Senior Internal Auditor
| Posting date: | 24 October 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £42,917 to £49,133 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 November 2024 |
| Location: | Thurrock, Essex, RM17 6SL |
| Company: | Thurrock Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2010_1729787198 |
Summary
Salary: £42,917 - £49,133 per annum (pro rata - only if part time)
Grade: F
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: F/T 37 Hours per Week
Location: Hybrid / flexible working
We are delighted to be recruiting for a Senior Auditor to join our Internal Audit, Risk and Insurance Team.
We are looking for someone who is qualified and experienced, who maintains a resilient and positive growth mind-set at all times.
You will be a strong team player, with excellent supervisory and mentoring skills, and will be a great role model to our junior colleagues.
You will have significant experience of conducting a diverse range of both risk-based internal audits and consultancy reviews, ideally within the public sector.
You will have experience of contributing towards the creation and review of the rolling risk-based Internal Audit plan.
You will lead by example, be an inspirational role model to others and have strong communication and inter-personnel skills.
You will be joining a team where health, well-being and flexibility is at the core of how we operate.
You will have a passion for and experience of contributing towards our ambition of building a cohesive and effective Internal Audit team, which is compliant with the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (2017) + Global Internal Audit Standards (2024).
You will be highly effective at building professional and constructive relationships with key stakeholders, with a key focus on collaboration, adding value and supporting services and Thurrock Council through its journey of improvement.
Talent management is a top priority so there is full commitment to encouraging and supporting continual professional development.
The Senior Auditor role will be the subject of a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Enquiries about the Senior Auditor role should be emailed
KEY REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROLE
Key Skills
- The ability to manage competing priorities and challenging deadlines
- Working autonomously and with minimal supervision
- Planning and organise tasks and workload
- Ability to analyse and understand complex information / data
- Excellent team working
- Ability to supervise and mentor junior / new colleagues
- Effective and confident communication skills (written and verbal)
- Excellent numeracy and English literacy skills
Qualifications
- A recognised professional Internal Audit qualification
Knowledge and Experience
- Public sector / local government
- Proven experience of delivering a wide range of audit engagements and consultancy reviews, on time, budget and to the required quality
- Experience of following an Agile Auditing methodology
- Data analytics
- Public Sector Internal Audit Standards + Global Internal Audit Standards
- Experience of leading, mentoring, supervising and training junior colleagues
- Experience of building and maintaining effective and constructive relationships with colleagues, clients and Members
Personal Attributes
- Flexibility
- Reflective
- Approachable / personable
- Strong inter-personnel skills and emotional intelligence
- Positive and can-do attitude
- Trustworthy
- Diplomatic
- High level of integrity
- Commitment to continuous professional development and self-improvement
- Understanding of and commitment to the principles of equality and diversity and compliance with Thurrock Council's policies
- Ability to travel to external sites / meetings as required
Application Deadlines:
- Redeployment Only: Sunday 31st October 2024
- Internal & External: Sunday 17th November 2024
Interviews will be held: Week commencing 2nd December 2024
To view the Job Profile and Person Specification please follow the link below:
Download JD
If you encounter an error message when opening the Job Profile link please refresh the error page