Internal Audit Manager B

Morrisons; Bradford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discount in store

Annual bonus

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Car parking

Career progression

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Morrisons Head Office seeks an experienced Audit Manager to lead and deliver independent assurance on internal controls. You will manage audit projects, reports and reviews, working with Senior Audit Manager and Director to provide Board-level assurance and drive improvements in risk management.

You will champion stakeholder engagement, develop risk registers, and simplify processes while upholding audit methodology and delivering high-quality outputs in a fast-paced environment at our

Qualifications

• Possess professional qualifications (CIA / ACCA / ACA / CIMA or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of audit, risk and control and applying audit methodology.
• Ability to deliver in a complex, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead project assurance and audits, providing expertise to improve risk management and controls.
• Deliver planned and ad-hoc audit engagements with quality and challenge outputs.
• Develop and maintain operational risk registers with business areas.
• Consult with senior management to understand requirements and speed up processes.
• Role model the Ways of Working and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Excel / Google sheets

Report writing

Resilience

Data analytics (IDEA)

Education

CIA / ACCA / ACA / CIMA or equivalent

Tools

IDEA

Excel

Job description

More about the role

You will manage and produce accurate, timely audit reports and project assurance reviews. Working closely with the Senior Audit Manager and Director of Risk and Internal Audit, you will provide independent assurance to the Board and Audit Committee regarding the effectiveness of internal controls. Through this work, you will add value and improve both the Group’s operations and overall control environment. Additionally, you will drive continuous improvement by simplifying tasks and streamlining processes.

Accountabilities:

Customer

• Be proactive in identifying risks and opportunities for departments so that managers across the business can respond to them on a timely basis.
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including stores, to understand the context in which you are working.
• Champion the customer and retain a customer focus through daily routines.
• Support your business areas in developing and maintaining their operational risk register.

Colleague

• Lead project assurance and audits, providing expertise and feedback to improve risk management and control, business processes and procedures.
• (If applicable) provide direction and development to direct reports/audit team.
• Consult with senior management to understand business requirements and identify opportunities to speed up and simplify.
• Identify personal and professional opportunities for development.
• Role model the Ways of Working

Operational

• Continually focusing on simplifying and improving processes and controls.
• Understand the environment of the area in which you work and the implications of changes.
• Deliver planned and ad-hoc audit and consultancy engagements, ensuring control and quality throughout, and reviewing and challenging to ensure accurate output.
• Drive the business functions to ensure audit actions are delivered in line with audit methodology.

Sales, Profit and Cash

• Drive the business to agree suitable audit actions so that the cost of control associated with key risks is appropriately balanced.
• Drive a continuous improvement culture. Generate your own ideas for improvement and drive through to delivery

More about you

Role Specific Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Knowledge

• Possess the relevant professional qualifications (CIA / ACCA / ACA / CIMA or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of audit, risk and control and how to apply audit methodology and risk management principles

Skills

• Attention to detail
• An ability to deliver in a complex, fast paced environment
• Good analytical thinking
• Good Microsoft Excel or Google sheets skills
• Excellent stakeholder management - the ability to build and maintain networks and share information and feedback in a meaningful and tactful way
• Excellent written communication / report writing skills
• Resilience and ability to adapt in an ever changing environment
• Desirable: ability to conduct data analytics using IDEA or other data analytics tools

Experience

• Experience of stakeholder management
• Experience of having to prioritise to meet deadlines
• Previous experience of supporting the delivery of audit plans

More about our perks

In return for all your hard work, you will receive:

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• ‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Private Healthcare
• Car Allowance (company car provided in some instances)

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!

At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too. We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.