AI and Data Scientist

Working hours: This role is available on a part-time, job-share or full-time basis.

Salary: Up to £48,000 depending on experience, plus an excellent benefits package.

Location: Swindon or London.

Closing date for applications: 11th June 2026.

Group Audit Zurich Group Audit is a diverse international team of over 275 colleagues from 33 nationalities, working globally as one function with a common purpose: to keep Zurich safe, today and for the future. We bring our skills, capabilities, and unique strengths to provide real insights to our stakeholders and drive positive change. Our ambition is to be the best we can be for our company, our people, and our communities. We are committed to continuous learning and improvement, striving to excel in what we do and how we do it. To support this, we are transforming into a fully digital, data-driven and AI-enabled function, maximising our human capabilities with technological innovation.

The Audit Operations team sits at the heart of the internal audit function. We support the global audit community by continuously improving how Group Audit works, how we use data and AI, and how we enable insight at scale. Within Operations, the Data Science team plays a key role in ensuring Group Audit continuously helps all our people become data savvy and AI fluent through 121 training, group training events, and providing ad hoc support on audits to drive better outcomes. We’re developing and maintaining leading-edge technology for use across the function, redesigning our processes to harness the full potential of data, GenAI and embedding a completely new way of working across Group Audit.

Are you passionate about data, analytics and solving real business challenges? At Zurich, we’re looking for an AI and Data scientist to join our global Data Science team in Group Audit. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your career in data and AI while working on meaningful projects that drive insight, innovation and value across our business. You’ll help others get value from data through training and coaching them, and champion the great use of data and AI to push the art of the possible. You’d be part of a small focused team who are setting new standards globally in how Internal Audit can create the Auditors of the Future. You will also help our people adopt AI increasingly, typically via Microsoft Copilots.

Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• We’re obsessed with helping our auditors learn how to get value from data analytics and AI in their audits – you will be key in helping design and deliver training solutions that help non-technical data people become data savvy and able to apply many data & AI techniques/tools to create value from data.
• You also need to be confident talking to leaders about how they can get value from data and help guide them in learning the Art of the Possible.
• We also build our own data analytics, so you need to be comfortable with the “hands on” aspects – we cover data engineering, visualisation, process mining, text analytics and AI/GenAI – innovators with data are highly valued.
• You will be a key player in a small but global team – helping Group Audit keep Zurich safe.

What We’re Looking For:

• You love to spend time understanding how data can add value, and then happy to help others learn how they can do it.
• You will be part teacher, part consultant, as well as getting actively involved in solving data problems.
• You will be keen on working with other like-minded people and demonstrate a strong growth mindset taking ownership of your personal development and love sharing what you learn wider.
• Experience in training others in data is essential – you will be asked about how you did this, and how you would like to do it in the future with us – innovation in making learning more accessible, relevant and successful is highly appreciated.
• Experience in Microsoft Copilots and Agents highly desirable.
• Commercial experience of applying data analytics to business problems and innovating, building solutions to solve them – essential too and you will be asked to demonstrate some of your innovations and solutions.
• Excel, Power Query and Power BI guru.
• Fabric/Alteryx or similar experience is great.
• Experience of Level 2 or 3 would be useful, but not essential.

Your application:

We’re committed to treating all applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected characteristic. As an inclusive employer we also want to ensure that all candidates feel comfortable and are able to perform at their best during the interview. You’ll have the opportunity to let us know of any reasonable adjustment or practical support needed when you apply. We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please send an email to recruitment@uk.zurich.com.

What will you get in return?

Everyone’s different. That’s why at Zurich, we offer a wide range of employee benefits so our people can choose what fits them and their life. Our benefits provide real flexibility so our people can make considered choices and tailor their benefits throughout the year. Our benefits include a 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme, annual company bonus, private medical insurance and the option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday, alongside a range of other flexible benefits.

Who We Are:

At Zurich we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. Together, we’re creating a brighter future for our customers, our people and our planet. With over 65,000 employees, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company that is a long-standing player in the insurance industry. We’ve made a promise to each other and every employee: to focus on sustainable impact, to care about each other’s wellbeing, to use our diverse expertise to be curious and optimistic and to develop the skills needed for our future. If you’re interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment where your creativity, ideas and contributions are recognised and rewarded, Zurich could be just the place for you. Be part of something great.

Our Culture:

At Zurich, our strength comes from the diverse experiences, perspectives and talents of our people. Our goal is to create a workplace where every employee can flourish and where everyone feels valued, heard and respected. Over a quarter of our employees are members of at least one of our inclusion communities (Employee Resource Groups), with groups focused on areas such as social mobility and cultural awareness. We’re proud to have received numerous industry awards recognising our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives. We’ve created an environment that places real importance on our people’s wellbeing from a physical, mental, social and financial perspective. We work with our wellbeing partners and industry experts to provide practical advice and access to a wide range of lifestyle support, alongside opportunities to learn, grow and develop the skills needed for the future. We actively support our employees to give back to their communities through volunteering and charitable activity. Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, is one of the longest-established corporate trusts in the UK. Together, we’ve supported causes across the UK through grants and volunteering, contributing over £100 million in funding and volunteered time.

So, make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported. Love what you do. Work for us.