Internal Audit Manager – 12-Month FTC

Brewer Morris; Greater London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brewer Morris in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Internal Audit professional to join Group Internal Audit & Assurance, delivering risk-based audits across a dispersed, multinational portfolio. The role offers exposure to senior stakeholders and opportunities to influence governance and control frameworks.

You will lead audit assignments from planning through reporting, apply data analytics where relevant, and collaborate with colleagues to share insights and promote best practice across

Qualifications

• Experience delivering risk-based internal audits across diverse business units.
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders with clear, practical recommendations.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to distill complex issues into action plans.
• Exposure to large, complex, geographically dispersed organisations is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver risk-based audits and assurance reviews across a diverse portfolio.
• Lead audit assignments from planning through reporting, including scoping and stakeholder engagement.
• Assess control environments and identify opportunities to strengthen governance and performance.
• Build relationships with senior leaders while maintaining independence.
• Share insights and promote best practice across the assurance function.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Auditing

Analytical thinking

Risk governance

Communication skills

Data analytics

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIA/CIMA or equivalent

Job description

This is a fully remote position for candidates currently based in the United Kingdom.

The Organisation

Our client is a FTSE 100 listed international group comprising a portfolio of specialist operating businesses. With operations spanning multiple continents and a workforce of several thousand employees, the organisation delivers innovative products and services that support critical industries and contribute to safer, healthier and more sustainable outcomes worldwide.

Operating through a decentralised business model, the group combines entrepreneurial leadership at a local level with the strength, resources and governance of a major global organisation. Its diverse businesses serve customers across a range of regulated and technical sectors, creating a dynamic and varied environment for professionals seeking broad commercial exposure.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Group Internal Audit & Assurance function, working within a highly regarded team that provides independent assurance and advisory support across an extensive international business portfolio.

The position offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders, varied operational environments and a broad range of strategic and commercial risks. As well as delivering risk-based assurance activity, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of the wider assurance framework and methodology.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and support a programme of risk-based audits and assurance reviews across diverse business units and functions.
• Lead audit assignments from planning through to reporting, including scoping, stakeholder engagement, fieldwork and the communication of findings.
• Assess how key risks and controls are managed, identifying opportunities to strengthen governance, control effectiveness and operational performance.
• Build effective relationships with senior leaders and management teams across the group, acting as a trusted advisor while maintaining appropriate independence.
• Present observations, recommendations and agreed actions in a clear, concise and commercially relevant manner.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the assurance function to share insight, identify emerging themes and promote best practice.
• Support the continuous enhancement of audit methodologies, assurance approaches and reporting processes.
• Leverage data and analytics where appropriate to improve audit effectiveness, identify trends and generate meaningful business insights.
• Contribute to broader assurance, advisory and risk-related initiatives as required.

What You’ll Gain

This role provides a unique opportunity to gain exposure to a large, internationally diversified FTSE 100 organisation with a portfolio of businesses operating across multiple sectors and geographies.

You will benefit from:

• Experience working across a wide variety of business models, operational environments and regulated industries.
• Exposure to senior executives and leadership teams throughout the group.
• The opportunity to undertake a diverse mix of audit, assurance and advisory assignments.
• A deeper understanding of how high-performing international organisations manage risk, governance and business performance.
• The chance to influence the evolution of the group’s assurance function through the contribution of ideas, innovation and best practice.
• Development of commercial awareness and strategic insight through engagement with a broad range of operational and corporate activities.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate is likely to demonstrate:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage and challenge constructively at all organisational levels.
• A commercially focused and pragmatic approach to risk, governance and internal controls.
• Intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in understanding different businesses, operating models and organisational cultures.
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to distil complex issues into practical recommendations.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously while meeting agreed deadlines.
• Experience leading internal audit, risk, controls, compliance or assurance engagements and interacting effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Previous exposure to large, complex or geographically dispersed organisations would be advantageous.
• Additional experience in areas such as enterprise risk management, programme/project assurance, technology risk, data analytics or business transformation would be beneficial.
• A relevant professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIA, CIMA or equivalent) or comparable experience within audit, risk or assurance.

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