Audit Manager

Job summary

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, 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.

You may be allocated to client specific teams, one of our specialism’s teams or our central resourcing team, all Audit Managers have a leadership and delivery role within the Agency and are responsible for delivering high quality, impactful audit programmes. You will lead and manage a portfolio of audits, delivering audit engagements from planning through to reporting, providing people management and/or engagement supervision in a matrix model setting and fulfilling the role of Head of Internal Audit (HIA– the equivalent of the Chief Audit Executive in the Global Internal Audit Standards in the UK Public Sector) for Arm’s Length Bodies (subject to opportunities being available).

For a smaller proportion of time, you will also focus on delivering audits in the highest risk or complex areas. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of your clients’ operations, key risks and priorities whilst building strong productive relationships at all levels. You will lead with confidence, providing portfolio direction and work closely with colleagues including Group Chief Internal Auditors (GCIAs) to shape and deliver audit strategies and plans. 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

Job description

• Lead and manage a portfolio of audit delivery from planning through to reporting. Acting as the engagement supervisor for all audits within your agreed allocation working with resource managers to ensure an effective allocation of audit resource. For a smaller proportion of time, you will also focus on delivering audits in the highest risk or complex areas.
• Have a key role in upholding quality assurance and the timeliness of each review in line with budget and compliance with GIAA audit methodology and systems.
• Providing leadership and oversight as a People Manager and/or Engagement Manager in a matrix model for a team of auditors across multiple regions. Providing direction, encouraging continuous improvement and innovation, and supporting their development and performance. (Specific training will be given if you are allocated a People Manager role due to the Line Management responsibilities).
• Fulfilling a role as a HIA, you will develop and agree an audit strategy and risk-based plan tailored to the client, overseeing the delivery of the audit plant to time, budget and quality standards,
• Building a comprehensive understanding of your clients’ operations, key risks and priorities whilst building and managing stakeholder relationships and delivering challenging messages with professionalism and clarity.
• Working closely with colleagues including Group Chief Internal Auditors (GCIAs) to shape and deliver audit strategies and plans.

Person specification

1. Significant experience in effective decision making, successfully planning, managing, and delivering a portfolio of risk-based internal audits while responding quickly to fast moving priorities.
2. Strong strategic thinking skills and an ability to interpret complex, conflicting information and make sound judgements.
3. The ability to build and maintain relationships across an organisation at all levels, influencing senior stakeholders to adopt good practice internal control, risk management and governance processes.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interpret complex audit judgements and deliver insight for senior and specialist audiences.
5. Proven track record in successfully leading, managing and developing teams in a matrix management setting either as an engagement supervisor or people manager.

To apply for this role, you will need to submit your employment history, personal details and provide a statement of suitability of no more than 750 words, referring to the person specification.

Please note only your statement of suitability will be assessed at the sift stage.

Interviews will be held on Teams.

Candidates invited to interview will be required to give a short presentation to the interview panel followed by questions. At interview you will be assessed on experience, strengths and the following technical skills:

• Risk, Control & Governance
• Quality
• Delivery Managing a Portfolio of Audits

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role

Qualifications

All candidates will need to demonstrate full current membership of a recognised professional accountancy/audit body, either:
Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland and must hold chartered auditor/CMIIA designation or the MIIA designation where you are qualified under the previous exam route and did not apply to make this chartered. If you have passed all the CMIIA/MIIA exams but do not hold the designation, you are not eligible to apply.
Other Institutes of Internal Auditors that are part of IIA Global, If you studied with the Institute of Internal Auditors in another country, you must hold the equivalent of the MIIA designation. You should verify this with the IIA UK & Ireland prior to submitting your application, by emailing [email removed]
No other level of internal audit qualifications meet the requirements of this post.
Or
Accountancy, fully qualified, current member of one of five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland or CIMA)

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Risk, Control & Governance
• Quality
• Delivery Managing a Portfolio of Audits

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £60,468, Government Internal Audit Agency contributes £17,517 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Benefits

• 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
• Geographically based Agency

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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