Senior Auditor - Specialist Services Unit (SSu)

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Wales is seeking a motivated Senior Auditor to join its Audit & Assurance Services. In this role, you'll assist in developing and delivering audit plans for numerous NHS organizations, ensuring high-quality audits and reports. The position requires a Degree or professional qualification in auditing, extensive experience in internal auditing, and good communication skills. Knowledge of the Welsh language is desirable. The role promotes a flexible working environment, contributing to improved services for patients in Wales.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Agile working approach

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree Level or AAT Member/PIIA qualification.
• Relevant professional qualification (CCAB qualified accountant or MIIA qualified auditor).
• Experience of Internal Auditing techniques and Standards.

Responsibilities

• Support the senior internal audit team with annual audit plans.
• Carry out audit assignments including planning, testing, and writing reports.
• Attend meetings with senior managers to discuss audit findings.

Skills

Operational awareness across NHS functions

Internal Auditing techniques

Good report writing skills

Interpersonal and communication skills

Analytical skills

IT literacy with Microsoft O365

Welsh Language Skills (desirable)

Education

Degree Level or AAT Member/PIIA qualification

Relevant professional qualification (CCAB or MIIA)

Tools

Computerised ledger systems

Job description

Senior Auditor - Specialist Services Unit (SSu)

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join the NWSSP Audit & Assurance Services Specialist Services Unit in the role of Senior Auditor, allowing you to explore the internal audit profession in a supportive environment. If you are looking to develop a career in internal audit and believe you have the skills and experience to make a difference working for the largest and most diverse employer in Wales, this is the opportunity you have been looking for.

You should be an individual with the attributes to thrive as an internal auditor in this challenging, varied, and complex environment. As a self-motivated individual, you should embrace our vision of delivering excellence and value for money. The recent external quality assessment of our service by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy demonstrates that we are delivering a quality service to all of our clients.

This role will give you a real opportunity to make a difference to the quality of services provided to patients in Wales, by getting involved in audits across a diverse range of areas in a flexible working environment.

Main duties of the job

Audit & Assurance delivers a professional internal audit, assurance and consulting service to the NHS in Wales, consisting of 12 Health Boards/Trusts, and a number of Special Health Authorities.

The main duties of the Senior Auditor role include:

Supporting the senior internal audit team to develop and deliver the annual audit plans for a number of NHS organisations in line with our quality manual, and the Global Internal Audit Standards.

Carrying out a range of project and estates assurance audit assignments at a number of NHS organisations. This will include all stages of the reviews including planning and prioritising work, carrying out testing, analysing and evaluating results and writing high quality audit reports that summarise key findings and make recommendations for improvements to procedures, governance, risk and control systems.

Attending feedback meetings and report discussion meetings with senior managers in order to highlight the significance of the audit findings and negotiate recommendations for improvements.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit https://nwssp.nhs.wales/working-for-us/

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree Level or AAT Member/PIIA/General Management Qualification or equivalent or experience in NHS / public sector / audit.
• Relevant professional qualification (CCAB qualified accountant or MIIA qualified auditor) oEvidence of appropriate continuing professional development oKnowledge of: oPublic Sector Internal Audit Standards oRisk Management and Assurance Frameworks oCorporate Governance oControls Assurance oControl Frameworks oStewardship & Probity oHealthcare Standards oCapital Project Development and Estates Assurance requirements

Experience

• oOperational awareness across a wide range of NHS functions, procedures and practices (both financial and non-financial). oConsiderable previous experience of Internal Auditing techniques and Standards, preferably within the NHS. oExtensive experience of undertaking audit reviews, including detailed analysis of different types of information from a variety of sources and client systems. oExperience of undertaking audit reviews across a wide range of systems such as Financial, HR, Procurement, Performance, Risk & Governance etc oVery good supervisory experience of leading on internal audits. oVery good report writing skills, including the ability to set out key control issues and recommendations on system redesign in a clear, concise manner. oA good level of knowledge of internal audit, financial and risk management aspects of NHS legislation and NHS policies. oExperience of performing data interrogations. oVery good knowledge and experience of use and Audit of computer systems. Use computerised ledger systems. oPresentation of complex and potentially sensitive information where management are resistant to findings. oExperience of working within a highly complex and politically sensitive organisation. oWorking with senior management and attendance at meetings
• Experience of Auditing of the Healthcare Standards. oKnowledge of internal audit, financial and risk management aspects of NHS legislation and NHS policies. oKnowledge of oConstruction contract management oCapital and alternative funded projects oNHS Estate Infrastructure, Facilities Maintenance and Management oNHS construction and project procurement regulations and guidance

skills and Attributes

• oAbility to plan, control and carry out audit assignments. oAbility to identify systems weaknesses and to use initiative/internal control knowledge to provide management with practical solutions. oAbility to identify areas of risk and control weaknesses and to formulate and undertake an appropriate testing strategy. oAbility to analyse accurately the results of tests undertaken in order to establish the extent and effect of the risks and weaknesses identified. oVery good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Ability to build and maintain effective relationships across all grades and disciplines. oVery good numeric and analytical skills, interpretational and comparative skills capable of dealing with complex and sensitive information. oPersuasive and negotiating skills in order to ensure that potentially contentious recommendations made are accepted and acted upon where there is reluctance or disagreement on the part of management. oThe ability to identify and resolve potential conflicts of interest between clients. oAbility to work autonomously and equally effectively as part of a team oIT literate with practical computer application skills covering Microsoft O365 products. oGood keyboard skills, in order to facilitate the timely and accurate production of analytical spreadsheets and tables, as well as Draft and Final reports.
• oWelsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh

Other

• oKnowledge and expertise of the following: oNHS Audit Standards oNHS Internal Audit oNHS Finance regime oRisk Based Audit oRisk Management & Governance oHealth & Care Quality Standards for Wales oClinical Governance frameworks oNHS Capital Investment procedures oIT Audit oHR oProcurement oNHS Current Developments & Strategies oDeliver excellent customer service to our internal and external customers, helping us to maintain the customer service excellence standard. oAbility to travel extensively between organisations and sites for meetings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Deputy Director - Specialist Services Unit