Product Owner - Audit Tools & Compliance BAU

Forvis Mazars in the UK; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars in the UK is seeking a Product Owner for Audit Tools & Techniques (ATTs) to own the BAU lifecycle of audit technology solutions. You will govern licenses, manage supplier relationships, and coordinate across Audit Quality Support, Transformation, IT, and audit teams to ensure compliance and timely updates.

The role requires strong governance, risk-management, and communication skills to sustain tool relevance and alignment with audit methodology and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience within audit, audit quality, audit operations or a similar governance-focused environment.
• Strong understanding of audit methodology, regulatory expectations and quality requirements (e.g. ISQM1).
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across technical, operational and business teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tools, priorities and processes simultaneously while maintaining strong control and organisation.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly in relation to governance, documentation and compliance requirements.
• Ability to identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies in a structured and proactive way.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear and practical guidance for audit teams.
• Commercial awareness, particularly in relation to licensing, supplier relationships and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Own the full BAU lifecycle of ATTs and licensed audit tools following completion of development, governance and initial implementation.
• Maintain accountability for the governance and compliance position of all assigned tools, ensuring alignment with ISQM1 and internal audit quality requirements such as Governance and Certification review.
• Oversee the completion of governance and certification renewals and decommissioning activities where required.
• Manage licence allocation, access control and renewal cycles, ensuring licences are appropriately granted, tracked and controlled across the audit population.
• Lead and manage relationships with third-party suppliers, including contract renewals, service reviews, issue resolution and ongoing performance monitoring.
• Monitor and assess tool usage, adoption, performance and feedback, using data and insight to inform decision-making and prioritisation.
• Ensure tools remain relevant and aligned to audit methodology, identifying where updates, enhancements or changes are required.
• Maintain and update training materials, user guidance and methodology content to reflect current tool functionality and regulatory expectations. This includes keeping up to date with relevant accounting standard and audit standard changes.
• Act as the central point of coordination between Audit Quality Support, ATT Support within Transformation, IT, Procurement, Methodology and audit teams for assigned tools.
• Support the transition of tools from Transformation into BAU ownership, ensuring clear handover, documentation and accountability is established.
• Identify risks, issues and dependencies impacting product performance, governance or compliance, and drive appropriate mitigation actions.
• Ensure any firmwide ATTs are implemented with an audit-specific overlay, if relevant, aligning guidance and outputs to audit methodology, quality and regulatory requirements.
• Provide insight into procurement processes, including due diligence, risk considerations and supplier selection where relevant.
• Contribute to audit quality initiatives, particularly where technology, methodology and governance intersect.
• Support communication to the audit service line regarding changes, updates or requirements relating to ATTs.

Job description

Forvis Mazars in the UK is seeking a Product Owner for Audit Tools & Techniques (ATTs) to own the BAU lifecycle of audit technology solutions. You will govern licenses, manage supplier relationships, and coordinate across Audit Quality Support, Transformation, IT, and audit teams to ensure compliance and timely updates.

The role requires strong governance, risk-management, and communication skills to sustain tool relevance and alignment with audit methodology and regulatory requirements.