Senior Auditor

Job Details:

Job Reference: HCC619627

Salary Range: £39,382 - £43,679 per annum 

Work Location: Hybrid Working

Hours per week: 37 (part-time or term-time hours will be considered)

Contract Type: Permanent 

Closing Date: 19 January 2025

Interview Date: w/c 27 January 2025

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual looking for an opportunity to develop your career in internal audit? If so, this could be the role for you.

About Us:

The Southern Internal Audit Partnership (SIAP) provide internal audit and consultancy services to a wide and growing portfolio of public sector partners and clients in the South of England. We pride ourselves on delivering an innovative, customer focused service aligned to the business needs of our clients and to achieving improved outcomes.

This is supported through our External Quality Assessment conducted by the IIA that confirmed our compliance against all aspects of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS.)

SIAP offers a range of progression paths. Through continued support and developmental opportunities, you will be able to progress in your Audit career.

The Role:

In joining the team, you will be responsible for the delivery of assignments using a risk based audit approach across a portfolio of clients. You will work closely with both internal audit and client managers to establish potential risks and their corresponding control mechanisms; evaluate your findings and report the outcomes to the client.

As a Senior Auditor, as a minimum you will be a qualified Internal Audit Practitioner (or equivalent relevant qualification (Level 4) with significant experience. You will have significant experience and a good understanding of the risk based approach to internal audit to enable you to assess controls, devise testing strategies and prepare reports to a high standard. You will also demonstrate success at managing and controlling audits to professional and quality standards and within budgeted deadlines.

To maintain a healthy work/life balance you will have the flexibility to work from home or from the office (whilst meeting business needs) in the delivery of your portfolio of work. We also offer part time opportunities and operate flexi time to allow employees the opportunity for a flexible approach to their working hours.

Your Skills:

You will be eager to learn, determined and adaptable and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills – both oral and written. With the ability to absorb information quickly, you will also be able to identify and analyse problems in a logical and effective way. Above all, you will share our passion to support our partners and clients to ensure they have effective risk management, governance and control mechanisms in place.

The Offer:

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment, flexible working opportunities, an excellent work/life balance, a strong emphasis on training and development, professional challenge and variety and a central and well-connected Head Office location in the heart of the city of Winchester.

We offer a generous benefits package, including access to the local government pension scheme, substantial annual leave entitlement, flexible working and more.

We can offer great flexible working options for this role as we have invested heavily in various technologies to support ongoing remote working options.

Additional Information:

Senior Auditor Job Description and Person Specification

Vetting Requirements:

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check and Non-Police Personnel Vetting. Further information about this process will be provided to successful candidates.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership on 07784 265314 or Neil Pitman, Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership on 07719 417233.