Audit Manager

People's Partnership; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A not-for-profit organisation in Crawley is seeking an experienced Audit Manager to deliver high-quality audit opinions and oversee junior team members. This role requires financial services experience in internal audit, strong analytical skills, and attention to detail. The ideal candidate will have a professional qualification or equivalent experience. The position offers generous pension contributions and various employee perks including healthcare and learning opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pension contributions

Real living wage

Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance

Employee healthcare

Parental and adoption leave

Learning & development opportunities

Travel season ticket loans

Onsite gym and ride-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified in a suitable professional qualification or qualified by experience.
• Previous financial services experience in internal audit.
• Strong numeracy, analytical and report writing skills.
• Attention to detail and proactive initiative in problem solving.
• Ability to understand complex processes, identify and communicate risks, issues and root causes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑quality audit opinions that drive confidence across the business.
• Perform and lead deep‑dive internal audits to provide evidence‑based opinions.
• Plan audits to understand key risks and controls, and conclude on control effectiveness.
• Explain the materiality of issues and communicate concise reports.
• Oversee junior team members and build effective stakeholder relationships.
• Provide consultancy services to help the business understand issues.

Skills

Audit principles

Numeracy

Analytical skills

Report writing

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

Professional qualification in audit or equivalent experience

Job description

Audit Manager

People's Partnership is a not-for-profit organisation committed to making the future‑saving experience simple, fair and accessible. We offer a flexible hybrid working approach and celebrate diversity, encouraging every team member to excel.

What you’ll be doing

As an Audit Manager you will deliver high‑quality audit opinions that drive confidence across the business. You will own complex, deep‑dive reviews, shape agile audit and consultancy services, and influence risk management decisions.

• Perform and lead deep‑dive internal audits, aligned to the audit methodology, on complex areas/processes to provide evidence‑based opinions on the control framework, risk management, culture & accountability within budget/deadlines.
• Apply audit principles throughout all stages of the audit lifecycle with minimal oversight.
• Plan audits to understand key risks and controls, develop appropriate tests, and conclude on control effectiveness.
• Explain the materiality of issues, substantiate findings with evidence, and communicate concise, well‑structured reports for review by the divisional lead.
• Oversee junior team members, support their development, and build effective stakeholder relationships.
• Gather business intelligence to target agile audit or consultancy projects.
• Perform agile audits to provide quick, targeted assurance outside traditional risk‑based audit methodology.
• Provide consultancy services to help the business understand issues and work through potential solutions.
• Lead junior members in producing monthly continuous assurance reviews.

Qualifications and experience

• Qualified in a suitable professional qualification, or qualified by experience.
• Previous financial services experience in internal audit.
• Strong numeracy, analytical and report writing skills.
• Attention to detail and proactive initiative in problem solving.
• Ability to understand complex processes, identify and communicate risks, issues and root causes.

Benefits and perks

• Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%.
• Real living wage.
• Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance.
• Employee healthcare.
• Parental and adoption leave.
• Learning & development opportunities and study support.
• Travel season ticket loans.
• Grab & Go Deli Café.
• Volunteering days and charity payroll giving.
• Onsite gym and ride‑to‑work scheme.
• Social clubs and events.

Equal opportunities

People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. We are a disability‑committed employer, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best "you".