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Internal Auditor

Employer
Robert Walters
Location
St. Albans, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Sep 17, 2019

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Job Role
Internal Auditor
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Senior Internal Auditor required on an interim basis, working for a market leading business in Hertfordshire. Our Hertfordshire (St. Albans) based client, require an interim senior internal auditor to provide a professional, value-adding internal audit service, based on an understanding of risks to the business, identifying appropriate controls, assessing control issues/gaps and working with business stakeholders to ensure that recommendations for improvement are implemented. Key

Responsibilities:
Plan, carry out and finalise risk-based internal audit assignments, meeting terms of reference requirements and complying with IIA's Code of Ethics and International Standards for the Practice of Internal Auditing. Liaise with relevant stakeholders to monitor completion of actions to address recommendations arising from audit assignments. Contribute to ongoing and one-off Internal Audit initiatives with a view to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of departmental processes. Contribute to the annual internal audit planning process. Assist the Head of Audit, Risk and Compliance with production of reports and papers for meetings of the Executive Management Team, Audit Committee and Board as required. Conduct fraud and other ad-hoc investigations and reviews as required. Key Success Measures: Audit assignments performed to scope and timescale as defined in terms of reference. Recommendations accepted by stakeholders as adding value and contributing to the improved effectiveness and efficiency of their business processes. Recommendations implemented by stakeholders in line with agreed timescales. Positive feedback received from stakeholders regarding performance on individual audit assignments. Candidate requirements: Professional accounting or auditing qualification (e.g. ACCA, MIIA), and minimum 2/3 years internal audit experience. On the basis of the terms of reference for an audit assignment, can develop an audit programme, including design of relevant audit tests to determine effectiveness of controls. Effectively and efficiently performs audit testing and draw appropriate conclusions on which to base audit findings. Ability to write draft reports in a clear, concise style covering audit findings, practical recommendations, management responses, conclusions, etc. Influencing Skills & Interpersonal Skills, able to builds effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels and in all areas of the business. IT Skills Advanced user of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. Able to use standard audit tools to extract and analyse data from operational systems in support of audit testing. Liaises and works with other assurance providers, ensuring there are no gaps or duplications in assurance coverage. Risk Management - Have a sound understanding of risk management concepts and techniques and identifies and assesses risk pertaining to business processes under review. If you meet the above criteria, and are immediately available, I would like to hear form you. Please apply

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