Internal Audit Manager - Assurance

Position: Internal Audit Manager - Change Assurance
About the role

The Audit Manager plays a key role in supporting Internal Audit’s oversight of the Group’s large-scale strategic change programmes, including major technology and business transformation initiatives. Acting as a representative of Internal Audit within these programmes, the role provides ongoing independent assurance and insight to ensure effective governance, risk management, and control frameworks are embedded throughout delivery. This includes close involvement in critical initiatives such as the Group’s Transformation Programme, helping to safeguard successful outcomes and sustainable change.

Working closely with stakeholders across Change Delivery, Technology, Strategy and Planning, and Risk, the Audit Manager provides independent challenge and assurance on programme set-up and execution. They are accountable for delivering high-quality audit activity and opinions across multiple change initiatives, while contributing to the evolution of Internal Audit’s approach to assessing and reporting on change-related risks. By building strong relationships across the organisation and collaborating with other assurance providers, they ensure comprehensive risk coverage, minimise duplication, and promote a robust and consistent control environment.

As a trusted member of the Internal Audit team, the Audit Manager combines technical expertise with strong communication and stakeholder management skills to influence and support business outcomes. They take ownership of audit delivery, coach and develop others, and contribute to audit planning and continuous improvement of audit practices. With a proactive and inquisitive mindset, they confidently navigate complex and evolving environments, challenge constructively, and deliver insightful, high-quality outputs that support effective decision-making and drive positive auditee experiences.

We operate on a team led hybrid approach with at least 1 day a week in the Coventry & / or Manchester office

Our benefits include:28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

Personal pension with matched contributions

Life assurance (6 times annual salary)
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About youThis role requires strong stakeholder management skills to build relationships, challenge risk and control activities, and lead internal audit work assuring large-scale strategic change programmes. You will develop and deliver risk-based audit plans, influence senior stakeholders, manage work independently, and produce clear reports, drawing on experience in audit or consulting within complex, ideally financial services, environments.

For this role you’ll need to have:

A Chartered Internal Audit (CIIA), IT Audit (CISA) or other recognised certification / qualification from project management body.

Significant internal / external audit experience including experience of delivering change assurance engagements to time and quality.

Comprehensive knowledge of risk and control frameworks within complex project and programme delivery, underpinned by substantial experience assuring these when associated with large-scale business and technology change.

Good stakeholder management experience and skills, being comfortable engaging with senior leadership teams to undertake assurance engagements.

Broad experience of preparing high quality audit reports for senior management review.

Good experience in managing and supervising colleagues.

Experience in these areas would be helpful:

Experience in a similar role within a financial services organisation

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