Audit Data Analyst - Staff Auditor (Intermediate)

About the position At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families. Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful. The Opportunity This role is for an Audit Data Analyst II - Staff Auditor (Intermediate) responsible for performing audit data analytics in collaboration with audit teams. The position involves driving innovation in audit execution by finding opportunities for data analytics and by developing, deploying, and supporting data analysis solutions. Candidates are expected to have two or more years of experience in data analytics, with an understanding and experience in Tableau, Python, and/or Snowflake. Previous audit experience is considered a plus. We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, or Charlotte, NC. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Responsibilities

• Implements data analytics approaches in support of internal audits.
• Applies data-driven analytic capabilities to identify anomalies, outliers, emerging trends, and operational risks within assigned audits.
• Applies analytical approaches to draw conclusions and make 'insight to action' recommendations to answer both audit/business objectives.
• Translates recommendation into communication materials to effectively present to colleagues for peer review and senior/lead analysts.
• Delivers analysis and findings to mid-level management, garners support for recommendations to assist in driving business decisions.
• Assist the team in navigating within diverse environments to locate, validate, extract, and format data for data analysis testing.
• Thoroughly documents assumptions, methodology, validation and testing to facilitate peer reviews and compliance requirements.
• Builds knowledge in designing data visualizations with more complex tools to support analytical and reporting needs.
• Assist and begins to build recurring and continuous reporting and automation solutions in various analytics tools (e.g., SQL or SAS) to support risk identification.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in quantitative analytics, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Data and/or Business Analysis, Data Science, or other quantitative subject area.
• 4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• 2 years of data analytical experience to include visualization tools.
• 1 year experience applying and working on data and analytics in an audit, risk, or similar controls environment.
• 1 year SQL or SAS data programming experience.
• Ability to understand and/or identify issues from a data perspective.
• Experience communicating data to peers and business partners.
• Experience working on business reporting or dashboards.
• Experience developing operational reporting.
• Experience in data processing, database programming, and/or data analytics.
• Ability to develop data solutions that are efficient, effective, and essential. Nice-to-haves
• Experience in Tableau, Python and/or Snowflake
• Audit experience
• US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner Benefits
• comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(k)
• pension
• life insurance
• parental benefits
• adoption assistance
• paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
• various wellness programs
• career path planning and continuing education Apply tot his job

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