Internal Auditor

Sopra Steria; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

25 days annual leave (buy extra days)

Job summary

Sopra Steria is recruiting for an Internal Audit professional in the UK. The role offers hybrid working with occasional travel to offices in the NE/NW, London, or other locations as needed.

You will plan and execute audits across operations, finance and compliance, assess control effectiveness, and drive improvements through actionable audit recommendations. A CIA or progress toward it is preferred, with strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in internal audit, ideally in Financial Services or regulated environments.
• Holding a CIA or working towards the qualification.
• Understanding of UK financial services regulation (BCOBS, SYSC, FCA Conduct Rules, Consumer Duty and PRIN).

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and scoping internal audits.
• Execute audits in line with the yearly plan across operational, financial and compliance.
• Assess the design and effectiveness of internal controls, policies and procedures.
• Drive improvements of internal processes through audit recommendations.
• Identify operational, financial and regulatory risks and recommend actionable improvements.
• Assess compliance with relevant UK regulations and company policies where applicable.
• Prepare high-quality audit reports with clear findings, recommendations and management action plans.
• Support the Senior Internal Audit Manager with risk assessments, audit scoping and action reporting.

Skills

Internal Audit

CIA or in progress

UK FS Regulation

Audit Testing

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

CIA qualification or in progress

Job description

As part of the central Internal Audit function, this role plays a keyrole in delivering independent third line assurance across the NS&Iaccount. The role reports to the Head of Risk, Compliance and Audit Oversight, Financial Services, and works primarily under the direction of the Senior Internal Audit Manager on an audit engagement-by-engagement basis.

This is a hybrid variable role with some travel to an office in Durham, Glasgow or London if required.

What you will be doing:

• Assist in planning and scoping internal audits including drafting Terms of References
• Execute internal audits in line with the yearly plan across operational, financial and compliance
• Assess the design and effectiveness of internal controls, policies and procedures
• Drive improvement of internal processes through audit recommendations
• Identify operational, financial and regulatory risks and recommend actionable improvements
• Assess compliance with relevant UK regulations and company policies where applicable
• Prepare high-quality audit reports with clear findings, recommendations and management action plans
• Support the Senior Internal Audit Manager with risk assessments, audit scoping and action reporting

What you'll bring:

• 3+ years' experience in internal audit, ideally in a Financial Services or regulated services environment
• Holding a relevant professional Internal Audit qualification (e.g. CIA), or working towards completion of qualification
• Understanding of UK financial services regulation and guidance (e.g., BCOBS, SYSC, FCA Conduct Rules, Consumer Duty and PRIN).
• Ability to drive audit testing plans to completion
• Driven by continuous improvement activity and a desire to strengthen the business
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, including stakeholder expectation management

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Hybrid variable requiring some travel to offices in theNE and NW of the UK.

Security Clearance Level: SC

Internal Recruiter: Adrian

Salary: Up to £49k depending on experience

• Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additionaldays, health cash plan, life assurance and pension

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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We place people at the heart of everything we do and are committed to working with our customers, partners and suppliers to shape a better world and add real and lasting social value to the communities in which we work.

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