Data Science Engineering Manager - Audit

JOB TITLE: Data Science Engineering Manager - Audit

SALARY: £72,702 - £100,000 (Dependant on location)

LOCATION(S): Bristol/Edinburgh/London

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

About this opportunity

About this opportunity

This is a multifaceted role within a collaborative team of data analysts, scientists, engineers, and auditors, offering high visibility to senior management and exposure across the Group.

The successful candidate will lead the delivery of data science and application development projects. You will design and implement AI-driven solutions that drive innovation and support complex audits within Group Audit & Conduct Investigations.

Responsibilities include partnering with auditors, managing stakeholders, mentoring colleagues, and communicating technical concepts clearly. The role requires proficiency in Python, SQL, and PowerBI or Tableau, as well as experience with Google Cloud Platform. You will need strong commitment to developing internal audit and business knowledge, with previous audit or risk experience considered an advantage.

Day to day, you will:

• Designing and implementing the future infrastructure supporting data pipelines, data models and data science applications in a Google Cloud Platform environment.
• Lead multiple data science and application development projects with a high degree of autonomy, leading team members and managing stakeholders.
• Apply agile project management and best practices in software development.
• Work collaboratively across the audit function to identify innovative opportunities to apply data science techniques for business monitoring, audit planning, and audit delivery.
• Support and partner with auditors in the delivery of complex audits applying AI solutions that deliver value.
• Communicate on technical topics in plain, simple language that is easy to understand.
• Acquire sufficient levels of auditing and business knowledge so that all deliveries are fit for end users’ purpose, positively impact the quality of the department’s assurance work, and improve capabilities.
• Answer queries and provide support to end users for our existing tools and applications.
• Coach and mentor colleagues on technical skills and support their professional growth.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too

What you’ll need:

• Experience with designing and implementing micro-services infrastructure in public cloud environment (Google Cloud Platform experience preferred).
• Experience leading application development and data science projects, involving techniques such as graph theory, machine learning, natural language processing, and Generative AI.
• The ability to productionise data science models for use by non-technical colleagues, while applying best practices in software development and ensuring that key data science, engineering, and programming concepts are applied.
• To be proficient with mainstream data science programming languages and related tools including Python, SQL, and PowerBI; be able to review complex code; and be familiar with version control.      Previous experience in web application development (e.g. Django, Flask, Bootstrap, and jQuery) is an advantage.
• Experience managing peers or junior colleagues on projects, holding colleagues accountable, ensuring the quality and timeliness of the project delivery, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Coaching, mentoring and feedback skills to support colleagues’ development.
• Competence in managing stakeholders, partnering with auditors, and communicating in a way that a non-technical audience can understand.
• A strong commitment to developing knowledge and skills in internal auditing. Previous internal audit or risk experience within a financial services environment is an advantage.

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

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.