Senior Auditor

NMWTRA; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA) is seeking a candidate to support the Audit Manager in developing and managing an audit strategy and programme across the agency. You will provide assurance on governance and control environments and conduct confidential/sensitive audits and investigations for the Senior Management Team.

The role involves preparing audit programmes, working papers, and reports, ensuring timely fieldwork completion, and communicating findings to senior officers.

Qualifications

• Degree, or part-qualified with the IIA or a CCAB body.
• Experience of audit, risk management or compliance work.

Responsibilities

• Assist Audit Manager in developing and managing a comprehensive Audit strategy and programme for the whole range of Agency functions and activities.
• Assist Internal Audit in providing assurance on the effectiveness of the control environment and governance arrangements.
• Undertake confidential/sensitive audits and investigations on behalf of the Agency Senior Management Team.
• Prepare audit programmes and produce working papers and audit reports.
• Ensure timely delivery of audit fieldwork, draft and final reports, and discuss findings with relevant officers to agree mitigating actions.
• Advise clients regarding internal controls, governance arrangements, and sound financial administration.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners; monitor legal, regulatory and policy developments.

Skills

Planning

Report writing

Microsoft Word

Education

Degree

Job description

Duration: Permanent
Location: one of the following office locations; Bangor, Conwy, Halkyn, Dolgellau, Llandrindod, Aberystwyth, Newtown. To include hybrid working.

CLOSING DATE: 10/11/2026

This is an exciting opportunity to join the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA) and support the management of one of Wales’ most important transport networks.

To assist the Audit Manager in developing, implementing and managing a comprehensive Audit strategy and programme for the whole range of Agency functions and activities.

To assist the Internal Audit function in providing assurance on the effectiveness of the control environment and governance arrangements.

To assist the Audit Manager to undertake confidential/sensitive audits and investigations on behalf of the Agency Senior Management Team.

• Undertake investigations, reviews, testing, and audits of administrative systems, contracts, projects, and organisations relating to governance frameworks, risk management, and internal controls, in accordance with Public Sector Internal Audit Standards, under thedirection of Audit Manager.
• Assist Audit Manager with responsive or special audits, including irregularities, fraud, and disciplinary matters, and immediately inform the Audit Manager of any irregularities.
• Communicate with stakeholders including Heads of Service, Senior Managers, Managers, core staff, and service users during audit reviews.
• Prepare audit programmes.
• Produce working papers and prepare audit reports for each review, identifying potential risks in governance, risk management, and internal controls, and discuss findings with relevant officers/managers to agree mitigating actions.
• Responsible for ensuring timely delivery of audit fieldwork, draft reports and final reports.
• Responsible for ensuring that decisions are made based on evidence.
• Contribute to and undertake value-for-money studies.
• To assist the Audit Manager on the development of a recovery plan for all identified noncompliance/control weaknesses and follow up on the implementation of corrective actions.
• Advise and provide guidance to clients regarding internal controls, governance arrangements, and sound financial administration.
• To assist the Audit Manager in building and maintaining a strong relationship with internal stakeholders (senior officers, agency management team) and external stakeholders (Welsh Government Officers, BSi etc).
• To assist the Audit Manager in monitoring legal, regulatory and policy developments that impact audit, finance and local government operations (including Welsh Government regulations etc).
• To assist the Audit Manager in ensuring that the principles of corporate policies permeate the service.
• To assist the Audit Manager to implement change within the service area where it is necessary to do so.
• To assist the Audit Manager in ensuring that complaints receive appropriate attention and that the team considers any lessons that arise to improve service.
• To assist the Audit Manager in undertaking confidential/sensitive audits and investigations on behalf of the Agency Senior Management Team in relation to Partner Authority performance/private sector supplier performance/internal disciplinary matters (as required).
• Represent the Audit Manager at meetings and working groups when required.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in relation to all Agency activities in accordance with the Public Sector Internal Audit Code of Ethics.
• Systems Thinking / LEAN working
• To assist the Audit Manager on Systems Thinking projects across the Agency in order to improve services, reduce waste, and deliver in line with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
• To work collaboratively with senior leaders, managers and staff to redesign services from the customer’s perspective, using data, insight and engagement to understand and address root causes of demand.
• To support the Audit Manager in championing Systems Thinking as a core organisational approach to improvement, ensuring alignment with corporate policies and well-being objectives.
• To embed continuous learning and reflective practice across the agency.
• To assist the Audit Manager in the design and delivery of cross-cutting reviews to identify system-wide issues, inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement.
• To support the Audit Manager in facilitating workshops and learning sessions to develop internal capacity in systems thinking.

Who we’re looking for

Personal Attributes
Essential

Confident, conscientious, ability to work unsupervised and meet deadlines.
Ability to communicate effectively and discuss the work of Internal Audit with Agency officers, and with external customers where necessary.

Qualifications and Relevant Training
Essential

Degree, or part-qualified with the IIA or a CCAB body.

Experience of audit, risk management or compliance work.

Skills and Specialist Knowledge

Planning and completing work without supervision, report writing and production. A working knowledge of Microsoft Word.

Language Requirements

Listening and Speaking – Higher Level Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions. Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.

Reading and Understanding – Higher Level Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal. Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.

Writing – Higher Level Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).