The J.M. Smucker Company

Senior Data Analyst, Internal Audit


PayCompetitive
LocationAkron/Ohio
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 112666

      Your Opportunity as the Senior Data Analyst, Internal Audit

      Leverage automation and analytics tools to increase efficiencies and introduce new capabilities within our Internal Audit department. Collaborate across all audit functions to identify use cases for automation and develop procedures to achieve the objectives within our risk assessments and investigations. Create bridge of communication with our Information Services team to prioritize and manage the creation of new assets, fixes, or enhancements that need to be completed.

      Location: Orrville, OH

      Work Arrangements: Hybrid, 30% in office expectation

      In this role you will:

      Business Analytics & Process Re-engineering

      • Utilize data available at the Company to support risk assessment and work with department leadership to ensure efficient generation of actionable results and integration with our risk-based audit plans

      • Partner with audit teams to identify ways to leverage data and replace traditional audit methods (financial and operational) with analytical practices.

      • Drive insight and action through data analysis and data modelling

      • Build and maintain dashboards & interactive visualizations that convey analytical insights

      • Understand and synthesize existing Smucker processes and use cases for information

      • Review and challenge existing processes across the Company and be familiar enough with various data management tools and concepts to be able to make recommendations for analytics or automation

      • Re-engineer or automate processes and educate users by integrating new tools, technologies, or data management practices

      • Manage the IA analytics project task list, including supporting analytics requests from Internal Audit members and other business teams, as well as direct involvement in project prioritization and the management of project needs and expectations with outside stakeholders

      Testing & Reporting Responsibilities

      • Support the planning, design, and execution of data source and report testing

      • Develop test scripts and test reports for new and/or changing data sources

      • Test and validate new data sources are complete, accurate, reasonable, and representative of the intended data source purpose

      • Perform or facilitate data regression testing for changes and updates to existing data sources

      • Develop a risk-based process for promoting IA analytics and automations to production and leverage common control processes and change management controls based on risk

      Technology Leadership

      • Train other IA professionals on new technologies and processes as they are integrated into Finance

      • Communicate ways that existing processes can be improved, automated, or enhanced

      • Continue focus on data storytelling and leveraging analytics to add value to others

      Enterprise Reporting & Run Model

      • Assist users in creating or updating data models that have been previously deployed

      • Ensure conformance to enterprise data governance standards, audit, & SOX compliance requirements

      • Responsible for change management testing and documentation as it relates to certified reports subject to key SOX controls

      • Communicate the importance of enterprise data governance and help staff complete governance related tasks as necessary

      • Make sure that IA users understand use cases and compliance requirements necessary when using technology tools

      The Right Place for You

      We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

      What we are looking for:

      Minimum Requirements:

      • Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Applied Math, Computer Science, Accounting, or Finance, or related field

      • 3+ years of experience in accounting, finance, analytics, statistics, or related function involving data analysis

      • Experience driving change towards improving processes

      • Experience with scripting or programming (R and/or Python)

      • Understanding and experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools

      • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills

      • Ability to adapt to changing requirements and prioritize deadlines

      • Demonstrated ability to apply analytical skills in dealing with issues that are not readily defined or that conflict with available information

      Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):

      • Experience with other programming languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL)

      • Experience working with large data sets with ability to identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets

      • Experience with Blue Prism

      • Tibco Spotfire experience

      • Oracle SQL Developer experience

      • Git experience

      Learn more about working at Smucker:

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  • About the company

      The J M Smucker Company, also known as Smucker and Smucker's, is an American manufacturer of jam, peanut butter, jelly, fruit syrups, beverages, shortening, ice cream toppings, oils, and other products in North America.

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