve or automate audit processes; document methodologies to ensure transparency.
• Engage with stakeholders, provide updates, support ad hoc requests, and contribute to audit engagements and team activities.

What we're looking for:

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Preferred certifications: CISA, CPA, CIA, Security+, CISSP, or CISM.
• Proven experience in data analytics within audit, risk, or consulting environments.
• Strong technical skills in SQL, Python and/or R, and data visualisation tools such as Power BI (or similar).
• Hands-on experience with data platforms (e.g. Azure Fabric, Power BI, SQL) and working with large, complex datasets.
• Experience developing dashboards and visualisations to communicate insights clearly and effectively.
• Understanding of data governance, data quality, and metadata management practices.
• Familiarity with ERP systems (Oracle preferred) and enterprise data environments.
• Knowledge of AI, machine learning, or automation use cases in analytics, audit, or risk contexts.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present data-driven insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Our behaviours: At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.

What’s in it for you:

• A competitive salary, pension scheme and life assurance.
• 25 days annual leave plus an additional day on us for your birthday.
• Private medical cover and income protection, just in case.
• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme.
• Opportunities to progress your career in-role and within the company.
• Free access to the Headspace app, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and trained physical and mental health first aiders.
• A variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal.
• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones.

Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just. We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.