Internal Audit Manager

Role Overview

This role supports the Senior Audit manager, who in turn reports to the Head of Audit (HoA). They will be accountable for: driving and delivering a portfolio of high-quality risk-based audit services across the business; and assisting in the management of strategic relationships with key GIA stakeholders by ensuring the risks associated with latest business plans are fully considered and by providing independent opinion and assurance on the strength of the control framework and the effectiveness of business risk management.

Responsible for the delivery of high-quality audit reporting on time and on budget. The GIA function delivers approximately 40-50 audit assignments per year. Primary accountability to the HoA, with responsibility for audit execution within that portfolio. Direct line responsibility for audit staff working on each assignment within the portfolio. Optional travel (approx. 10-20% depending on audit delivery portfolio) is an element of this role, as deemed necessary, to complete audit engagements and to fulfil stakeholder engagement, building deep relationships.

• Executes a dynamic risk-based audit plan, ensuring the audit activity focuses on key areas of the most significant business risk.
• Monitor and anticipate regulatory and business change, and assess the potential impact.
• Provides an appropriate level of assurance that the most significant risks to the business are being well managed.
• Manages their workload of assigned audit resources, ensures the quality of audit files and that all audit work complies with GIA’s audit methodology and standards.
• Delivers audits on time and to agreed budgets, presents control gaps/failures to management on a timely basis and agrees commercially viable audit recommendations and business actions to address areas of risk and failures in the control framework.
• Influences stakeholders to embed risk management practices, thereby enhancing internal control practices and improving the overall strength of their control framework through the delivery of high-quality audit reports and focused audit opinions.
• Uses influencing, negotiating and diplomacy skills to manage key internal and external stakeholder relationships, works closely with business management to ensure business plans and initiatives are considered within GIA’s risk assessment and audit plans.
• Analyses audit opinions and conclusions, providing input to GIA commentary to the Audit Committee (and other relevant business committees/meetings), on significant areas of concern and the remedial actions required to mitigate risk to the Group.
• Works as part of an effective team and contributes proactively to achieving GIA’s performance objectives.

• An experienced Auditor with prior experience of leading their own Internal Audits
• Qualified to either ACA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, CISM or similar
• Communicates effectively and efficiently to internal and external stakeholders
• Build relationships and networks with both internally and externally wherever possible
• Demonstrates strong customer focus
• Demonstrates ability to work effectively with others
• Constructively handles disagreements to reach a resolution
• Ability to work with diverse groups/ personalities
• Adapts communication style to suit audience
• Projects personal credibility
• Interacts confidently without being overbearing
• Ability to work effectively in a high pressure environment
• Keeps emotions under control in difficult situations
• Handles criticism constructively
• Able to demonstrate honesty, integrity and professionalism
• Works ethically and shows respect for both professional and company values
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive approach
• Strong analytical…