The Senior Audit Manager will support the Head of Audit by designing, driving and delivering a portfolio of high quality risk-based audit services across the business. You'll provide independent opinions and assurance on the strength of the control framework and the effectiveness of business risk management.

• Conduct annual risk assessment and half year refresh, across areas of the audit universe agreed with the HoA in line with Internal Audit approach and collaborate with HoA in development and updating of the annual audit plan for those areas
• Execute the risk-based audit plan as allocated by the HoA on time and to agreed budgets, ensuring Terms of Reference focus audit activity on areas of most significant business risk
• Identify where technology such as data analytics, process mining or machine learning can be used to improve the insight and or efficiency from audit work and plan and lead the execution of this work where applicable
• Communicate audit results to responsible management and agree commercially viable audit recommendations and business actions to address areas of risk and failures in the control framework
• Develop and execute liaison plan with key internal and external stakeholders relationship, to communicate relevant audit results
• Provide input to Group Audit Committee, Executive Management, relevant business division Boards and Risk & Compliance Committees, on significant areas of concern and the remedial actions required to mitigate risk to the Group.

Qualifications:

• Professional auditing, accounting or actuarial qualification (CIIA, ACA, ACCA,) or equivalent business experience (essential)

Knowledge:

• Internal Audit Standards, Financial Services Code and broader principles and practices.
• Group Internal Audit methodology
• Risk management principles and practices including Conduct and Prudential Regulatory Risk
• Corporate Governance practices and frameworks.

Experience:

• Extensive experience supporting the overall capabilities of the divisional audit team.

Leadership: 

• Directing and delivering a programme of audits, leading technical or complex reviews and providing overall quality control.

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 30 days' holiday, an annual supplement for private medical insurance, performance related bonuses, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, as well as a cash car allowance scheme. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.