Senior Internal Auditor — Risk & Assurance Leader

City St George’s Students' Union; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sector-leading salary

Pension scheme

Staff training and development

Job summary

City St George’s, University of London seeks an experienced Senior Internal Auditor to strengthen the Internal Audit function within the University Secretary’s Office. You will execute audits aligned to the annual risk-based plan and provide assurance to the Audit and Risk Committee while offering advisory challenges to senior leadership for continuous improvement.

As part of the Internal Audit team, you will oversee complex assignments, ensure independence, and produce concise audit reports

Qualifications

• This role requires an inquisitive, resilient, proactive, self-starter who demonstrates energy, continual learning and an advocacy for strong governance that supports the achievement of the University’s objectives.
• Report writing skills, particularly the ability to concisely and precisely express findings and opinions that convey the output of audit fieldwork with appropriate context
• Interpersonal skills to engage with a range of stakeholders and auditees across the organisation, demonstrating integrity, tact and diplomacy in sensitive areas (e.g. frauds, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Plan and research audits using internal and external resources to support delivery of a risk-based audit process in line with the IA Audit Manual.
• Simultaneously manage several large and/or complex assignments across the University either individually or with other team members on an assignment.
• Produce concise, factually correct audit reports that convey the opinions arrived at through the audit, in a way that is appropriately contextualised. Including, developing and agreeing practical, pragmatic, proportionate recommendations with auditees that efficiently and effectively improve the management of risk to the achievement of organisational objectives.

Skills

Auditing

Report writing

Interpersonal skills

Governance

Job description

City St George’s, University of London seeks an experienced Senior Internal Auditor to strengthen the Internal Audit function within the University Secretary’s Office. You will execute audits aligned to the annual risk-based plan and provide assurance to the Audit and Risk Committee while offering advisory challenges to senior leadership for continuous improvement.

As part of the Internal Audit team, you will oversee complex assignments, ensure independence, and produce concise audit reports