Internal Audit Manager

BT

  • Birmingham
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 4 days ago
This role can be based in Birmingham or London.Closing Date: 8th Sep 2025Why this role mattersOur Group Internal Audit team helps BT achieve our purpose by shining a light on what works well and where things can be improved - helping us build solid foundations so we can go faster in delivering and achieving our ambitions.This is a hands-on position for a forward-thinking Group Internal Audit manager who will deliver a portfolio of audits across BT Group, using their experience of financial, operational and technology controls to agree practical actions that will help BT to improve.Alongside your audit work, you will have opportunities to work in small teams to deliver continuous improvement initiatives to ensure our team continues to grow - by leveraging data, evolving agile methodologies and reporting strategies etc. This is a great opportunity to make a significant impact on GIA.What you'll be doing
  • Gather business insights from various stakeholders across BT to provide input to Group Internal Audit's annual plan and the scope of individual audits.
  • Deliver end-to-end audits in a risk assessed, timely, and focused manner, utilising data analytics tools where appropriate.
  • Monitor the audit budget to minimise overruns and delays.
  • Track agreed audit actions to ensure implementation is achieved against targets and the remediation is effective.
  • Provide input to the various management fora across BT such as production of papers for quarterly Audit and Risk Committees and other governance committees.
  • Contribute to initiatives underpinning the GIA strategy and objectives.
  • Provide advice, coaching and mentoring to audit team members where appropriate.
  • Initial oversight and first level review of audit work papers prepared by individuals assigned to audit where acting as lead to ensure the work is of good quality and in accordance with the GIA Methodology.
The skills you'll need
  • Professional designation (CIIA, CIA, CIMA, ACCA or ICAEW) or sufficient professional experience of auditing that outweighs the need for this.
  • Experience of auditing in a complex, regulated business.
  • Strong knowledge of controls across finance operations and technology.
  • Experience of working with second line of defence assurance teams to align plans.
Benefits
  • 10% on target bonus​
  • BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%​
  • From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It's for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.​
  • Enhanced women's health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.​
  • 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service​
  • 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues​
  • 2 weeks carer's leave ​
  • World-class training and development opportunities​
  • Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.​
About usBT Group was the world's first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK's most recognised and cherished brands - BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.Over the next two years, we will complete the UK's largest and most successful digital infrastructure project - connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK's best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country's biggest infrastructure companies.Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

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