Associate, Risk Analytics

2 - 3 Years

1 Opening

Bengaluru

**Role description**:
The Risk Analytics Advisory is responsible for delivering all phases of analytics project and engagement management for multiple clients in a wide variety of industries. The Risk Analytic team works with internal audit and compliance teams to develop innovative approaches and data analytics solutions. The Risk Analytics Senior Associate will support Risk Analytics team on strategic and tactical data and analytic efforts. This position involves quantitative analysis of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data using various programming techniques. The responsibilities would range from initial data scoping and ETL in the audit-planning phase through developing analytical to support strategic efforts and audit fieldwork. The type of analysis varies by project, but common types of analysis are fraud detection, historical modelling, outlier analysis, and data visualizations. The Risk Analytics Senior Associate works closely with manager and plays a key role in client management and practice development.

**Skills**:
**Skills Required**:

- Programming language experience - SQL, R, or Python
- Data cleaning and transformation - Power Query
- Data visualization experience - Power BI and/or Tableau
- Internal audit knowledge - good understanding of audit concepts and processes

**Skills Preferred**:

- MS Power platform - Power Automate and/or canvas Apps
- ELT - Alteryx

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Develop work plans identifying relevant data sets, querying and analysing data, interacting with audit clients, and implementing analytics modules using advanced analytics techniques.
- Work independently and with a team to solve problems involving complex and large data sets.
- Comfort requesting data, validating data, and manipulating large data sets to identify trends to inform audit and strategic business decisions.
- Create, manage, and utilize high-performance relational databases (e.g., MS SQL Server).
- Create and explain complex analytic findings and techniques using both written and verbal reports.
- Design analytics in alignment with an audit plan and related data; and
- Drive analytic activities that involve the identification of key indicators and outliers from an audit and compliance perspective.

**About Grant Thornton INDUS**:
‘Grant Thornton INDUS’ comprises GT U.S. Shared Services Center India Pvt Ltd and Grant Thornton U.S. Knowledge and Capability Center India Pvt Ltd. Grant Thornton INDUS is the shared services center supporting the operations of Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd. Established in 2012, Grant Thornton INDUS employs professionals across a wide range of disciplines including Tax, Audit, Advisory, and other operational functions. What sets us apart isn’t just what we do - it’s how we do it. We support and enable the firm’s purpose of making business more personal and building trust into every result. We’re collaborators - obsessed with quality and ready for anything - who understand the value of strong relationships. Our professionals are well integrated to seamlessly support the U.S. engagement teams, help increase Grant Thornton’s access to a wide talent pool, and improve operational efficiencies. Empowered people, bold leadership, and distinctive client service are imbibed in the culture at Grant Thornton INDUS. We are a transparent, competitive, and excellence-driven firm that offers an opportunity to be part of something significant. In addition, professionals at Grant Thornton INDUS serve communities in India through inspirational and generous services to give back to the communities they work in. Grant Thornton INDUS has its offices in two locations in India - Bengaluru and Kolkata