Senior Internal Auditor
- Recruiter
- Investigo Limited
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £55000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
- Posted
- 20 Feb 2019
- Closes
- 27 Feb 2019
- Ref
- BBBH82957
- Contact
- Liam Thomas
- Job Title
- Audit
- Category
- Transport / Logistics
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Investigo are currently partnered with a successful international business who are hiring within their London based Internal Audit team.
The main purpose of the job is to carry out the responsibilities of the Senior Auditor, covering all internal auditing requirements of the business and its group of companies.
- Responsible for planning and delivering portfolio of audit engagements to provide an independent assessment of the effectiveness of managements controls over a given area, process or issue. This includes planning, conducting and reviewing audit fieldwork and developing audit reports or other deliverables for agreement with the Head of Internal Audit (HIA) and key stakeholders.
Duties
- Delivering the audit plan and attending to special assignments or projects requested
- Assisting in preparing periodic reports to the Audit Committee and the Business summarizing results of audit activities.
- Identifying red flags in existing systems and processes
- Ensuring a high quality of Governance, Risk and control
- Ensuring that Internal Audit (IA) complies with and keeps abreast of sound internal auditing principles and best practices, particularly with the guidance provided by the Standards issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and other bodies like Information System Audit & Control Association.
- Plan and manage audits from scoping through to reporting, including documentation of work performed, and management of costs and time, demonstrating good understanding of risk and control and applying audit principles to audit fieldwork / testing.
- Is accountable for delivering audit engagements and related reports in line with IIA Standards;
- Managing audit engagements, leading the communications to auditees and entity stakeholders, agreeing scope of audits, liaising during fieldwork and discussing and agreeing audit findings and reports;
- Managing key relationships with internal customers and stakeholders, responding to special requests for audits and controls advice;
- Manages complex audits (typically nonstandard business processes, and/or politically sensitive), evaluating risks to develop an appropriate audit scope, through to conducting audit and drawing conclusions and recommendations for improvements in internal control and governance processes;
- Complete audits in accordance with the internal audit procedures and the standards of the internal audit profession;
- Perform internal audits and risk assessments focusing on controls, processes and business systems to provide management value adding recommendations;
- Present clearly and concisely to management in both written and verbal form,
- Perform follow-up reviews to verify that necessary correctives actions have been implemented
- Delivery of assigned audits on time
- To facilitate/conduct the full range of functional audits within the Internal Audit program;
- To facilitate/conduct projects, including fraud investigations, at the behest of Executive Management;
- Raise awareness and credibility of internal audit within the organization. Develop a pro-active, supportive culture towards problem resolution
- Work with the Global Operations Team to define standards related to every aspect of the business;
- Responsibility to effectively manage travel costs e. air fares, accommodation, subsistence, communication etc.
Key Experience/Skills
- At least three years of experience in professional experience internal or external audit, relevant business processes
- Possess a strong knowledge of IT/ business process auditing, governance, risk management, finance and commercial operations;
- Excel advanced skills including v-look ups, pivot tables, macros etc.
- Good knowledge of risk assessment methodologies and business processes; Ability to assess risks from a Business Manager perspective, take lead in finding solutions and works to effective implementation;
- University Degree
- Audit and or IT/Accounting Qualification
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) desirable