Audit Analytics Analyst

**Audit Analytics Analyst**
- **Ongoing Full-Time**:

- **Hybrid working - Office based in Parramatta**

**About the Department of Education**

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

For more information about the Department of Education, please visit NSW Department of Education

**About Internal Audit**

Internal Audit supports the Department of Education to achieve its objectives, through providing appropriate risk-based assurance and advice.

**About the role**

The Audit Analytics Analyst administers and delivers an integrated analytics function, including the extraction and provisioning of data services to support the provision of risk-based assurance and advice to meet Departmental requirements.

**This role will see you;**
- Maintain information systems and large complex relational databases to ensure responses to data queries are accurate and timely.
- Design and maintain automated procedures to enable efficient data harvesting, validation and reporting.
- Develop and implement data management practices and quality assurance procedures to support the provision of sound data analysis.
- Assist with the development and maintenance of virtual servers, data cubes and other reporting products to support user controlled ad hoc queries against established collection data sets.
- Provide integrated data support for Schools Auditors to enable the identification of trends and patterns.
- Provide timely ad hoc data to support the requirements of both schools and corporate auditors.
- Utilise robotics to draw further insights from data and ensure timely delivery of transactional data.
- Conduct predictive analytics to assist with Schools Audit prioritisation and planning.

For further information please view the** **role description**

**Essential requirements of the role**
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline, or equivalent demonstrated professional experience.
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
- Working with Children Check for paid employment.

**Key knowledge and experience**
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.
- Demonstrated experience in SAP and relational databases, business intelligence development tools and dashboard building capability.
- Demonstrated experience working with a data warehouse and virtual servers

**About you**

**Benefits**
- Opportunity to make a difference at Department of Education
- Flexible work-life balance
- Competitive salary
- 35 hour week

**How to apply**

Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role as well as providing answers to the 2 pre-screening questions below:

- Targeted Question 1

You have been asked to provide data analytics support for an audit of Purchasing Cards across your company. What would steps would you undertake to ensure you provide the most accurate data results and how would you deliver it?
- Targeted Question 2

In your experience, what are the key challenges in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the data you are providing. How do you overcome these?

**This is a child-related role.** As a condition of employment you will be required to provide a Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number and complete a National Criminal Record Check. Visit the website for more information.

**Closing date**: Sunday 25 February at 11:59pm.
- A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months._