Specialist Auditor - Prudential & Financial Risk

Job Type:
Permanent Job Sector:
Accounting Region:
Yorkshire Location:
Skipton Salary

Description:

Competitive salary plus excellent benefits. Posted: 05/01/2026 Recruiter:
Skipton Building Society. Job .

Hours:

Permanent role, 35 hours per week. Hybrid working with regular in‑office collaboration required. You’ll need to be flexible and willing to travel across the Group when required (up to 20–25% annually). Closing Date:
Mon, 19 Jan 2026.

We’re the UK’s fourth largest building society—and proudly different. As a mutual, we’re owned by our members, not shareholders. Our Group spans the UK, Channel Islands, and New Zealand, including Skipton Building Society, Connells Group (the UK’s largest estate agency), Skipton International, and Jade Software Corporation. As part of this role, you’ll have the opportunity to work across all these businesses, gaining exposure to a diverse range of operations and stakeholders.

GIA is the third line of defence within the Skipton Building Society Group, providing independent insight, assurance and opinions to stakeholders at all levels. We help the Society achieve its strategic objectives by taking an agile approach to assess risk management, controls and governance processes, protecting the interests of our members and customers. In this role, you’ll work with GIA colleagues to review systems and controls, deliver audit assignments, and provide feedback on key risks to support action plans.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across the Group—up to and including Exec members—sharing insights and influencing outcomes.

Reporting to the Head of Audit for Prudential & Financial Risk, you’ll play a key role in delivering high‑quality assurance work across the Group. This is a varied and impactful role where you’ll work closely with stakeholders to identify risks and support effective solutions.

• Contributing to the delivery of a range of risk‑focused audit reviews as guided by your leader.
• Using Agile principles, your work will be of high quality and delivered timely in line with GIA Methodology and Report Writing Standards.
• Communicating and collaborating with stakeholders in the business to agree appropriate actions to address risks identified through your assurance work.
• Monitoring risk data and associated key risk indicators as directed by your leader to support GIA’s continuous monitoring; to support this, you will attend governance committees and forums as directed by your leader.
• Supporting GIA’s continuous improvement culture and taking responsibility for your personal development.

We’re looking for someone who combines technical knowledge with excellent interpersonal skills and a proactive mindset. You’ll be confident working independently but also thrive in a collaborative environment where influencing and building relationships are key.

• Understanding of the Prudential and Financial risk environment.
• Part‑qualified accountant or similar qualification.

• Experience of working in an Internal Audit environment and/or Financial Services.
• Be able to work independently with limited direction and supervision.
• Be able to lead smaller / less complex reviews end to end and lead technical elements of larger reviews.

• Ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to raise queries, challenge existing practices and negotiate to achieve the right outcomes.
• Effective communication skills (both verbal and written) and listening skills.
• Ability to liaise with senior stakeholders and co‑source partners (where required) to ensure the successful delivery of audit work.
• Enthusiasm and self‑motivation to drive delivery and provide excellent customer service.
• Embracing agile principles to plan and effectively re‑prioritise and deliver your workload.
• Ability to work independently, but also to be able to proactively seek direction and support where required.

Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant…