Internal Auditors and Senior Internal Auditors Ref. 1120

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London and Cheltenham based with some UK & overseas travel
£31,452 – £49,530

Please note that applications to this advert will be considered by MI6, MI5 and GCHQ, as part of a joint recruitment initiative.

Comprised of MI6, MI5 and GCHQ, the UK Intelligence Community focus on safeguarding the UK. It’s vital that everything we do is safe, secure and lawful. This is why our Internal Audit team is a key pillar within our structure. And it’s the reason we’re looking for Internal Auditors to join our growing team.

These challenging roles involve providing clients with high quality assurance, advisory and investigatory services that help strengthen and enhance risk management, governance and internal control arrangements.

All roles will involve working on a range of assignments, leading a team on some as well as delivering singleton reviews to quality, budget and agreed timescales.

Successful candidates must have a proven ability to work on multiple assignments at once and to manage competing priorities.

They will have strong knowledge and experience typically (but not exclusively) 1 year (for Internal Auditor)  to 3 years (for Senior internal Auditor) of risk-based auditing in either the public or private sector.

They will also be able to demonstrate strong experience of working with clients, leading teams and delivering pieces of work at pace.

The role has a strong delivery focus and will require both diplomacy and resilience, as the role involves communicating honest messages when control weaknesses are identified.

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities will be to:

Perform complex and high- and medium-risk focussed internal audit assignments.

Serving as a critical friend or a provider of advice to projects teams or business units on risk management, governance and internal control arrangements.

Leading on the planning and delivery of audit assignments within time and resource targets and deadlines, ensuring the work adheres to quality and professional standards.

Building and managing relations with clients and key stakeholders throughout the audit process to ensure they understand and are bought in to emerging findings and recommendations.

Challenging current practice, championing good practice and serving as a catalyst for improving risk management and governance within the business.

Facilitating workshops that enable clients to elicit and discuss business risks or discuss current/planned working arrangements.

Contributing to continuous improvement of the services and products offered by Internal Audit, or internal processes; promulgating best practice across the team.

Coaching and mentoring as appropriate.


Qualifications, Skills & Experience

These roles are specialist posts so the successful candidate should hold a relevant audit qualification.  

Minimum qualification for Internal Auditors:-
•    CIA status with the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditing

Minimum qualification for Senior Internal Auditors
•    CMIIA (QIAL) status with the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditing

Applicants who hold the following qualifications would also be considered
•    CISA (Chartered Information Systems Auditor) or
•    Qualified Accountant (UK qualification)


The role will also require:

•    A strong delivery focus and experience of managing competing priorities and deadlines;

•    Personal resilience and experience in communicating difficult messages in an honest and straightforward way

•    A commitment to equality, diversity and promotion of a positive and partnership culture.

This Program / Vacancy is closed to applications.