Executive Partner - Chief Audit Executive

Gartner; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research and advisory company in the United Kingdom is seeking an Executive Partner for Business Services to provide advisory services to Chief Audit Executives. The role involves collaborating with clients to tackle audit challenges and improve governance. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in audit leadership, strong communication skills, and the ability to apply technological solutions. This position offers competitive compensation and a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

World-class benefits

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Experience as a Chief Audit Executive or similar.
• In-depth knowledge of Audit function and related areas.
• Proficient in leveraging technology including AI.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive advisory services to CAE members.
• Deliver innovative solutions based on client needs.
• Facilitate client engagement through various activities.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Executive presence

Communication skills

Relationship management

Education

15+ years of experience in audit

Bachelors degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Executive Partner, Business Services – Chief Audit Executive (CAE)

About this role:

What makes Gartner a GREAT fit for you? When you join Gartner, you’ll be part of a fast-growing team that helps the world become smarter and more connected. We’re the world’s leading research and advisory company, achieving consistent double-digit growth by steering clients toward the right decisions with business and technology insights they can’t find anywhere else. Here you’ll enjoy a collaborative work environment supporting some of the best organizations in the world. If you like working with a curious, supportive, high-performing team, then Gartner is the place for you.

When you join the Gartner Executive Partner for Chief Audit Executive team, you will experience a high-performance work environment within a company that knows no limits. Gartner Executive Partners serve as trusted advisors to our clients, who are Chief Audit Executives from organizations across all industries. This is a brand new product and a very exciting time to join the organization. Our clients, Chief Audit Executives or the senior-most individuals responsible for Internal Audit, find themselves challenged with the pace of change impacting the Audit function and their respective organizations as companies continue to adapt and shift their business models to move faster and grow their companies in a rapidly evolving risk environment. With the support of their Executive Partner, our Gartner for CAE clients more adeptly align their audit priorities to the organization’s most critical objectives and deliver the assurance needed to help the organization more confidently achieve its objectives and manage risks. As an Executive Partner, you will have the opportunity to deliver solutions for the most critical audit and oversight challenges facing companies across all industries.

Partnering with our clients means that no two days are the same; you could be supporting the development of the overall audit department strategy and long-term vision, providing recommendations on assessing audit department productivity and capacity and creating performance metrics and budgets, advising on the audit function’s effective use of technology (including AI), or helping the CAE increase audit’s impact on the business. Clients will also look to you for advice and support on working more closely with the Audit Committee and the broader Board, CEO, and the rest of the management team on critical business goals and risks, communicating the value of the audit function, and establishing effective governance and oversight processes. You will support clients as they work to provide assurance over emerging risks to the company and support the Audit Committee in performing their oversight role. Gartner for CAE EPs serve as accountability partners through delivery of Gartner research insights and personal experiences/expertise on key initiatives, priorities, and strategies of their CAE clients.

What You’ll Do

• Provide executive advisory services to CAE members who work across all industries and business models.
• Synthesize Gartner insights and data to deliver world class advisory support through ongoing bi-weekly client engagement and periodic client working sessions. The ability and willingness to operate independently to adapt materials fit for client use is required.
• Host, facilitate, and/or participate in periodic client activities, including working sessions to develop strategy, peer roundtables, sessions and client meetings at the annual conference and virtual webinars. These activities may be delivered virtually or on-site depending on circumstance.
• Define and deliver innovative solutions by assessing client needs and developing a customized value plan in accordance with overall Executive Program strategy and product deliverables.
• Facilitate member interaction and peer collaboration through the Gartner for Audit member community portal and assisted member connections.
• Work as a collaborative Gartner team member serving clients in conjunction with Client Support Professionals and Account Executives.
• Participate in all phases of the client lifecycle: pre-sale, on-boarding, relationship management, delivery, review, and renewal.
• While you will not be responsible for creating content, you will be partnering with Business and Technology Insights (BTI) Analysts to help identify potential gaps in material that is relevant and valuable to our clients.
• There will be a considerable focus on sales enablement in this role. You are responsible for client retention and for contributing to account growth through direct support of Gartner Sales Associates:
• Working with the sales teams to help them understand the true value of the Guided Product to the client vs the Self-Directed product.
• Building their confidence and ability to effectively engage with and sell to this level of C-suite prospect.
• Through the creation of Value Stories, enable the sales associates to bring the service to life.
• You will be partnering with sales on account planning / development activities as well as being present in proof-of-concept (POC) engagements with prospective clients.

What You’ll Need

• The Executive Partner will ideally be an accomplished Chief Audit Executive, working with the C-suite, the Audit Committee and Board of Directors and a host of stakeholders, with a broad base of expertise who has operated at a senior leadership level and driven change at all levels.
• At least 5+ years of experience working as a CAE (or the highest audit role within an organization) and at least 15+ years of experience in areas critical to leading an audit function.
• An in-depth understanding of the Audit function and other adjacent functions, e.g., Compliance, Legal & Risk.
• Ideally with a background across multiple industries to be able to support a wide variety of member organizations.
• Audit or Consulting Firm experience, including client relationship management, is also highly beneficial.
• Technologically savvy; our model is lean, and you’ll leverage AI and other tools to work quickly, including completing administrative tasks.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite of tools to adapt Power Points, leverage Excel Spreadsheets, and to use Word to draft client-ready materials.
• Consulting background a plus.

Who You Are

• Critical thinker and problem solver, demonstrating the ability to assess our clients’ situations and provide actionable, outcome-based business/technical advice as well as the ability to leverage appropriate Gartner resources to help clients achieve results.
• Ability to build strategic internal partnerships with key roles across the organization and positively impact change
• This role is a client-facing position that requires a high level of executive presence and ability to quickly build trust and deliver value.
• Demonstrate superior verbal and written communication skills as well as strong facilitation and presentation and facilitation skills. Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Willing to work independently and handle administrative tasks.

Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

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