Internal Audit Manager

People's Partnership; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions

Real living wage

Healthcare

Parental leave

Study support

Travel season ticket loans

Volunteer days

Job summary

People's Partnership is seeking an Internal Audit Manager to join our Internal Audit team in the United Kingdom. You''ll lead audits across pension administration, member servicing, governance, outsourcing, and operational resilience, providing independent assurance to support good member outcomes.

You''ll work with senior stakeholders across the business, bringing pension sector experience and the ability to translate audit findings into actionable insights and improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering internal audits in pensions, financial services, or regulated environments.
• Ability link audit findings to business objectives and risks.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication across all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver audits across pensions activities including admin, governance, outsourcing.
• Provide independent insights on risks, governance, and controls.
• Develop audit plans with risk assessment and industry themes.
• Mentor colleagues and develop the audit function.

Skills

Internal Audit

Pensions knowledge

Stakeholder management

Regulatory awareness

Risk assessment

Job description

Want to use your audit expertise in an organisation that helps millions of people save for retirement?

We're looking for an Internal Audit Manager to join our Internal Audit team at People's Partnership. You'll provide independent assurance on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal control arrangements across one of the UK's largest workplace pension providers, supporting our growth and transformation agenda while helping us deliver good outcomes for our members.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced internal audit practitioner to lead audits across some of the most important activities within a large workplace pension provider, including pension administration, member servicing, scheme governance, outsourcing arrangements, operational resilience and member outcomes. You'll work closely with stakeholders across the business, providing meaningful insight and challenge on key pension risks, regulatory developments and operational issues that influence member outcomes and pension service delivery.

Given the nature of the role, we're particularly keen to hear from candidates with experience of the pensions sector, including pension administration, scheme operations or trustee governance.

Why join People's Partnership?

Helping people build financial foundations for life has always been at the heart of what we do. This role offers the opportunity to deepen your expertise across pension administration, scheme operations and trustee governance while working with senior stakeholders across one of the UK's largest workplace pension providers. You'll join a function committed to delivering meaningful insight and assurance while continuously evolving how Internal Audit supports the business.

What you'll be doing

• Leading and delivering audits across key pensions activities, including pension administration, benefit processing, member servicing, scheme governance, outsourcing arrangements, operational resilience and member outcomes.
• Providing independent advice and forward-looking insights on key pension risks, governance, member outcomes and internal control arrangements.
• Building strong stakeholder relationships and communicating clear, evidence-based insights throughout audit and advisory engagements.
• Supporting the development of the audit plan through ongoing risk assessment, business insight and identification of emerging pensions risks, regulatory developments and industry themes.
• Coaching colleagues and contributing to the continued development of a modern, agile and insight-driven Internal Audit function.

You could be a great fit if you:

• Have experience delivering internal audits in pensions, financial services or another regulated environment.
• Can connect audit findings, business objectives and emerging risks to provide insight that supports informed decision-making.
• Enjoy building relationships and working with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation.
• Are comfortable leading complex audit assignments and managing competing priorities.
• Bring a proactive mindset and enjoy contributing to continuous improvement.

What you can expect from us:

• 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
• Volunteering days and charity payroll giving