Principal Auditor
| Posting date: | 18 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 January 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, M1 3BG |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75773952 |
Summary
Are you passionate about making a real difference through robust assurance and governance? At TfGM, we’re committed to delivering a transport network that works for everyone, and our Internal Audit team plays a vital role in achieving that. We’re looking for a Principal Auditor to join our high-performing team and help us provide independent, objective assurance that supports better decision-making and drives continuous improvement. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and want to use your expertise to influence positive change, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Your Role
Responsible for planning, performing and reporting on a range of audits and other assurance activities, the role of Principal Auditor makes a key contribution to the delivery of the internal audit plan and provision of assurance to the management and members of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee.
In your role you will:
- Obtain a clear understanding of the business areas being audited and their link to TfGM’s Strategic Objectives, the systems and process used and the regulatory environment to ensure that key strategic and operational risks are understood and that controls are in place to operating effectively to manage risks;
- Deliver the planning and fieldwork phases of audit engagements;
- Clearly document the results of audit and other assurance work performed and draft a variety of audit reports for review by the Audit Manager;
- Agree actions with management to address any audit findings; and
- Monitor progress against the completion of audit actions
For more info see Job Profile below.
Who are we?
As part of the wider Audit, Risk and Assurance team, Internal Audit delivers a risk-based internal audit plan and reports to the TfGM Board and Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee. Internal Audit is really well regarded within TfGM and is very much seen as a value-adding service, providing independent, objective and professional assurance and advice to management and to the Board.
A rare opportunity has now arisen to join our high performing team. The Principal Auditor role will provide an excellent opportunity for applying and enhancing your existing internal audit knowledge and skills in a rapidly changing environment whilst making a significant contribution to delivering improvements across TfGM’s business in support of the development of the emerging Bee Network.
What you’ll bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.
To be successful in this role you have extensive experience in delivering internal audit services in a complex environment. You will have a track record of delivering within deadlines and possess excellent oral and written communication skills to deliver the results of your work clearly and succinctly.
You will also have a substantial understanding of internal audit principles, practices and standards and be proactive in keeping up to date with emerging changes.
What we can offer you
This is a permanent salary, with a salary of £47,539 - £52,866
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.
Our benefits include:
- Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
- Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
- Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
- Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
- Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website
What's next?
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within your supporting statement
TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.
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