Kanat Sabitov
Data Analytics Manager – Risk Advisory and Assurance
Experience
Jan 2022 - Present
2 years 7 months London, United Kingdom
Data Analytics Manager – Risk Advisory and Assurance
Vonage (Part of Ericsson)
- Data Analytics for Audit: Implemented 15 Sales related dashboards and automation alerts under Compliance Continuous Monitoring program (Tableau and Celonis)
- Cost Optimization & Value: Secured CFO approval for Celonis license renewal by demonstrating $776K in financial impact. Optimized working capital through improved credit memo management (+$276K) and reduced AP spend (-$500K)
- Business Intelligence Strategy: Led BI strategy for Audit. Designed and managed data-driven risk monitoring systems
- Data Engineering and BI: Optimized ETL pipelines (SQL, Snowflake, Celonis, BigQuery), boosting BI reporting efficiency. Provided feedback and corrections to the BI team, ensuring data integrity
- GenAI for Audit: Developed a GenAI-powered audit assistant, reducing manual effort and audit cycle time
Jan 2020 - Dec 2023
3 years London, United Kingdom
Manager (contractor) – Risk Analytics and Automation
KPMG
- Process Mining Leadership: Led Process Mining practice, building global KPMG Celonis assets for Oracle Cloud
- Team management: Led a cross-functional team of 10+ BI engineers, data scientists, and business experts across multiple regions. Coordinated collaboration between internal teams and contractors, ensuring alignment with business strategy
- Celonis Delivery: Led and delivered diverse Celonis projects across industries, covering various configurations (PoC, full implementation, Analyses as a Service, Digital Transformation) and processes (AP, AR, Logistics, O2C, P2P, R2R)
- Data Governance: Enhanced data governance in sales and procurement, leading to IT-driven enhancements in data logging and master data management. This enabled deeper analytics, uncovering inefficiencies and improving decision-making
Jan 2018 - Dec 2021
4 years Astana, Kazakhstan
Data Analyst / Business Intelligence analyst - Internal Audit and Forensic
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)
- BI & Audit Analytics: Modernized ETL and delivered 15+ BI dashboards, leading analysts and developers. Trained Internal Audit staff on new tools. Developed a Qlik Sense app with Deloitte, uncovering 7 real fraud cases
- ML for Fraud & Risk Detection: Designed machine learning algorithm to recognise root-causes of unreliable supply chains and to predict their occurrences, leading to improved business operations and saving $500K
- Process Mining: Validated 11 supply chain and procurement hypotheses using Celonis, UiPath, and SQL, leading to $1M in savings. Organised a cross-functional workshop on detected use cases
- RPA: Utilized UiPath Studio to implement 3 complex data integration tests between the BI platform and source systems
Jan 2014 - Dec 2019
5 years Moscow, Russian Federation
Senior Consultant - Data Analytics (fast-tracked promotion from intern to senior consultant in 3 years vs standard 6 years)
Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC)
- Delivered 8 Business Intelligence and Process Mining projects (real & pilot) for major clients. Presented 30+ visualization prototypes, demonstrating business value and driving adoption of PwC’s data solutions
- Designed a highly efficient complex of 10 tests on Fraud Indicators using Data Mining algorithms to reveal anomalies in journal entries. Conducted annual Process Mining training for new joiners (about 50 people)
- Developed a set of HR dashboards for major client to optimally hire and allocate 1K people in Siberia
Summary
Data analytics professional with strong expertise in BI, ETL, and Process Mining. Skilled in designing scalable data pipelines, optimizing dashboards, and automating data-driven risk monitoring. Developed AI-powered audit automation and process analytics to enhance compliance and operations. Passionate about leveraging data to drive better decision-making.
Languages
Kazakh
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Advanced
Education
Oct 2009 - Jun 2014
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Specialist · Applied Mathematics and Computer Science · Moscow, Russian Federation · 4.7/5.0
Certifications & licenses
Database architecture Microsoft certification
Microsoft
Forensic
Deloitte
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