Senior Auditor - SEO

Senior Auditor - SEO

• Salary: £52,700 - £60,948 (London) / £48,889 - £53,876 (National)
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Working Pattern:
  This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.
• Location:
  
  We will consider applications from people able to access the following offices:
  Birmingham, Bootle, Bristol, Croydon, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading and Swansea.

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build better insights, better outcomes for our clients. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, partner engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government. The Agency's unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally.

As a Senior Auditor, you will be a key player in delivering high-quality audit services aligned with the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) in the UK Public Sector or other relevant professional standards. You will act as a crucial point of contact for clients, delivering a portfolio of audits and working closely with stakeholders to deliver efficient and robust audit work that strengthens the Agency's client relationships and reputation.

This role requires a confident, experienced auditor who will actively contribute to audit delivery in line with quality, time, and budget requirements.

You may be allocated to client specific teams, one of our specialism's teams or our central resourcing team. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider Civil Service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government. The Agency's unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully and continue developing professionally.

• Supporting the delivery of a portfolio of audits, working on more than one assignment at once, often for a variety of clients.
• Leading the delivery of audit assignments and ensure delivery within budget and quality expectations complying with GIAA methodology and using our audit management system to deliver audits in line with our quality standards.
• Identifying and assessing key risks and explaining these to client management teams. Preparing terms of reference, setting out testing plans and undertaking detailed testing. Evaluating client frameworks for governance, risk, and control, supporting good practice within own and client organisations, and recommending improvements that support organisational objectives and capabilities.
• Obtaining, selecting and analysing data, to support results, conclusions and recommendations made. Providing and delivering clear and accurate reports that meet the requirements of our clients, and carrying out activities to ensure that agreed management actions are completed.
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, using agency innovation, and learning. Being an effective team member, supporting wider GIAA delivery by working constructively and flexibly with colleagues to deliver appropriate outcomes.
• Managing your own time and resources effectively, taking ownership of issues that could impact the delivery of your and the wider teams' objectives and providing solutions and options ahead of deadlines.

For these senior auditor roles, we are inviting candidates who have demonstrable experience within the discipline of the professional audit/accountancy body outlined below, and have achieved at least one of the following:

• Internal Audit part qualified - Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (UK & Ireland), or overseas equivalent (the latter will require you to verify equivalent status with the CIIA UK & Ireland before applying) - have…