Senior Auditor - SEO

Government Internal Audit Agency; Highgate; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A key public sector audit agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Auditor to deliver high-quality audit services aligned with Global Internal Audit Standards. This role requires leading audit assignments, managing client interactions, and contributing to organisational improvements. Applicants should be part qualified in internal audit or accountancy and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills. This opportunity provides a competitive salary, inclusive employer practices, and benefits like a Civil Service pension and annual leave increasing with service.

Benefits

Competitive salaries and in-year rewards

Flexible working

Civil Service Pension with 28.97% employer contribution

Discounts on big brands

Volunteering days

Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes

Free eyesight tests

Family-friendly HR policies

25 days' annual leave increasing by one day per year of service

Qualifications

• Must be part qualified through professional bodies in internal audit or accountancy.
• Strong analytical thinker with the ability to solve problems under tight deadlines.
• Significant experience in leading audit engagements and risk-based internal audit.

Responsibilities

• Support a portfolio of audits across various clients.
• Lead audit assignments within budget and quality expectations.
• Evaluate client frameworks for governance, risk, and control.
• Provide clear and accurate reports meeting client requirements.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Risk assessment

Effective communication

Time management

Education

Internal Audit part qualified - Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA)

Accountancy part qualified through CCAB bodies

Tools

IA software

Standard IT products

Job description

As a Senior Auditor, you will be a key player in delivering high-quality audit services aligned with the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) in the UK Public Sector or other relevant professional standards. You will act as a crucial point of contact for clients, delivering a portfolio of audits and working closely with stakeholders to deliver efficient and robust audit work that strengthens the Agency's client relationships and reputation. This role requires a confident, experienced auditor who will actively contribute to audit delivery in line with quality, time, and budget requirements. You may be allocated to client specific teams, one of our specialism's teams or our central resourcing team. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider Civil Service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government. The Agency's unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully and continue developing professionally.

Role Responsibilities

• Supporting the delivery of a portfolio of audits, working on more than one assignment at once, often for a variety of clients.
• Leading the delivery of audit assignments and ensuring delivery within budget and quality expectations complying with GIAA methodology and using our audit management system to deliver audits in line with our quality standards.
• Identifying and assessing key risks and explaining these to client management teams. Preparing terms of reference, setting out testing plans and undertaking detailed testing. Evaluating client frameworks for governance, risk, and control, supporting good practice within own and client organisations, and recommending improvements that support organisational objectives and capabilities.
• Obtaining, selecting and analysing data, to support results, conclusions and recommendations made. Providing and delivering clear and accurate reports that meet the requirements of our clients, and carrying out activities to ensure that agreed management actions are completed.
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, using agency innovation, and learning. Being an effective team member, supporting wider GIAA delivery by working constructively and flexibly with colleagues to deliver appropriate outcomes.
• Managing your own time and resources effectively, taking ownership of issues that could impact the delivery of your and the wider teams' objectives and providing solutions and options ahead of deadlines.

Qualifications

• Internal Audit part qualified - Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (UK & Ireland), or overseas equivalent (the latter will require you to verify equivalent status with the CIIA UK & Ireland before applying) - have passed at least CIA 1, CIA 2 and CIA 3 (or PIIA under the pre-chartered route).
• Accountancy part qualified through CCAB bodies or UK and overseas equivalent.
• ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland, CIMA, - at least 2 thirds of exam passes.
• ICAEW - passes in both the Certificate and Professional levels.
• Please note that a degree in any finance, accountancy, or audit discipline does not meet the qualification requirements, as these do not give membership of a professional body in themselves.
• A strong, analytical thinker and problem solver who can plan requirements within tight deadlines, under minimal supervision and manage competing challenging workloads.
• Evaluating client framework for governance, risk, and control, supporting good practice within own and client organisations, and recommending improvements that support organisational objectives and capabilities.
• Significant experience of risk-based internal audit, including:
  • experience of collecting and providing accurate, unbiased, relevant, and sufficient information to support conclusions,
  • experience in leading audit engagements,
  • confidence in evaluating complex systems and processes, including working and communicating effectively with all levels of the organisation and stakeholders,
  • being able to use IA software and standard IT products.

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build better insights, better outcomes for our clients. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, partner engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government. The Agency's unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and we welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly, for example, part-time, term time or job share.

GIAA has an expectation for all colleagues to attend their local workplace regularly and to attend Agency sites for key meetings. This role will also involve frequent travel to London to attend meetings.

Benefits of working for us

• Competitive salaries and in-year rewards
• Flexible working
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Discount on big brands
• Volunteering days
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free eyesight tests
• Family-friendly HR policies
• 25 days' annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years' service.