Senior Advisor, Data Business Process Effectiveness – Comcast Global Audit

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Job Summary

The Data Business Process Effectiveness (BPE) Senior Advisor plays a leading role in preparation for upcoming Comcast Global Audit (CGA) audit engagements through business architecture and process mapping efforts. This role plays a critical part contributing to audit engagement preparation in shaping audit scope areas by generating innovative insights, identifying potential risks, and proposing systems / data that can be used to improve and streamline audit testing. They may also be called upon to assist with process and/or data projects as requested to enhance the effectiveness of risk management, governance and operational processes.

As part of CGA team, the Data BPE Senior Advisor is responsible for:
• Collaborating and driving conversations with audit partners as well as CGA data team members to engage the client to understand the complexities and unique risks of upcoming audits and what may be unique to those businesses, and provide initial recommendations
• Analyzing complex business challenges and collecting operational reports to inform perspective of potential risks to be considered in upcoming audit planning
• Documenting business processes, reviewing policies, mapping system relationships, capturing business rules, and discovering data structures that are potential key controls to be considered as input to preparing for upcoming complex audit engagements
• Overseeing other team members in driving consistency across business architecture deliverables
• Proactively identifying improvement areas that can lead to standardization and coverage, strategically aligning with audit senior leaders on ways to improve and streamline audit testing.

This role offers broad exposure to the Comcast Corporation through the audit process and provides opportunities to influence risk management strategies through data-driven insights.

Job Description

What You Deliver

• Demonstrates solid project management skills, including developing project plans and budgets, scheduling deliverables across CGA teams, executing per plan, and messaging status/issues to management.
• Leads audit engagement objective discussions with CGA leaders and provides strategic recommendations on process and data approaches to support audit goals and streamline the audit.
• Investigates, documents, clarifies, and connects business process architecture to related systems, policies, and data. 
• Uses methodical yet collaborative approach in each upcoming audit engagement to map current state processes and system architecture as they relate to controls that business unit leaders use or need to manage their businesses. 
• Leads and facilitates process and business architecture discussions with all levels of Company management.
• Collaborates with and provides guidance to the rest of the Data team on connecting to systems across Comcast, sampling and analyzing data, interpreting data relationships within and across systems, and propose data deliverables that can support upcoming testing.
• Ensures process, systems, data lineage, and analytics documentation is developed timely and with high quality.
• Supports engaging and leading multiple projects in parallel preparing for several audit engagements at once with varying complexity.
• Ensures all data is secure and follows company policies regarding data classification.

• Analyzes data to assess compliance with established policies/procedures, best practices, US GAAP, and legal/governmental requirements.
• Develops process flows, prototypes, and requirements documentation to accelerate stakeholder understanding and guide solution development.
• Facilitates and leads discussions that lead to decision-making throughout the lifecycle of creating and enhancing data solutions.
• Proven ability to deal with ambiguity, learn and understand new business areas quickly, visualize processes, and manage project timelines.
• Prepares clear and well-organized analysis workpapers, documenting root-cause (as applicable), work performed, findings, and recommendations.
• Creates graphical reports and executive presentations to effectively summarize analysis and findings.
• Offers management oversight, training, review and guidance to the staff.
• Accountable for and reviews team workpapers, presentations, and other documentation to ensure they are clear, complete, and well-organized.
• Consistently exercises independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Supports department objectives and performs other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

How You Deliver

• Demonstrates the ability to quickly grasp complex subject matter and apply strong analytical skills and business knowledge to assessing processes, risks, and controls.

• Maintains a strong executive presence and proactively develops / maintains relationships with key business partners.
• Performs effectively as a project leader across engagements.
• Shows flexibility and accountability in prioritizing and completing tasks, allocating/re-allocating work across engagement team members, optimizing synergies as well as capacity, as well as stepping in to support execution, as appropriate.
• Provide hands-on guidance to team members on the use of data analysis tools and platforms (e.g. Python, SQL, dbt Core, Snowflake, AWS, Tableau), as well as ability to perform queries as a back-up to the team or to respond to direct requests from Internal Audit leadership. Promote responsible use of and identify opportunities to innovate with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in developing code and developing solutions.
• Works with discretion applying sound judgment regarding work details on assignments of a varied and difficult nature while maintaining personal and broader team accountability and ownership.

• Utilizes creative thinking, individual initiative, and flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks.
• Exhibits willingness to tackle new areas and challenging topics.
• Demonstrates the ability to work in a complex, dynamic, and fast-paced environment.
• Assists less experienced team members in ensuring process and data deliverables supporting audit engagements are designed consistently and accurately.
• Assists in fostering a team-oriented environment and helps with the development of a diverse and highly motivated professional staff with a passion for excellence by providing meaningful and challenging assignments.
• Provides coaching, guidance, and development on interactions with business management and stakeholders.
• Motivates engagement team to deliver high quality work on time.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement to team activities, tools, and training.
• Transparently keeps CGA management informed of findings / status / important issues as they arise.
• Acts in accordance with stated CGA and company policies and practices, and maintains the highest degree of integrity in all activities and interactions.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

How You Partner

• Collaborates with members of CGA engagement teams to understand audit activities and identify ways that data analytics and/or automation can enhance overall work product, productivity, or audit coverage.
• Partners strategically with members of audit senior leadership across engagement activities, understanding their perspectives, and proposing / discussing solutions that manage risk and optimize team resources.
• Exhibits strong interpersonal skills including written and verbal communications, and an ability to collaborate with others.
• Shows respect to other team members and clients in all interactions.
• Demonstrates a willingness to assist other team members in areas outside of direct assignments, when necessary.
• Collaborates in a virtual environment to complete projects with team members in various locations.
• Supervises engagement staff member’s interactions with business management and helps team members to resolve issues.
• Engages and builds collaborative relationships with key business partners, other risk functions, and system owners in engagement activities (e.g., Legal, Human Resources, Security, IT, etc.), as needed.
• Coaches audit team members on process, business / system architecture, and business knowledge.
• Assists engagement team in developing their understanding of relevant business risks and trains team on how to consider when planning and executing engagements.

How You Develop

• Utilizes available resources and tools to research and expand knowledge to enhance work product.
• Exhibits a commitment to continuously self-improve by working with leadership to leverage strengths and focus on areas of development.
• Mentors engagement team members to develop audit, process, architecture, and business knowledge.
• Manages and provides coaching, guidance and development to engagement teams and direct reports.
• Exhibits a desire to be a business expert with the Data team and provides assistance to Company management as necessary.

Skills

Business Architecture, Business Process Mapping, Collaboration, Data Analysis, Discovery Workshops, IT System Architecture, Structured Query Language (SQL)

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Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience

7-10 Years

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