Analyst - Audit Analytics

General information

Ref # 21899

Remote? No

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?

The Opportunity

As a leader in digital financial services, our customer and employee experiences run on data. As an audit function, we're increasingly looking for ways to leverage data, analytics, and, more recently, AI to drive efficiencies and create new insights for our varied stakeholders, and the Audit Data Analytics and Automation (DAA) team is central to this effort.

The DAA Team is responsible for data identification, data extraction, data processing, and analytics (primarily descriptive, moving toward diagnostic, predictive & prescriptive) in support of conclusions on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and risk management, and shaping Audit's broader DAA program. We're also responsible for helping drive Audit's strategy for using AI in support of our mission.

We're looking for an innovative, solutions-oriented, and passionate Analyst - Audit Analytics to execute on the advancement of DAA's multi-year plans and methodology. This person will report to the DAA Manager and collaborate with the broader Audit Team to execute on audits and advance our DAA Program. The analyst will be responsible for executing data analytics on audits of Ally's business lines and enterprise / independent risk management functions and assisting in innovation and automation efforts across Ally Audit. In addition, as part of the larger Audit support team, this role will be responsible for designing reporting and analytics to advance the operation of the Audit function.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The Work Itself

• Performing data exploration, analytics, or visualization using industry standard tools such as Power BI, Excel, SQL, Python, and/or other available tools, in support of the data analytics audit plan. Specifically includes:
• Use prior experience to find opportunities to perform incremental analytics activities or improve existing activities
• Analyze data to determine trends, variances, and inconsistencies
• Document test execution and results for assigned tests
• Communicate progress, findings, and results of assigned test work to the Audit team in a timely manner
• Ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously
• Liaise with the audit execution/engagement teams to identify processes which could be candidates for future continuous audit analytic initiatives
• Empower the audit execution teams to perform data analytics within their engagements through training and regular meetups
• Manage the project/change management activities with structured process framework and track their documentation (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
• Collaborate with business lines and other stakeholders to enhance AEO's culture of data and analytics
• Maintaining and improving professional skill level through ongoing education and training activities to support departmental needs
• Build views in our Enterprise Data Warehouse using SQL or Python to streamline data access and availability
• Build and maintain Power BI reports
• Create and maintain Forms and Power Automate workflows to streamline current processes
• Develop ad-hoc operational reports and other day-to-day operational support
• Participate in various process improvement projects designed to meet departmental needs

The Skills You Bring

Minimum Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience?
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in related field preferred
• 2+ years of experience performing data analysis, such as extraction, mining, cleansing and/or visualization.

• Comfort with using one or more of the following: SQL, Python

• 1+ years of relevant experience in audit
• Cloud-based data platforms a plus (Snowflake)
• Relevant analytics tools including, but not limited to, Excel and Power BI.

• Other industry tool experience (i.e., ACL Analytics, BI Publisher, Cognos, Spotfire, QlikView, R, SAS, Tableau)

• SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft 365 applications (Teams, Forms)
• Experience with Power Automate and/or Power Platform
• Familiarity with agile development and project management practices & tools (Jira)
• Interest in and exposure to emerging GenAI technologies and practices
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences

How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally's total compensation - or total rewards - extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:

• Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered, if not currently employed by Ally.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at [email protected]. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range:

An individual's position in the range is determined by the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.

Emerging: 65000

Experienced: 90000

Expert: 115000

Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan