Internal Audit Assistant Manager
Role Overview
Full-time hybrid Internal Audit Assistant Manager role based at the Kings Hill office, with two office days and three work-from-home days per week.
Reports to the Group Internal Audit Manager and delivers risk-based audits across healthcare, support, and corporate functions.
The role offers exposure to senior leadership and progression toward Internal Audit Management.
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Role overview
Full-time hybrid Internal Audit Assistant Manager role based at the Kings Hill office, with two office days and three work-from-home days per week.
Reports to the Group Internal Audit Manager and delivers risk-based audits across healthcare, support, and corporate functions.
The role offers exposure to senior leadership and progression toward Internal Audit Management.
Audit planning and delivery
- Evaluate financial, operational, and compliance controls; identify weaknesses, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
- Produce clear, practical, value-adding audit reports.
- Lead reviews of revenue and occupancy assurance, payroll controls, agency staffing expenditure, IT governance and cybersecurity, estates and facilities, procurement, supplier governance, financial reporting, and business controls.
- Review occupancy and bed utilisation, funding and contract compliance, revenue recognition, billing completeness, and leakage prevention.
- Review payroll processing, starters and leavers, contractual changes, overtime and enhanced payments, reconciliations, segregation of duties, and access controls.
- Review agency bookings, rate-card compliance, vendor governance, and validation of agency hours and invoices.
- Audit user access, privileged accounts, change management, business continuity, disaster recovery, and third-party IT suppliers.
- Review capital expenditure governance, asset management, and inventory controls.
- Support audit methodology and data analytics development, technology-enabled auditing, investigations, ad hoc reviews, and integration audits.
Requirements
- Significant experience in Internal Audit, External Audit, Risk, or Finance, including independently leading audit assignments.
- Strong understanding of financial controls and risk management.
- Strong report writing, stakeholder management, analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Willingness to travel to services across the UK.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting software.
- Strong organisation and time management, effective prioritisation, and good communication and teamwork skills.
Compensation and benefits
- Salary is £45,000–£50,000 per year.
- Benefits include a pension scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, employee discounts, reflective practice, and CPD support.
Additional information
- Successful candidates will undergo an enhanced DBS check.
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