Audit Manager
The role represents an excellent opportunity to manage Internal Audit in a company with a real focus on growth and practising ‘Next Gen’ ways of working.
Reporting into the CFO, this role will manage all Internal Audit activity and delivers the opportunity to be involved in a range of audit and advisory engagements with exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic initiatives.You will be responsible for delivering high-quality audits in accordance with the audit methodology and reporting audit results through clear and concise audit reports, effectively engaging and influencing stakeholders to drive continuous improvement. The role will have exposure to the Executive Committee and Audit Committee.
The role will be hybrid based at our Soapworks site in Manchester and home working.
The key responsibilities of this role are to:
·Use expertise and experience to influence, support and deliver risk-based audit engagements and integrated audits.
·Engage with and build effective relationships across the wider business.
·Conduct audits in accordance with audit methodology (IIA Compliant), executing fieldwork with attention to quality and detail identifying control weakness(es) and the associated root cause(s).
·Also overseeing co-source audits conducted through 3rd party co-source agreements.
·Draft high quality audit reports, including appropriate suggested remediation activities.
·Draft the internal audit updates supplied to the Executive Committee, Audit Committee and PLC Board.
·Lead the annual audit planning process.
·Track, monitor and report on implementation of management actions within the agreed timeframes. Prepare updates for Executive and Audit Committee reporting purposes.
·Management of identifying and implementing continuous improvements (eg; methodology, training, action tracking, scheduling).
·Deputising for CFO at key meetings and committees as required e.g. Executive Committee and Audit Committee.
·Management of the MKI audit system.
Essential:
·Professional charted accountant qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA)
·At least five years experience in Internal Audit, risk and control activities.
·Excellent reporting writing and oral communication skills
·Experience of working with senior stakeholders and demonstrated ability to effectively deliver key messages to these stakeholders and appropriately influence.
·Sound judgment and decision-making capability
·Ability to demonstrate effective stakeholder engagement –ability to explain issues in a balanced and accurate way and maintaining auditor objectivity and independence
·Experience in delivering project assurance assignments (not essential)
·Strong commercial awareness
·Ability to work with limited supervision
·Excellent analytical skills and good attention to detail
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