Internal Controls Analyst – Analytics and Insights

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Internal Controls Analyst – Analytics and Insights
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Internal Controls at Primark
As ‘Internal Controls Analyst – Analytics and Insights’ you will conduct deep dive investigations and transform Internal Controls data into meaningful reports. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that data and technology are used in ensuring Internal Controls are appropriately designed, operationally effective and aligned with Primark’s overall business objectives. You will be responsible for supporting the Internal Controls team in identifying opportunities for automated and enhanced controls through application of analytics and technology.
What You’ll Get
People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.
Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.
What You’ll Do as an Internal Controls Analyst

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Use of analytics to identify material risks and in turn help shape the focus of the Internal Controls framework.
• Work collaboratively across the Internal Controls function to support managers with the development of financial and non-financial controls.
• Identify any non-material risk that may become material if they continue to duplicate. Ensure that growth is delivered and processes are scalable in a controlled manner.
• Be curious to investigate any anomalies or outliers that might bring risk as the business grows.
• Support Internal Controls Managers to educate control owners and operators in reviewing their processes, implementing control improvements and change management to embed controls.
• Identify and consider any technology solutions that might be relevant to control improvement or monitoring.
• Use technology to identify any gaps in controls, optimize the use of exception reporting and also to improve or enhance the existing control environment.
• Provide both structured and unstructured training to colleagues, if required.
• Support Internal Controls Managers with large systems implementations to ensure controls are considered at system design stage and deliver reports around same.
• Monitor improvements trackers for process areas and update management on implementation status.
• Engage with and build strong relationships with all stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Work closely with the Technology teams in ensuring ITGCs and ITACs are appropriate and compliment the business controls.
• Maintain awareness and advise senior management of control best practice as relevant for Primark.
• Other related ad hoc activities, as required.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Qualification in Information Technology, Information Systems, Analytics or similar qualification preferable.
• Experience in the application of data analytics tools, such as Alteryx and use of AI, desirable.
• IT audit and/or SOx experience a benefit, in addition to CISA accreditation or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience with data interrogation to identify control issues, errors and fraud risk.
• Strong working knowledge of controls, compliance and risk management.
• Experience in reviewing and re-engineering procedures, formulating policy, process, controls and compliance ensuring risk mitigation.
• Demonstrated ability in providing technical guidance and deliver training to end users.
• Experience in data interrogation to identify issues, errors and fraud.
• Ability to perform and lead investigations where required and facilitate/ implement key actions
• Experience in Change Management is desirable
• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously is desirable

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Use of analytics to identify material risks and in turn help shape the focus of the Internal Controls framework.
• Work collaboratively across the Internal Controls function to support managers with the development of financial and non-financial controls.
• Identify any non-material risk that may become material if they continue to duplicate. Ensure that growth is delivered and processes are scalable in a controlled manner.
• Be curious to investigate any anomalies or outliers that might bring risk as the business grows.
• Support Internal Controls Managers to educate control owners and operators in reviewing their processes, implementing control improvements and change management to embed controls.
• Identify and consider any technology solutions that might be relevant to control improvement or monitoring.
• Use technology to identify any gaps in controls, optimize the use of exception reporting and also to improve or enhance the existing control environment.
• Provide both structured and unstructured training to colleagues, if required.
• Support Internal Controls Managers with large systems implementations to ensure controls are considered at system design stage and deliver reports around same.
• Monitor improvements trackers for process areas and update management on implementation status.
• Engage with and build strong relationships with all stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Work closely with the Technology teams in ensuring ITGCs and ITACs are appropriate and compliment the business controls.
• Maintain awareness and advise senior management of control best practice as relevant for Primark.
• Other related ad hoc activities, as required

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Qualification in Information Technology, Information Systems, Analytics or similar qualification preferable.
• Experience in the application of data analytics tools, such as Alteryx and use of AI, desirable.
• IT audit and/or SOx experience a benefit, in addition to CISA accreditation or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience with data interrogation to identify control issues, errors and fraud risk.
• Strong working knowledge of controls, compliance and risk management.
• Experience in reviewing and re-engineering procedures, formulating policy, process, controls and compliance ensuring risk mitigation.
• Demonstrated ability in providing technical guidance and deliver training to end users.
• Experience in data interrogation to identify issues, errors and fraud.
• Ability to perform and lead investigations where required and facilitate/ implement key actions
• Experience in Change Management is desirable
• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously is desirabl