Internal Audit Specialist
6 month contract
Remote based
Up to £465 per day via Umbrella
Supports the delivery of audits in a professional manner to enable Group Internal Audit to provide independent and objective assurance to senior management and the Board, via the Board Audit & Risk Committee. This includes the tracking and testing of management actions to address audit findings to confirm resolution. Engages throughout the audit process with stakeholders in a customer-connected manner to provide high quality, reliable, efficient service and experience.
Responsibilities:
Accountable for delivering assigned audits e2e in a risk assessed, timely, and focused manner, utilising data analytics tools where appropriate; valued as a project leader across various disciplines but will also support others in their audits.
Initial oversight and first level review of audit work papers prepared by individuals assigned to audit where acting as lead to ensure the work is of good quality;
Preparation of initial draft audit reports.
Tracking agreed audit actions to ensure implementation is achieved against targets and that the remediation is effective;
Supporting the IA SM in ongoing liaison with CFU/CU management; this includes gathering business insights to provide input to Group Internal Audit's annual strategy of a programme of objective audit work
Supporting on input to the various management fora across the CFUs such as production of papers for quarterly ARCs and other governance committees; attendance at assigned sessions with management;
Contributing to initiatives underpinning the RCA goals and objectives;
Providing advice, coaching and mentoring to audit team members and direct reports where appropriate; sharing timely, insightful feedback to improve performance.
Required Skills:
Qualifications: must be a fully qualified accountant with ACCA/CIMA/ACA for finance roles..
Must have a minimum of four years' experience of auditing, internal and/ or external within a complex business.
Ideally have experience of working with 1st or 2nd line of defence teams on group risk management.
Able to demonstrate ongoing CPD.
Strong verbal (Exec level presentations) and written communication skills: must be able to convey audit findings and similar matters in a way that is impactful and succinct to business audiences at all levels;
Story-telling with data: strong skills in extracting risks and controls insights; confident user of data analytics to analyse data and draw conclusions;
Project management: strong time management skills with the ability to effectively anticipate, plan, and prioritise commitments, delivering to agreed timescales;
Business knowledge: strong grasp of risk and control; insight of specified business risks, goals, strategy and operations;
Good customer focus skills and commercial acumen;
Works autonomously within designated work areas.
