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# Data Analytics Lead

- **Company:** Audit Wales
- **Location:** Cardiff, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £63,137.0 - £73,129.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Power Automate, Data Analytics
- **Published:** July 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d4b9faef5b74f225

## About the Role

* An interest in artificial intelligence (AI), with experience of using AI models in their work.
 * Experience of horizon scanning, demonstrating an ongoing interest in emerging technologies.
 * Experience of using Microsoft Copilot, with a working knowledge of strengths and weaknesses

## Description

Are you passionate about data?

Are you an experienced data scientist ready for your next career move?

Do you want to make a real difference to the public sector in Wales? If so, join Audit Wales as our Data Analytics Lead.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated person to be part of our energetic and innovative Data Analytics team. You will be confident in leading fast-paced, complicated data projects in an agile way. You will be skilled in maintaining relationships with stakeholders and you will be fully committed to working closely with users to understand their needs. And you will have a proven track record of managing teams and individuals., Audit Wales's data vision, Making Data Count, sets out an ambition for us to become a data literate organisation where good data is prevalent in our work. It aims to data-enable our audit work, saving time for auditors and improving audit quality by facilitating better decisions. And it aims for data-rich audit products to increase our reach to wider audiences, providing new depths of insight, and driving accountability, transparency and improvement in the public sector.

The DA team at Audit Wales is passionate about data and is responsible for providing expertise and leadership to drive delivery of the data vision. We work on a wide range of fascinating and innovative data projects, working closely in collaboration with our audit colleagues.

Our assessment process

If you are interested in applying for this role, please know your application will be sifted to determine suitability to progress through to interview and assessment.

The sift and subsequent interview and assessment stages will review the following criteria.


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