Interim Internal Audit and Assurance opportunity with a large Glasgow-based organisation for an initial 6-month period.
Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, you will be responsible for:
* Leading with planning, organising, and carrying out assurance reviews (including the drafting and finalisation of audit reports with the appropriate Director and Managing Director) in accordance with the assurance plan with a high level of autonomy and within set timescales
* Ensuring that proper controls and processes are in place for each review. This will require knowledge of processes across all areas of the Group
* Undertaking, documenting and reporting on a series of Group-wide spot checks to check compliance on key business operational areas
* Supporting Senior Management in providing an integrated assurance function by conducting systematic and random assurance reviews of Group-wide activities and results
* Providing advice on key assurance and risk areas and keeping the Director / Manager apprised of the progress of agreed interventions, achieved by implementing a Group-wide risk framework
* Communicating findings and recommendations both verbally and in written reports to Senior Management and the relevant Director and Group Director. These recommendations will include improvements to systems, processes and potentially changes to policies within the Group
* Promoting continuous improvement through a range of excellence frameworks across agreed areas and functions
* Responsible for monitoring the completion of agreed audit actions and then reporting the status of these to the Executive Team and the Group Audit Committee
* Supporting the Director / Head of Assurance in monitoring the achievement of the Assurance program
* Supporting the development and implementation of the Group’s risk management framework
* Supporting the facilitation of risk management practice across the Group
The Individual:
* Full Accountancy / Internal Audit Qualification
* Available within 4 weeks’ notice
* Demonstrable experience in internal auditing and risk management
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Flexibility and a willingness to respond to the needs of a dynamic and changing organisation
* Experience in interacting with senior managers / customers
On Offer:
* Competitive salary
* Excellent pension and holiday entitlement
* Flexible working (1 day required in office per week)
For more information on this opportunity, please contact Christina McLean at Rutherford Cross.
Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.