Audit Specialist

About the Role

The Internal Audit Specialist plays a key role in driving audit delivery across the Investments audit team, supporting Aberdeen in delivering against its strategic ambitions and managing the risks faced by the business.

• Support the development of the audit plan through researching appropriate universe entity, inputting your knowledge from stakeholder engagements and other insight meetings and proposing audit ideas.
• Support Audit Manager/Senior Manager and Heads of Audit in developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to enhance business area knowledge and to promote best audit practice across the Group, including attending governance committees and forums where appropriate.
• Be responsible for detailed planning, scoping and performance of audit work to support delivery of the Audit Plan; where appropriate, perform the Audit Lead role on audits.
• Ensure issues identified are analysed to determine the root cause and findings reported on with related follow‑up undertaken in a timely manner to ensure effective delivery.
• Document audit delivery work to meet methodology and quality requirements.
• Ensure timely completion of work and escalation of issues and risks.
• Articulate and communicate audit findings effectively to Senior Business Management in a clear, constructive and accurate manner (in conjunction with Audit Manager/Senior Manager on complex audits).
• Complete issue validation to the expected standards, in line with methodology and in a timely manner, reporting back where the business has not closed issues adequately and identifying where further work is required.
• Act as a role model for IA’s vision, culture, strategy and plan in line with organisational goals, delivering difficult messages to the business when required.
• Support delivery of Aberdeen’s strategy by focusing IA’s work on the highest risk areas and providing support for less experienced colleagues.
• Support other audit delivery teams to help deliver audits on time and to the expected quality.
• Engage with Internal Audit colleagues and promote innovative ideas and ways of working.

• A good understanding of internal audit standards and working practices.
• Good written and oral communication skills in a 1:1 and group environment.
• Good stakeholder engagement skills and a genuine ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels.
• Educated to degree level with a relevant professional qualification or experience in a relevant role (e.g. accounting, audit, risk).

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire.

• 40 days’ annual leave
• 16% employer pension contribution
• Discretionary performance‑based bonus (where applicable)
• Private healthcare
• Flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, ethnicity and geographical provenance.

We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.