Senior Auditor

Eden Brown Synergy; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

Job summary

Eden Brown Synergy are working with an Independent Regulator based in Bristol who are looking for an experienced Senior Audit Officer on a permanent basis.

The role is full time with a salary of 56,209 - 58,820 per annum and includes a generous Civil Service Pension. The position is based in Bristol with hybrid working and requires travel to provider sites across England.

Qualifications

• Experience leading audits or similar assurance exercises.
• Excellent numerical and data literacy; ability to understand data definitions.
• Proven professional scepticism; devise novel testing approaches.
• Excellent communication; capable of handling sensitive conversations.
• Ability to communicate complex issues in writing and verbally.
• Experience reporting findings and tailoring communications.
• Autonomy and ability to manage own workload.
• Experience working with stakeholders and managing conflict.

Responsibilities

• Lead audits and reviews of data accuracy and the effectiveness of systems at providers.
• Direct and oversee the work of audit colleagues.
• Act as primary contact with provider staff, including face-to-face meetings.
• Report findings to providers and to colleagues at the organisation.
• Travel regularly to providers across England, including overnight stays.

Skills

Leading audits

Data literacy

Numerical skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Autonomy

Professional scepticism

Education

CMIIA / CIA / ACCA / ACA

Tools

Data analysis tools

Job description

Eden Brown Synergy are working with an Independent Regulator based in Bristol who are looking for an experienced Senior Audit Officer on a permanent basis.

The role is full time and paying 56,209 - 58,820 per annum. The role also comes with a generous Civil Service Pension.

The role is based in Bristol and they do offer hybrid working and you will be required to visit provider sites.

About the role:

• The Senior Provider Audit Officer role is based in the Provider Audit Team, which delivers an assurance programme aimed at ensuring risks are anticipated and addressed, including risks relating to provider data and other key operational processes. The organisation's regulatory approach utilises data obtained from higher education providers, so it is important data is fit for this purpose.
• You will work closely with staff at higher education providers to explore how they collect and manage data and to assess the accuracy of that data. Broader audits conducted by the team explore how key processes impacting on students are designed and implemented, contributing to the organisation's approach to regulating providers' compliance with our regulatory expectations.
• You will lead audits and reviews assessing the accuracy of data and the effectiveness of underlying systems and processes at providers. This includes directing and overseeing the work of colleagues working on the audit.
• You will work closely with provider staff and often act as the primary point of contact, including conducting face to face meetings. You will report findings both to providers and to colleagues at the organisation.
• The role involves regular travel to providers across England, including overnight stays.

About you:

• You'll have worked as an internal auditor, or in a similar role where you tested compliance and assessed the effectiveness of systems and processes.

Essential experience required for the role:

• Experience in leading audits, or similar exercises to test compliance and/or the effectiveness of systems and processes, such as internal audits, similar assurance work or investigations.
• Excellent numerical and data literacy skills. Experience of working with data and an ability to understand new data definitions.
• Experience in applying high levels of professional scepticism, including designing novel approaches to testing in response to emerging risks.
• Excellent communication skills. Experience in managing sensitive or difficult conversations.
• A proven ability to communicate complex technical issues both verbally and in writing.
• Experience in reporting findings from audits or similar exercises and effectively tailoring communications to different audiences.
• Ability to work with high levels of autonomy. Experience of managing own workload, including responding to emerging and changing priorities.
• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders and managing potential conflict while maintaining effective working relationships.?

Desirable experience:

• An understanding of regulation and/or the higher education sector.
• Relevant qualification e.g. CMIIA, CIA, ACCA, ACA.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.