Audit & Technology Automation Analyst

Sunday 19 April 2026 Hybrid Working About this opportunity
As an Audit & Technology Automation Analyst, you will have an understanding of business strategy/priorities, controls and risks to provide high quality independent assurance on the effectiveness of controls. You will leverage automation tools and technologies to drive efficiency and effectiveness of the audit lifecycle.
You’ll contribute to the automation agenda, working closely with Group Audit teams to provide data-driven insights, enhance audit processes, and support the capture of requirements for automated testing to drive better outcomes for our stakeholders and the Group.

About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know

Day to day, you will

• Contribute to the audit plan, supporting the delivery of specified outcomes as directed within the Audit Team.
• Collaborate with Group Audit teams to understand audit objectives and translate them into analytical requirements,
• Support control testing and identify areas of concern, articulating the potential challenge.
• Support senior colleagues build meaningful stakeholder relationships whilst making their own connections.
• Proactively suggest & deliver improvements in current compliance processes by being bold.
• Support in building and developing automation tools, and AI solutions to drive efficiencies and innovation in the function.
• Conduct research considering multiple perspectives and bring the outside in to enable analysis of key themes and external trends.
• Actively role model the Group values and behaviours.
• Proactively identify, address and drive personal development opportunities and create a positive learning culture based on effective coaching.
• Freely share insight and timely, direct, effective feedback that contributes to the success of the delivery plan and leaves a positive, sustainable impact on the function.

• Good knowledge and experience in using data analytics to identify trends, anomalies, and areas of potential risk.
• Good project management skills and a focus on delivering audits on time, within budget and in line with expectations. Demonstrate strong collaboration skills and versatility – applicants should be comfortable with participating in audit engagements, supporting team members to deliver on team and personal goals, and giving and receiving feedback to support continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of banking operations, regulatory frameworks, and internal control environments.
• Strong understanding of business analysis, comfortable with data and structured understanding of processes and business procedures.
• Strong verbal and written skills to convey findings clearly and concisely to various stakeholders.
• The ability to assess risks, identify key controls, and document appropriate test plans to deliver on audit objectives. Applicants should be able to effectively and efficiently identify control gaps, as well as draft and clear findings with stakeholders.
• Experience of data analytics, the ability to utilise and analyse data to highlight control gaps and areas for improvement. Good understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and application within business processes.
• Critical thinking ability to use internal, external, business and, technology information to provide forward-looking and impactful insights on current and emerging risks and opportunities.

• Knowledge of how to use or apply data analytics to drive impact audit outcomes, continuous risk monitoring and data analysis.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g. Excel, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, Python)
• Whilst not a pre-requisite, relevant professional qualifications would be a plus such as Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer, Azure Security Engineer Associate or equivalent.