Controller / Data Scientist 80 - 100%
Kanton Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:28 January 2026
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join JuWe as a Controller/Data Scientist, enhancing data-driven decisions in justice. Work in a supportive environment with meaningful social impact.
Tasks
- Build effective controlling processes, supporting budgeting and reporting.
- Identify automation opportunities and improve BI solutions and reporting.
- Ensure high data quality and provide actionable insights from analyses.
Skills
- Degree in business, controlling, or related fields; experience in analytics.
- Strong analytical skills with confidence in SQL and databases.
- Proficient in Excel and Power BI; fluent in German and English.
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Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is part of the Directorate of Justice and the Interior of the Canton of Zurich (JI) and employs around 1,400 staff with diverse professional profiles. JuWe is responsible for criminal and measure enforcement, the implementation of various types of detention, and the successful social reintegration of offenders.
Are you ready to make a real impact with numbers? Together we are developing JuWe into a data-driven organization. You create solid decision-making foundations that go far beyond the classic financial perspective, ensuring financial stability, security in enforcement, and sustainable reintegration. Your analyses provide guidance where it matters.
To strengthen our Controlling, Financial Planning & Reporting department, we are looking for an experienced and committed personality with high professional competence and a strong affinity for data and analytics, starting immediately or by arrangement.
Your tasks
- You actively help build controlling, support the budget and financial planning process, and transform data into meaningful reports, data models, dashboards, and decision-making bases
- You identify and realize automation and optimization potentials in processes and systems and contribute to the development of BI solutions and future-proof reporting architectures
- You actively shape the BI strategy and drive its further development and implementation
- You ensure high data quality, transparency, and reliability
- You analyze and interpret performance, financial results, and key figures and derive clear recommendations for action
- You take responsibility in exciting projects with cross-departmental impact
Your profile
- You have a degree in business administration, controlling, business informatics, computer science/IT engineering, or a comparable qualification
- You bring experience in business intelligence & analytics and have already contributed to the development and further advancement of data management solutions
- You have strong analytical skills and are confident in handling data, databases, and SQL
- You are very proficient in Excel and Power BI; experience with other analysis tools is a plus
- You communicate fluently in German and have very good spoken English skills
- You meet the requirements for an impeccable reputation (no entries in the criminal or debt enforcement register)
Our offer
- Varied tasks with a lot of personal responsibility and exciting questions around numbers in the field of correctional services and reintegration
- Meaningful work in a socially relevant environment with real impact
- Structured onboarding as well as targeted support for your professional and personal development through internal and external training
- Central workplace directly at Zurich Altstetten train station
- Attractive employment conditions according to cantonal guidelines
Your application
Shape the next step in your career with us and simply submit your application via our online tool. We look forward to receiving your complete dossier.
Do you have any questions? Lorenza Hiltmann, Head of Controlling, is happy to assist you at lorenza.hiltmann@ji.zh.ch.
Questions about the application process can be answered by the Recruitment & Assessment team at 043 258 35 83.
JuWe uses an online assessment as part of the application process. More information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found at Working at JuWe | Canton of Zurich (zh.ch).
