Risk & Audit Data Analytics and Tooling Manager
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 27 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400053219
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you’ll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.
Location: London Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 1-2 days per week on average.
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as the Risk & Audit Data Analytics and Tooling Manager offers an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of transforming how data and technology are leveraged to drive efficiency and innovation within Internal Audit, Risk & Resilience. As a key player in shaping the function's data strategies and tooling capabilities, you will have the chance to lead impactful projects, collaborate with diverse stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment. With a focus on ownership, innovation, and collaboration, this role provides a platform for professionals who are passionate about making a meaningful difference through data-driven insights and cutting-edge technology solutions.
What you'll do
You will play a pivotal role in driving data-led delivery across the Audit, Risk & Resilience function by acting as an integrated data partner on projects, analysing data flows and controls, assessing data quality, and ensuring data structures support effective reporting and risk alignment. You will lead the development of the function's reporting environment, including building data models, dashboards, metrics, and AI-enabled pipelines to strengthen audit planning, issue tracking, risk measurement, and insight generation. Additionally, you will manage and optimise the function's tooling estate, oversee automation solutions, and work on process improvement initiatives in collaboration with Audit, Risk & Resilience teams to enhance workflow automation and AI-supported efficiencies. Strengthening relationships across key stakeholders and supporting the responsible adoption of AI and emerging technologies will also be a key aspect of your role.
Who you are
You are a skilled professional with a proven track record in data management, reporting, analytics, and tooling ownership within risk, internal audit, compliance, or controls assurance environments. Your expertise lies in driving efficiency and innovation by leveraging data insights, automation, and emerging technologies to enhance audit planning, issue tracking, risk measurement, and insight generation. A self‑starter with strong time and project management skills, you can balance multiple initiatives and deliver high‑quality outputs at pace. You are comfortable building or overseeing automation and integration solutions, and with strong communication skills and a collaborative approach, you excel in building relationships, managing stakeholders, and translating complex technical concepts into clear, actionable strategies that contribute to the continuous improvement and effectiveness of the Internal Audit, Risk & Resilience function.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable experience working in a risk, internal audit, compliance, or controls assurance environment, with direct involvement in data‑focused audit or assurance activities (e.g. data quality, access controls, transformations, or reconciliations)
- Proven capability in data analysis, modelling, and reporting, including hands‑on use of analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent to produce audit, risk, or management reporting
- Demonstrated ability to plan and execute end‑to‑end data‑driven audit or assurance testing, including defining test objectives, performing data queries or analysis, documenting evidence, and articulating conclusions
- Experience designing, building, or overseeing data automation or integration solutions, using technologies such as SQL, Python, ETL pipelines, low‑code platforms, or audit/workflow management tools
- Proven ability to communicate complex data, tooling, or technology concepts clearly to non‑technical stakeholders, including influencing decisions and working effectively with internal and external partners
- Experience using AI‑enabled or emerging technologies to enhance reporting, automate processes, and improve data quality, with the ability to assess, adopt, and embed secure and usable data and tooling solutions
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
