About the job
Job Description
Job Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 months
Location: Birmingham, London, Edinburgh. Hybrid, with normally a minimum of 2 days a week working in the office and the rest working at home. Our client believes that benefits both you and the business, helping ensure that you can balance a successful career with your life outside of work while maximising the value of face-to-face stakeholder engagement.
Flexible working: All of our client's roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. They will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.
This is a great opportunity to join our client;s Internal Audit Team for Financial Outcomes as an Internal Audit Manager – Financial Risk (12 month FTC).
Our client is a FS business offering a range of products across market-leading brands.
About The Role
As an Internal Audit Manager, you will have the opportunity to make a real differencce by challenging the effectiveness of the risk, governance and control environment, and providing influential insight through the work you deliver. You will manage your own portfolio of audits and ad-hoc projects over a variety of areas aligned to the group’s strategy and core customer purpose and execute each audit end to end to agreed timelines. You will also manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
Whilst this is an autonomous role you will be a relevant and valued member of the team. They have a lean, flat structure and you will have guidance and support from the management team. They are also connected to a wider Group Internal Audit team, which has a wide range of skills and experience for support.
What is in it for you?
Bring your ‘whole self’, skills and dedication and they will recognise your effort, support your development and help to drive your ambition. They will ensure you’re rewarded for your contribution with a competitive package that includes an attractive pension, annual bonus potential, generous holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity and adoption leave and a range of other financial services and lifestyle flexible benefits.
They are a small team covering a wide remit, which means huge opportunities for your learning and growth. You will:
- Be part of an audit team who are well respected, trusted and relied upon by the Board to bring an independent view of the business and help influence positive outcomes.
- Build your network and develop relationships with Senior Leadership.
- Learn to think strategically to assess how business units and functions are working together and contributing to the Group Strategy.
And finally, you will be part of a truly collaborative, high performing and diverse team where people development is at the heart of what they do and they want everyone to thrive and succeed.
What They Are Looking For
- An accounting (ACA/ACCA) or Chartered Internal Audit (CIIA) qualification
- Previous experience of Internal or External Audit of financial statement risks and finance operations in the Insurance industry.
- Knowledge of finance systems, accounting transformation and accounting data solutions would be an advantage.
- Resourceful and pragmatic people with the ability and adaptability to take on new responsibilities and challenges.
- Great communication skills, with the ability to build and manage relationships, influence and think in unique and creative ways.
- Confident stakeholder management, communication skills (both written and verbal English), able to build relationships and challenge the status quo at a senior level.
- Proven experience of effectively adapting to complex and changing business environments.
- A strong willingness to learn and contribute to the growth of the team.
- Good regulatory awareness, understanding the impact of regulations on your audits.
- Excellent planning, co-ordination and organisation skills, managing multiple priorities.
- Previous Internal Audit, External Audit, Risk Assurance, Controls Assurance or Sarbanes Oxley preferred but not essential, ideally within a Financial Services organisation.
They Want To Hire The Whole Version Of You.
Our client is committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what is advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
Salary and benefits: from £70,000 to £86,000 per annum, plus 16% bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.