Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sumer is a fast-growing professional services firm dedicated to championing small and medium businesses. They are seeking an Audit Data & Analytics Innovation Lead to transform the way audit is performed by building and evolving their audit technology and data ecosystem, driving automation and AI innovations, and embedding scalable, data-led audit approaches.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of Sumer’s firmwide audit data, and innovation strategy
- Identify how standardised audit data can be leveraged to improve audit quality, insight and operational performance
- Support integrated, automated monitoring of KPIs through the design of the integration of existing dashboards and reporting solutions (e.g. audit quality indicators and adoption metrics) to monitor adoption
- Work with the wider audit quality team to ensure training relevant to automation meets the evolving needs of our auditors
- Identify and develop tools and solutions that deliver real value, maintaining and prioritising a back-log in a way that maximises benefits
- Drive continuous improvement through automation, helping teams reduce manual effort, increase consistency and focus on areas of professional judgement
- Lead pilots and rollout of AI and automation solutions, including low-code tools and workflow automation platforms
- Help drive a culture of innovation within Sumer, delivering initiatives that bring our auditors on the transformation journey
- Work closely with IT and audit teams to design and implement integrations across audit systems and tooling that support automation
- Build and harness API-driven solutions to improve data extraction, transformation and analysis
- Set up and test new data connections and workflows, taking innovative solutions through review and implementation
- Support the development of governance frameworks for AI and automation within audit, ensuring alignment with policy, regulation and best practice
- Exercise judgement to ensure solutions put in place manage risk and traceability depending on the output
- Translate innovation concepts into scalable solutions embedded into day-to-day audit workflows
- Engage and influence stakeholders across audit, IT and leadership to drive adoption and successful delivery
- Continuously assess emerging technologies and identify opportunities to enhance audit quality and efficiency
Skills
- ACA (or equivalent) qualification, or relevant experience in audit, data or transformation roles
- Experience in audit data analytics, audit technology or business transformation
- Proven experience working with APIs and data integration
- Strong understanding of accounting and audit data structures
- Experience using data and analytics tools such as Power BI, SQL, Python or audit analytics platforms
- Experience with AI tools and a practical understanding of AI applications within audit
- Conceptual understanding of prompt engineering and how LLMs work
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Ability to translate strategy into practical, scalable delivery
- A curious, innovative mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
Benefits
- Fully remote workplace
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