Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?
Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?
Join our Risk & Assurance Team
Softcat's business has grown from strength to strength with its straightforward strategy, ease of doing business and flexibility being key drivers of that success. The business is now of a scale and a maturity that alongside a co-source Internal Audit partner it is looking to build out in house internal audit capability in response to both the changing regulatory landscape, stage of organisational maturity and continued growth ambitions.
Success. The Softcat Way.
There's a uniqueness to Softcat – what we do, how we do it and why we do it. That's because we help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. We give everyone the chance to step up and show how much they can achieve. We succeed when all our people succeed.
Be part of a team that enables business growth
As the Assurance Lead (Third line of defence), your role is to strengthen our organisation's control framework, ensuring its resilience and effectiveness. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer and with a dotted line to the Chair of the Audit Committee, you will lead bespoke assurance activities. While this position demands specialised expertise and the ability to work independently, you will closely collaborate with the Head of Risk & Assurance. Your efforts will focus on delivering enhanced processes and controls that directly benefit our business. You will also work closely with our external co-source internal audit provider.
As Assurance Lead, you'll be responsible for:
* Collaborate Effectively: Collaborate effectively with the Risk Management team and other second line teams and our co-source Internal Audit provider to ensure cohesive risk management and audit processes.
* Ensure Alignment: Ensure alignment between organisational objectives, policies, processes, and controls to maintain a robust internal control environment.
* Conduct Specialised Audits: Conduct specialised internal audit assignments tailored to specific business needs, such as control improvement projects, compliance audits, and operational reviews and produce reports for the Audit Committee.
* Support Investigations: Provide support in the investigation of irregularities, frauds, or other anomalies, ensuring thorough and timely resolution.
* Provide Recommendations: Provide timely, actionable, and well-documented recommendations to management to enhance internal controls and mitigate risks.
We'd love you to have
* Qualified accountant (ACA). Has undergone audit training with a audit firms or similar.
* Additional IT audit experience/qualification (CISA) preferred.
* Demonstrable experience in internal audit preferably in a relevant sector.
* Familiarity with business processes and associated risks.
* Strong analytical skills and attention to details.
* Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal abilities.
Work in a way that works for you
We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
* Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
* Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
* Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.
Join us
To become part of the success story, please apply now.
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence.
You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/