Senior Audit Lead

Hours

Working full time 35 hours per week, with three days a week in our Skipton office. This role is permanent.

Wed, 22 Jul 2026

Join our Group Internal Audit (GIA) team and play a key role in helping the Skipton Group achieve its strategic ambitions. As a senior member of the GIA leadership team, you’ll provide independent insight and assurance across a diverse range of Group businesses, acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders while maintaining audit independence and objectivity. You’ll lead impactful audit reviews, influence risk and control improvements, and help shape the future of Internal Audit, all while working across a varied portfolio that includes financial services, property, international banking and technology businesses.

This role will involve some travel as you will be working across multiple businesses but is not expected to be more than 30% of your role.

• Deliver high‑quality, risk‑focused audits using Agile principles, ensuring reviews are completed efficiently, on time, and in line with GIA methodologies and reporting standards.
• Review and oversee audit deliverables, providing coaching, guidance and constructive feedback to colleagues while ensuring all work meets Internal Audit Standards, regulatory requirements and internal quality expectations.
• Lead the successful delivery of multiple audit assignments, coordinating resources, providing direction to the audit team and empowering colleagues to deliver high‑quality outcomes.
• Present findings, updates and insights to senior management, committees and governance forums as required.
• Contribute to the development of the annual audit plan through ongoing risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, horizon scanning and identification of emerging risks.
• Be responsible for the performance and coaching of GIA team members working on the audits for which you are accountable.

• Strong knowledge of key conduct and operational risks, including Consumer Duty, Operational Resilience, Financial Crime and Third‑Party Risk Management.
• Good understanding of key regulations including FCA requirements (SYSC, DISP, MCOBS, PRIN and Consumer Duty) and GDPR.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels.
• Good understanding of the Global Internal Audit Standards and risk‑based auditing principles.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing colleagues, with the ability to independently manage multiple complex assignments with minimal supervision.
• Proven experience building credibility with senior stakeholders and providing effective challenge where required.

Your work matters. And the way we reward you matters, too. At Skipton, we offer pay and benefits that really do make life better.

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a max of 30 days
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
• Colleague mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates
• Flexible working to help balance your commitments
• Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle‑to‑work scheme, discounted gym memberships
• Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, which can be used at John Lewis, Currys and IKEA