Internal Audit Analyst

IVC; West of England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work scheme

Pension

Discretionary Bonus

Discounted staff pet care

Dog Friendly office

Free Parking available at Head Office

26 days annual leave

Job summary

IVC Evidensia is seeking an Internal Audit Analyst to support audits across markets, helping the business understand risk and strengthen control culture. The role requires practical business insight from veterinary operations and close collaboration with stakeholders across clinics, hospitals and support functions.

You will travel about 10–15% of the role, attend the monthly Keynsham office day, and contribute to planning, fieldwork and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a veterinary operations or clinical environment is preferred.
• Strong understanding of how clinics/hospitals operate in practice.
• Compliance-minded with interest in risk, governance and process improvement.
• Ability to review information objectively, ask good questions and identify issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to document work clearly.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, delivery and completion of Internal Audit reviews across markets.
• Assist with audit fieldwork, including process walkthroughs and evidence gathering.
• Identify risks, control gaps, and opportunities to improve ways of working.
• Prepare clear audit outputs: working papers, findings and draft actions.
• Work with management to agree practical actions addressing findings.
• Travel ~10–15% and attend monthly Keynsham office day; promote a positive control culture.

Skills

Audit experience

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

Internal Audit Analyst

At IVC Evidensia, we are a leading veterinary services provider in Europe and North America with more than 2,500 clinics and hospitals across 19 countries and around 42,000 employees. We aim to have an extraordinary impact on animal lives, supporting in the region of 25,000 animals every single day across our international network. IVC Evidensia exists to champion the long-term health and welfare of animals and deliver our purpose of Healthy Animals, Happy Owners.

As an Internal Audit Analyst, you will support the delivery of Internal Audit activity across IVC Evidensia, helping the business understand risk, strengthen ways of working and embed a positive control culture. This is an important role in the continued development and maturity of Internal Audit across the Group.

This role is suited to someone with experience from within a veterinary operations or clinical team who can bring practical business understanding, curiosity and a fresh perspective to Internal Audit. The role holder will support audits, work closely with stakeholders across the business, and help ensure audit work is grounded in how our clinics, hospitals and support functions operate in practice.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

• Support the planning, delivery and completion of Internal Audit reviews across a range of markets, functions and programmes.
• Assist with audit fieldwork, including process walkthroughs, evidence gathering, sample testing, documentation review and stakeholder discussions.
• Help identify risks, control gaps, process weaknesses and opportunities to improve ways of working.
• Support the preparation of clear, concise and evidence-based audit outputs, including working papers, findings, actions and draft report content.
• Work with management to agree practical and proportionate actions that address audit findings and support sustainable improvement.
• Help track audit actions through to completion, including following up with stakeholders and escalating delays where required.
• Partner with the business to promote a positive control culture and help colleagues understand why good controls matter.
• Bring operational and/or clinical insight to audit work, helping the Internal Audit team ensure reviews are practical, relevant and business-focused.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across clinics, operations and Group functions, acting as a trusted and approachable member of the Internal Audit team.
• Support the wider Risk, Control and Internal Audit team with other activities as required.
• Maintain accurate, complete and well-structured audit documentation in line with Internal Audit methodology and quality standards.
• Be willing to travel across IVC Evidensia locations where required, expected to be approximately 10-15% of the role.
• Attend the monthly office day in Keynsham and contribute to team meetings, planning sessions and wider Internal Audit activities.

Experience/Qualifications:

Essential:

• Experience working within IVC Evidensia, ideally within an operations, clinical, practice, regional or support function environment.
• Strong understanding of how clinics, hospitals or operational teams work in practice.
• A compliance-focused mindset, with an interest in risk, governance, controls and improving business processes.
• Ability to review information objectively, ask good questions and identify where processes may not be working as intended.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to document work clearly and accurately.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain issues in a clear, practical and constructive way.
• Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at different levels across the business.
• Curious, proactive and willing to learn.
• Comfortable working with data, documents, policies, procedures and evidence to support audit conclusions.
• Able to balance the need for good governance and control with the practical realities of operating a busy clinical or operational environment.
• Resilient, flexible and comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing organisation.
• Deadline focused, organised and able to manage multiple pieces of work at the same time.
• Willingness to travel approximately 10-15% of the role with travel usually scheduled well in advance.
• Willingness to attend the monthly office day in Keynsham.

Desirable:

• Previous involvement in compliance, quality, risk, governance, health and safety, clinical standards, complaints, incident management or process improvement activity.
• Experience reviewing processes, identifying issues and helping teams implement improvements.
• Experience working with policies, procedures, standard operating processes or control checklists.
• Familiarity with audit, assurance, compliance or control concepts.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams or other business systems to organise information and communicate outputs.
• Experience supporting projects, business change or improvement initiatives.

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

What We Offer:

At IVC Evidensia we recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from

• Work-life balance
• 26 days annual leave
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Pension
• Discretionary Bonus
• Discounted staff pet care
• Dog Friendly office
• Free Parking available at Head Office

At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.