Enterprise Risk Data Science Lead

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us Available Locations: Austin, TX About the role The Internal Audit (IA) organization is responsible for delivering high-quality objective and independent assurance over the Company’s key business risks to the Audit Committee and Management in a cost effective way and consistent with Professional Standards. Reflecting the Company’s core value of continuous improvement, the function is in the process of moving toward wider coverage of operational risks, exploring more efficient audit approaches and industry best practices where appropriate. Our mission is to drive meaningful change in the control environment and risk management capabilities by delivering impactful and solution-oriented engagement and partnership. The Internal Audit Data Solutions Lead will be a critical role in building our global data analytics, automation and continuous auditing strategy and program. Reporting directly to our Chief Audit Executive, this leader will identify and implement advanced audit capabilities using data, programming and other available toolsets. This role will be highly collaborative with leaders both within Internal Audit and across the business to develop and deliver data-driven audit and risk management solutions. This leader will have the energy and intellectual curiosity to continue to deepen technical capabilities and broaden subject matter expertise, asserting their mission in delivering data-driven, advance audit capabilities to the core of our team across all areas of audit, compliance and risk management. What you\'ll do Applying a data-driven mindset, continue the build of our Internal Audit Data Solutions program that will deliver advanced audit capabilities including automation, continuous auditing and data analytics Develop and implement AI-driven solutions using available tools, supporting our audit teams and audit operations As a data champion, will elevate awareness within the IA team on the appropriate and possible uses of data in performing our assurance and advisory work Lead and oversee data analytics initiatives within Internal Audit, leveraging advanced analytical techniques to enhance audit procedures and identify risks Design and execute on data-driven testing of key controls throughout in-scope processes, systems and programs, elevating levels of assurance and coverage Build relationships with key data leaders and owners, enabling timely access to data necessary to perform audit and risk project work Leverage existing data points and structures to provide a more quantitative measure to key control and risk considerations and conclusions Develop our continuous auditing program and architect solutions that can deliver control and business insight on a more real-time basis, driving action for improvement in targeted areas Drive automation across audit, SOX and risk projects, unlocking efficiencies in our testing Evaluate and recommend data tools, technologies and methodologies to enhance our audit capabilities and stay abreast of industry trends Responsibilities 6 + years of experience in applying data analytics techniques (i.e. including automation, data-driven control testing) and the use of AI within internal audit and enterprise risk projects Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Data Science, or Management Information Systems Proven track record in delivering audit solutions through application of data analytics, scripting and programming skills (Python, R, SQL) as well as any relevant tools Appropriate certifications/trainings relevant to Internal Audit (i.e. CPA, CISA, CIA, CISSP) and/or data tools (i.e. AWS Certified Data Analyst, Google Cloud Certified, etc.) Strong experience in working through the full data analytics lifecycle from data acquisition to cleansing to scripting/programming to analysis to reporting Experience in working with visualization tools (i.e. Tableau) to aid in reporting and presenting observations at a thematic level to executives and program leaders Experience in building continuous audit capabilities and dashboards that will provide reliable and timely performance metrics on focused control points at the right level of detail allowing for management actions and measurement What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo: Since 2014, we\'ve equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost. Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we\'ve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. 1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don\'t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license. Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person\'s, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer. Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. 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