Senior Consultant, Audit

Carnival UK (P&O Cruises & Cunard); Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Employee discounts on cruises

Health cash plan

Pension scheme

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Carnival UK seeks a proactive Risk, Assurance and Advisory Services professional to lead audits within RAAS and partner with senior management to strengthen controls across key business processes. The role requires strong analytical and communication skills and a track record in internal or external audits.

The position is hybrid with occasional travel for ship-based audits and international meetings, reporting to the RAAS Director.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business or equivalent professional qualification.
• ACA, ACCA or CIA preferred.
• Experience in Big 4, large practice, or internal audit environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end reviews of key business processes and controls.
• Plan and scope audits, perform testing and data analysis.
• Identify improvement opportunities and develop management action plans.
• Support SOX compliance testing of financial reporting controls.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Relationship-building

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business

ACA/ACCA/CIA qualification

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Teams

Job description

Job Description

Carnival Corporation is the world’s largest cruise company, dedicated to delivering unforgettable holiday happiness to our guests. Our success is built on diverse talents and perspectives, and we foster an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Role Overview

This role sits within our CUK Risk Advisory & Assurance Services team and reports to the Director, RAAS.
RAAS is a diverse global team, recognized by the Audit Committee and senior management as their partner for providing advisory and assurance services on the company’s most significant strategic, financial, operational, technology and compliance risks.
In this role, you’ll lead reviews of key business processes and controls to assess their design and effectiveness. You’ll plan and scope audits, perform testing and data analysis, and support continuous improvement.
Building strong relationships with stakeholders is key, ensuring RAAS is seen as a trusted partner in managing risk.
This pivotal role will involve:

• Leading end-to-end reviews of key business processes and controls.
• Performing walkthroughs, testing, and data analysis to assess control effectiveness.
• Identifying opportunities to improve operations and partnering with management to develop action plans.
• Supporting SOX compliance by testing financial reporting controls and contributing to data‑driven assurance and forensic investigations, identifying control gaps and improvement opportunities.

This role is positioned at CUK08 level within our organisation and is available on a full-time permanent basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.
This role will require occasional travel for ship based audits and international periodic team meetings/events

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for someone with:

• A relevant bachelor’s degree (ideally in accounting or business) and/or a professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIA).
• Proven experience in a Big 4 management consulting firm, or a large practice firm or large internal audit department
• Background with audit methodologies and techniques along with prior success conducting external and/or internal audits.
• Strong project management, communication, and relationship‑building skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams.

About You: The Ideal Candidate

• Possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills- able to build relationships whilst asking tough questions.
• Has the ability and confidence to influence at senior level management
• Drives collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Is Resourceful and professional in approach.

Why Join Us?

Working with us means more than just a role in audit. It’s about being part of a team that values wellbeing and personal growth. Here’s what we offer:

• Annual bonus
• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee‑led networks and wellbeing programmes
• Company-paid Health Cash Plan and digital GP access
• Life Assurance and adoption/parental leave
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant and retail discounts
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme

Recruitment Journey

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About Us

Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.
No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.
Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.
It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.
To keep everyone on board fit and well, colleagues who visit or work on our ships must be fully vaccinated, including boosters. We’re reviewing this requirement regularly.

Any offer of employment for this role will be conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a Basic DBS check. A criminal record will not automatically bar you from employment; any information disclosed will be considered fairly and proportionately in light of the responsibilities of the role.

Carnival UK is committed to protecting against potential risks to safeguarding, security and/or fraud risks. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks in the event of an individual being offered the position. We will only ask about convictions which are defined as 'not protected'.