Audit Manager

Job Overview

Audit and Assurance Services is a division of NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP). We deliver professional internal audit, assurance and consulting service across the NHS in Wales, consisting of 12 Health Boards/Trusts, and a number of Special Health Authorities, operating with a budget in excess of £8bn.

A continuously changing and evolving risk landscape, particularly following the Covid pandemic, means that the NHS in Wales faces new and unfamiliar challenges. While the NHS is often ready to respond to these challenges, the support provided by internal audit helps give Chief Executives, and Boards the assurance that their risk management, control processes and governance arrangements are ready to meet these demands and support the delivery of quality patient services.

We have 60 skilled staff delivering over 400 reviews annually, across all organisations that form NHS Wales, supporting organisational governance and improvement. You should be an individual with the attributes to thrive as an internal auditor in this challenging, varied, and complex environment.

As a self‑motivated individual, you should embrace our vision of delivering excellence and value for money.

The salary scale for a Band 3 has been adjusted as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2026/2027 and will be implemented in August 2026 backdated to 01 April 2026 where applicable.

• 37.5 hours – North Wales Team, Bryn Y Neuadd, Aber Road, Llanfairfechan, Conwy, LL33 0HH
• 22.5 hours – South East Team, Cwmbran House, Mamhilad Park Estate, Pontypool, NP4 0HZ

The Audit Manager roles within the North Wales and South East teams provides the opportunity to work across a range of NHS Wales organisations and be responsible for supporting the development and delivery of audits plans and managing a portfolio of audit assignments, as well as delivering complex high‑level reviews of risks, strategies, governance structures, quality and safety, financial and workforce management, operational and clinical delivery across our clients.

We believe these are great opportunities for the right candidates, and the recent external quality assessment of our service by the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors demonstrates that we are delivering a quality service to all of our clients.

We work in an agile way, for example we are flexible as to where you are based and the hours you work. And we invest in training and development to ensure all of us have the right skills to deliver effective assurance and add value.

We work in probably the most high‑profile public service in Wales, and this is a great time to join NHS Wales.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post;
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

• Relevant professional qualification, with post qualification experience or equivalent knowledge and competence
• Highly specialist knowledge of audit standards
• Highly specialist knowledge of controls assurance
• Highly specialist knowledge of control frameworks

• Substantial experience of internal audit, public sector audit and / or NHS experience
• Producing complex audit reports including making recommendations for enhancements to procedure and controls
• Advanced specialised knowledge and experience of internal audit and risk management
• Presentation of complex and potentially sensitive information where management are resistant to findings

• Ability to plan, control and carry out audit assignments
• Production of complex audit plans and assignment briefs
• Excellent report writing skills, supervisory and communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously and equally effectively as part of a multi‑disciplinary team

We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self‑assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of…