Internal Audit Assistant Manager (Principal Consultant)
- Liverpool
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Assisting in the management of a range of clients, including building relationships with senior client contacts. This responsibility includes strategic and operational audit planning and delivery, WIP control, supervision and oversight of the team.
- Assist in preparing Risk Based Internal Audit Strategy for a selection of clients.
- Manage, perform and control more complex internal audit assignments.
- Produces high quality written reports on work undertaken by themselves and effectively supervises to ensure that team members produce reports of a similar standard.
- Represent the Firm in audit matters as required, including attendance at client meetings, Audit Committees and tender presentations.
- Project manages to achieve quality, effectiveness and efficiency when undertaking activities to an agreed timescale and budget.
- Carry out the Quality Assurance review of working papers and draft reports to ensure compliance with the Internal Audit Manual.
- Prepare progress and annual reports for Audit Committees.
- Lead and supervise more junior team members on individual assignments including technical audit guidance and providing training as required.
- Delivers honest and constructive feedback to colleagues on a timely basis which feeds into appraisals as required.
- Build relationships with clients and identify potential additional work opportunities at existing clients.
- Provide assistance with any other duties as required by the Management Team.
- Maintains high professional standards of conduct and practice.
- Applies knowledge of the firm, industry, markets and core client base, highlighting potential business opportunities to line manager.
- Undertakes ad hoc research projects.
- Ensure client data is handled securely in accordance with the Firm's and client's data protection procedures.
- Professionally qualified - eg IIA/ACCA/CCAB, or other specialist
- Proven Internal Audit experience.
- Driving licence (clean) and access to a car.
- Confident and excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Developing presentation skills.
- Builds a small network of contacts internally and externally.
- Service orientated: competent at identifying a range of client needs.
- Able to organise and manage time efficiently and effectively whilst being flexible.
- Effective use of IT including excel, word, powerpoint and outlook.
- Ability to solve problems and develop workable solutions.
- Works effectively as a team member to achieve overall discipline objectives.
- Understands need for continuous learning and considers development of specialist areas of knowledge.
- Ability to lead change with confidence.
- Able to train, coach and develop team members and provide support to other colleagues as required.
- Building commercial awareness.
- The post holder will be expected to travel to the client's sites in their own time, limited where possible to one and a half hours each way.
- Good technical knowledge on both the internal audit process and relevant sector.