Company Description
At Deloitte, our Purpose is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people and society. This is the lens for which our global strategy is set. It unites Deloitte professionals across geographies, businesses, and skills. It makes us better at what we do and how we do it. It enables us to deliver on our promises to stakeholders, while creating the lasting impact we seek.
Harnessing the talent of 450,000+ people located across more than 150 countries and territories, our size and scale puts us in a unique position to help change the world for the better—by bringing together the services we provide, the societal investments we make and the collaborations we advance through our ecosystems.
Deloitte offers career opportunities across Internal Client Services, Audit & Assurance (A&A), Tax & Legal (T&L) and our Consulting services business, which is made up of Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory (SR&T) and Technology & Transformation (T&T).
Job Description
The Data Scientist is a specialist skillset within the Quality and Risk team in the Deloitte Audit business. The main purpose of the role is to contribute to the Data related strategic objectives of driving insight driven decision making by contributing to sustainable data governance and data solutions which deliver timely, complete and accurate data driven solutions used for monitoring and decision making.
Key Competencies:
- Ability to understand a technical data landscape with various data sources, to enable the ability to assess proposed data solutions and required development approach.
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Contribute to sustainable data governance.
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Logical assessment of complex business problems and proposed data solutions.
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Ability to apply sound judgment when developing solutions and identifying opportunities to improve data solutions or data processes (efficiencies, governance, etc.)
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Design and development of tailor made SQL solutions that enable the automation of processes or controls and enable the monitoring of controls (on-premise and cloud environments).
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Development of exception reports and PowerBI dashboards for stakeholders at various levels in the business.
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Utilising SQL Stored Procedures and automated SQL Server Agent Jobs to create schedules that maintain reporting and automated controls.
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Effective incident management and root cause analysis to ensure timely resolution of incidents.
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Connecting data from various systems in a logical and sustainable way to facilitate cross system reporting.
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Stakeholder management at various levels across the business.
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Data transformation and interpretation.
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Effective project and task management of allocated tasks as well as adhoc data queries by being agile when needed.
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Ability to take ownership of allocated tasks from a project management perspective as well as a self-review perspective to ensure solutions are sustainably developed, addresses key data governance considerations and addresses the full business requirement.
Qualifications
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Degree in Statistics/Computer Science/ Engineering/ Mathematics (or combination of).
Experience
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3-6 years relevant experience.
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Expert level knowledge of SQL.
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Advanced EXCEL.
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Experience using PowerBI or similar tools.
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Cloud experience (advantageous).
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Microsoft Power Platform experience (advantageous).
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Visual Studio.
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Demonstrated ability to identify problems and provide solution.
Additional Information
Leadership Capabilities
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Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make.
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Talent development - Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities.
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Performance drive - Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders.
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Influence - Influences clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people.
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Strategic direction - Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction.
Technical and Professional Capabilities
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Stakeholder Focus: Leverages a deep understanding of audit and risk advisory services and stakeholder needs to deliver high quality engagement.
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Become experts in risk assessments and audit responses: Takes an independent view and contributes heavily in developing and challenging the risk assessment and controls testing strategy and designing appropriate audit responses for risks.
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Integrate engagement teams and manage referred work: Collaborates effectively across Deloitte functions to deliver a seamless audit that is responsive to stakeholder needs.
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Make appropriate use of tools, guidance and methodology: Provides appropriate guidance to the audit team in relation to the application of tools, guidance and methodology in delivering the audit.
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Manage project plans to optimize engagements: Proactively manages the project plan through efficient use of resources and tracking delivery of assigned tasks, guiding team members’ prioritization.
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Formulate reasonable judgements and conclusions in order to deliver informative and timely outputs: Uses judgement and consults appropriately when dealing with complex matters, applying an appropriate level of professional scepticism.
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Apply Ethical and Professional Standards: Understands their business security, ethical and compliance responsibilities, displaying best practice and actively encouraging appropriate behaviours of engagement teams.
Note: The list of tasks / duties and responsibilities contained in this document is not necessarily exhaustive. Deloitte may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.
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