Audit Business Partner (Remote based role)

Paragon Skills; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative opportunity awaits a solutions-focused individual to join a dynamic team as an Audit Business Partner. In this remote role, you will play a vital part in enhancing compliance and audit strategies across the organization. Your expertise in financial funding audits and government funding rules will be essential in providing training and support to colleagues, ensuring data integrity and adherence to funding body requirements. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact while enjoying a supportive work environment that values your contributions and fosters professional growth. If you are eager to drive positive change and thrive in a collaborative setting, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

20 days annual leave

Paid volunteering leave

Holiday purchase scheme

Recognition awards

Life assurance

Income protection

Wellness tools through Perkbox

Qualifications

• Experience in financial funding audits and government funding rules.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal audits and compliance checks for the business.
• Provide training on audit and compliance strategies.
• Assist in external audits and ensure data integrity.

Skills

Financial funding audits

Government funding rules

Data privacy and protection

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Audit Business Partner (Remote based role)

Location: Remote - Full time 36.5 hours a week (Mon - Fri)

We have an exciting opportunity for a creative, forward thinking and solutions focused individual to join our funding and compliance team as a Audit Business Partner to support our shared services function and support colleagues across Paragon Skills & Tempdent.

You will assist the Lead Audit Business Partner to develop and educate the wider business by providing internal development and training opportunities on compliance and audit strategies, changes to awarding body requirements and other funding and compliance activities to improve provision across the company.

This role involves assisting on all internal and external audit and compliance activities, and leading the facilitation and management of data integrity and compliance to meet the funding body requirements.

Responsibilities include:

1. Carrying out internal audit and compliance checks and assisting business teams to carry out 10% audits.
2. Providing training and development of internal audit and compliance for the wider business.
3. Assisting the Head of Funding and Compliance on external PFA and funding body audits.
4. Using external PDSAT reports to aid the development of internal reporting mechanisms to minimise risk.
5. Facilitating and carrying out funding and compliance audits to ensure data integrity and delivery of agreed service level agreements to the business.

If you are a forward thinking individual with a desire to make a difference then we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

1. Experience of carrying out financial funding audits with knowledge and experience of government funding rules and contractual obligations.
2. Experience of communicating across a large multi-sector training provider.
3. Experience of working as part of a funding and compliance or similar team and conducting audits.
4. Experience of successfully achieving targets and deadlines.
5. Knowledge of work-based learning and funding.
6. Ability to uphold data privacy and data protection at all times.
7. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a natural affinity for analysing data.
8. Ability to identify and rectify errors with excellent attention to detail.

We are proud to offer a suite of optional benefits including life assurance and income protection:

1. 20 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and a holiday purchase scheme.
2. 3 Knovia Days for our Operational December Closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays.
3. Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives.
4. Perkbox – a suite of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools.
5. Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability.

Paragon Skills is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this.