Senior Manager, Internal Audit

• Co-develop and maintain internal audit processes in alignment with the Institute of Internal Auditors International Professional Practice Framework, ensuring the organization's audit practices meet professional standards.
• Lead the development and execution of a risk-based audit plan.
• Collaborate with business management to define the scope and objectives for each audit, ensuring comprehensive risk assessments and control evaluations.
• Manage the relationship with outsourced internal audit service providers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality audit services that align with organizational goals.
• Perform quality assurance reviews of audit work papers and reports, ensuring accuracy and alignment with internal audit standards
• Mentor and support the development of internal audit professionals, fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill enhancement within the team.
• Conduct internal reviews of business processes, risk management practices, and control frameworks, either independently or as part of a small team, delivering actionable insights to improve business operations.

• Overseeing assurance reviews of major transformation programmes and change initiatives, providing independent, objective insight into programme governance, risk management, and delivery effectiveness.
• Translating complex programme risks into clear, commercially focused recommendations that influence decision-making at senior levels.
• Working closely with the Group Internal Audit Director and the VP Internal Audit to:

• Oversee the work of Audit Managers and Assistant Managers, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and audit standards.
• Maintain and deliver a risk-based audit plan, incorporating programme risks and concerns raised by management or the Audit & Risk Committee.
• Co-develop assurance scopes in collaboration with business stakeholders, with a focus on transformation and change.
• Manage and oversee co-source providers of IT and programme assurance services.
• Provide quality assurance reviews of audit work papers and reports.
• Prepare reports for the Audit & Risk Committee (six annually), covering audit activity, recommendation status, and control environment quality.
• Mentor and develop audit professionals and secondees within the team.

• Leading the development and execution of assurance programmes that:

• Assess the integrity and reliability of programme governance and reporting.
• Safeguard the company’s strategic initiatives and transformation investments.
• Add value to change delivery and operational resilience.
• Support formal reporting to the Audit & Risk Committee.
• Building strategic relationships across the business, embedding audit as a trusted advisor in transformation and change.
• Using storytelling and data-driven insights to communicate assurance outcomes with clarity and impact.
• Ensuring audit processes comply with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ International Professional Practice Framework.

• Appropriate post-graduate degree qualifications (e.g., ACA, CPA, CIA, CISA) are essential.
• Strong programme assurance experience, ideally gained through internal audit, consulting, or transformation roles and corresponding qualifications desirable.
• Minimum 7 years post-qualifying experience, with

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and change, with an agile mindset and a proactive approach to shifting priorities.
• Experienced in communicating complex risks and assurance outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Previous experience outside the audit profession is desirable. Operational or transformation experience is highly valued.
• Other major languages useful, particularly European languages.

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