Senior Internal Auditor IT

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension

Life assurance

Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Discount portal

Job summary

Senior IT Internal Auditor at Babcock is required to lead IT and cyber risk audits across a global business, while strengthening risk management, governance and internal controls. The role operates on a hybrid basis in London and involves developing findings, collaborating with stakeholders and delivering clear audit reports.

You will work to drive improvements in control environments, support strategic objectives, and engage with diverse environments, including security clearance requirements,

Qualifications

• Significant experience in IT audit, cyber security, risk management or internal controls.
• Knowledge of audit, risk and control frameworks within complex organisations.
• Strong analytical thinking and judgement to assess risks.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management.
• Proactive approach to understanding changing business needs and emerging risks.

Responsibilities

• Leading and delivering information technology and cyber risk audits across the business.
• Identifying business risks and evaluating the effectiveness of key information technology controls.
• Developing audit findings and recommending practical improvements to strengthen the control environment.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to agree remediation plans and monitoring implementation of actions.
• Preparing clear audit documentation, reports and insights that support informed decision‑making.

Skills

IT audit

Cyber security

Risk management

Internal controls

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Negotiation

Job description

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Senior Internal Auditor IT

Location: Westminster, London, GB, W1U 1QX Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD Portsmouth, GB, PO6 3EN Leicester, GB, LE3 1UF Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior IT Internal Auditor

Location: Hybrid, UK

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76406

Help strengthen the controls that support a safer, more secure world

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Information Technology Internal Auditor at Wigmore Street, London.

The role

As a Senior Information Technology Internal Auditor, you'll play a critical role in providing independent assurance across our global business. Working at the heart of risk management, governance and internal controls, you'll help identify opportunities for improvement, strengthen cyber and information technology processes, and support the delivery of strategic business objectives.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence decision‑making across a complex international organisation while gaining exposure to a broad range of technology, cyber security and operational environments. Your expertise will help ensure Babcock continues to deliver essential services that support national security, defence, aerospace and critical infrastructure.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be required to:

• Leading and delivering information technology and cyber risk audits across the business.
• Identifying business risks and evaluating the effectiveness of key information technology controls.
• Developing audit findings and recommending practical improvements to strengthen the control environment.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to agree remediation plans and monitoring implementation of actions.
• Preparing clear audit documentation, reports and insights that support informed decision‑making.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 1 day in the office and 4 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior IT Internal Auditor

• Demonstrating significant experience in information technology audit, cyber security, risk management or internal controls.
• Applying knowledge of audit, risk and control frameworks within complex organisations.
• Using analytical thinking and sound judgement to assess risks and identify improvement opportunities.
• Building effective relationships through excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Adopting a proactive approach to understanding changing business needs and emerging risks.

Qualifications for the Senior IT Internal Auditor

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.