Senior Auditor - Risk and Assurance

Virgin Atlantic; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A major airline is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor to conduct audits and provide insights that enhance governance and risk management. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in financial and operational audits, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage stakeholders effectively. This is a hybrid position located in Crawley with a contract for maternity cover.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering financial, operational, or compliance audits.
• Curiosity and ability to use data to uncover insights.
• Experience with data analytics tools and/or process improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end audits across operational and financial areas.
• Produce clear and insightful audit reports.
• Track and validate management actions for timely remediation.

Skills

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Data analytics

Organisational skills

Education

Degree or professional qualification in finance, audit, or risk

Tools

Power BI

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Job Description

Location: VHQ, Crawley, 3 days on site in line with our hybrid working model

Contract Type: Secondment/FTC

Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday

Closing Date: 9th November 2025

Department: Finance

Reports to: Senior Manager - Internal Audit

Senior Internal Audit - (Business, Financial and Risk Audit)

In a nutshell

At Virgin Atlantic, our mission is to be the most loved travel company, and that means ensuring our business runs with integrity, accountability, and confidence. As a Senior Internal Auditor, you\'ll play a vital role in strengthening the foundations that keep our organisation flying high.

Working as part of a small, dynamic team, you\'ll take ownership of end-to-end assurance reviews across financial, operational, and compliance areas. Your work will deliver real impact, providing insights, recommendations, and challenge that drive stronger governance and smarter risk management across the Virgin Atlantic Group.

This is a 12-month maternity cover opportunity for someone with curiosity, commercial acumen, and a passion for continuous improvement. If you\'re ready to make your mark in a business that values collaboration, innovation, and doing things the Virgin way, we\'d love to hear from you.

Day to day

• Lead end-to-end audits across operational, financial, and regulatory areas, delivering high-quality, risk-based reviews.
• Conduct scoping, risk assessments, and control design testing to ensure compliance with our internal audit methodology and professional standards.
• Produce clear, concise, and insightful audit reports that drive pragmatic, value-adding improvements.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across multiple business functions to help embed effective risk management and strengthen internal controls.
• Track and validate management actions, ensuring timely and effective remediation.
• Support quarterly reporting to the Executive Leadership Team and Audit Committee.
• Contribute to advisory and consulting projects, offering insight on change initiatives, process improvements, and emerging risks.
• Use data analytics and digital tools to deepen insight, identify anomalies, and strengthen the evidence base of your reviews.

About you

We\'re looking for someone who brings both technical expertise and professional credibility, ideally with:

• Desirable but not essential to have a degree or professional qualification in finance, audit, or risk (e.g. CIA, CPA, ACCA, ACA, CISA).
• Proven experience delivering financial, operational, or compliance audits, ideally within a corporate or consulting environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills - able to build trust, challenge constructively, and present findings with clarity and impact.
• Excellent organisational skills, able to manage multiple priorities and deliver to tight timelines.
• Curiosity and analytical thinking - confident using data to uncover insights and drive decision-making.
• Ideally, experience within aviation, travel, or a similarly complex operational environment.
• Experience with data analytics tools (e.g. Power BI) and/or process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma) would be a plus.

Be yourself - Our differences make us stronger

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That\'s why we\'re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you\'d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, recruitment at fly.virgin.com, feeling confident that we\'ve got your individual considerations covered.

Additional information

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