Senior Audit Manager (DDaT)
| Posting date: | 27 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £73,142 to £79,550 per year |
| Additional salary information: | London: £77,124 - £84,724 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 March 2026 |
| Location: | Birmingham, Bristol, Bootle, Croydon, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading and Swansea |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Government Internal Audit Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 450515 |
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, partner 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.
About the Role
The post holder will have a strategic leadership and delivery role within the Agency and will be responsible for delivering a high-quality, impactful audit programme within your span of control in accordance with the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) in the UK Public Sector or other relevant professional standards.
The post holder will lead and manage a portfolio of audit delivery, including delivering individual audit engagements from planning through to reporting, providing people management, engagement supervision and oversight to teams delivering individual engagements in a matrix model. The post holder will require a deep understanding of your clients’ operations, key risks, and priorities whilst building strong, productive relationships at all levels and delivering challenging messages with professionalism and clarity.
The post holder will provide DDaT specialism input and insight into the shaping of audit strategies and plans across a portfolio. You will identify key risks and engage stakeholders with credibility and impact, working closely with colleagues including Group Chief Internal Auditors (GCIAs).
This role will play a key role in upholding quality assurance, the Agency’s reputation and strengthening the function including championing the development of a risk-orientated culture.
The post holder will be an experienced, confident and strategic leader, providing portfolio direction and alignment. Adept at fostering a culture of continuous improvement, upholding quality assurance, championing innovation and driving professional development and learning for our people.
The post holder will drive the continuous professional development of our people including effective allocation of audit resource based on skills, capacity, and priorities, to optimise overall Agency delivery. You will work with resource managers to ensure resource is deployed effectively to optimise performance and outcomes.
About You:
• You will have significant experience in effective decision making, successfully planning, managing, and delivering a portfolio of risk-based DDaT internal audits to time, quality and budget including the ability to assess skills and resource gaps in audit service delivery.
• Leading and supporting change at a team and organisational level, adopting a continuous improvement approach which contributes to the wider corporate responsibilities of the organisations.
• Strong strategic thinking skills and an ability to interpret complex, conflicting information and make sound judgements. The ability to build and maintain strong relationships across an organisation at all levels, influencing senior stakeholders to adopt good practice internal control, risk management and governance processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interpret complex audit judgements and deliver insight for senior and specialist audiences.
• Proven track record in successfully leading, managing and developing teams in a matrix management setting either as an engagement supervisor or people manager.
Qualifications
Candidates must hold at least one of the following (or equivalent):
• Chartered Member of The Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland; or
• An equivalent professional qualification in Accountancy - current full member of one of five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland), or CIMA;
OR A recognised IT qualification:
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Information Security Manager
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
• Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT
• Member of the Chartered Institute for Information Technology
For more information about the GIAA, role, salary, benefits, who to contact and how to apply please follow the Apply link.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at GIAArecruitment@GIAA.gov.uk
About the Role
The post holder will have a strategic leadership and delivery role within the Agency and will be responsible for delivering a high-quality, impactful audit programme within your span of control in accordance with the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) in the UK Public Sector or other relevant professional standards.
The post holder will lead and manage a portfolio of audit delivery, including delivering individual audit engagements from planning through to reporting, providing people management, engagement supervision and oversight to teams delivering individual engagements in a matrix model. The post holder will require a deep understanding of your clients’ operations, key risks, and priorities whilst building strong, productive relationships at all levels and delivering challenging messages with professionalism and clarity.
The post holder will provide DDaT specialism input and insight into the shaping of audit strategies and plans across a portfolio. You will identify key risks and engage stakeholders with credibility and impact, working closely with colleagues including Group Chief Internal Auditors (GCIAs).
This role will play a key role in upholding quality assurance, the Agency’s reputation and strengthening the function including championing the development of a risk-orientated culture.
The post holder will be an experienced, confident and strategic leader, providing portfolio direction and alignment. Adept at fostering a culture of continuous improvement, upholding quality assurance, championing innovation and driving professional development and learning for our people.
The post holder will drive the continuous professional development of our people including effective allocation of audit resource based on skills, capacity, and priorities, to optimise overall Agency delivery. You will work with resource managers to ensure resource is deployed effectively to optimise performance and outcomes.
About You:
• You will have significant experience in effective decision making, successfully planning, managing, and delivering a portfolio of risk-based DDaT internal audits to time, quality and budget including the ability to assess skills and resource gaps in audit service delivery.
• Leading and supporting change at a team and organisational level, adopting a continuous improvement approach which contributes to the wider corporate responsibilities of the organisations.
• Strong strategic thinking skills and an ability to interpret complex, conflicting information and make sound judgements. The ability to build and maintain strong relationships across an organisation at all levels, influencing senior stakeholders to adopt good practice internal control, risk management and governance processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interpret complex audit judgements and deliver insight for senior and specialist audiences.
• Proven track record in successfully leading, managing and developing teams in a matrix management setting either as an engagement supervisor or people manager.
Qualifications
Candidates must hold at least one of the following (or equivalent):
• Chartered Member of The Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland; or
• An equivalent professional qualification in Accountancy - current full member of one of five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland), or CIMA;
OR A recognised IT qualification:
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Information Security Manager
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
• Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT
• Member of the Chartered Institute for Information Technology
For more information about the GIAA, role, salary, benefits, who to contact and how to apply please follow the Apply link.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at GIAArecruitment@GIAA.gov.uk
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