Sr. Risk and Audit Data Analyst - Foster City

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description

At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers.

We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come. As a Sr. Risk and Audit Data Analyst, at Gilead you will ...

Internal Audit is a global, independent assurance function responsible for evaluating Gilead’s risk management, governance, and internal control environment. We execute a risk based audit plan across financial, compliance, operational, and IT domains, and partner with the business to strengthen controls and drive remediation.

We are seeking a Sr. Risk and Audit Data Analyst to enable data driven auditing and continuous risk monitoring across the enterprise. This role will act as a bridge between auditors and data/platform teams, translating audit objectives and business risks into scalable, audit defensible analytics and data products.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Internal Audit teams to design and execute data‑driven testing strategies for audits across financial reporting, SOX, compliance, supply chain, commercial, third‑party, and IT risk areas.

• Translate audit objectives, risk hypotheses, and control designs into scalable analytical logic, metrics, and repeatable tests.

• Provide hands‑on analytics support for audit engagements, including understanding business and system workflows.

• Build, evaluate, and maintain statistical or machine‑learning models to enhance identification of control breakdowns or unusual patterns, ensuring models are interpretable, auditable, and well‑governed.

• Build and maintain audit‑ready datasets, ETL pipelines, analytics frameworks, and dashboards that support ongoing monitoring and reuse across audits and regions.

• Implement robust data quality checks, reconciliations, model validation, and monitoring to ensure accurate, complete, and reliable audit analytics.

• Communicate analytical findings, including model outputs and limitations, clearly to auditors, business stakeholders, and audit leadership.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and Five Years' Experience

OR

Masters' Degree and Three Years' Experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data analytics, or risk analytics, or data science.

• Strong proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language (Python preferred).

• Proficiency in Tableau for designing and maintaining dashboards.

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines and curated analytics datasets.

• Experience developing, validating, and operationalizing statistical or machine‑learning models.

• Experience working with large enterprise datasets and cloud or modern analytics platforms.

• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business or risk questions into structured analytical and modeling solutions.

• Experience supporting Internal Audit, SOX, Compliance, or Risk Management teams.

• Familiarity with SAP or other ERP systems and audit‑relevant data structures.

• Experience with Databricks or similar analytics platforms, and modern data warehousing practices.

The salary range for this position is: $109,650.00 - $141,900.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic l