Senior Internal Auditor
Role Overview
Lead high-quality, risk-based audits and provide independent assurance to senior management, the Executive Committee, and the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.
Support a modern, digital-first, insight-led internal audit service using data, technology, and innovative approaches.
The provided role description ends mid-sentence, so later duties and qualifications may be missing.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
Lead high-quality, risk-based audits and provide independent assurance to senior management, the Executive Committee, and the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.
Support a modern, digital-first, insight-led internal audit service using data, technology, and innovative approaches.
The provided role description ends mid-sentence, so later duties and qualifications may be missing.
Contract and salary
- The role is described as permanent; salary is £54,000 plus a competitive benefits package.
- The source states that 35 hours per week is full time and that part-time or flexible patterns may be considered.
Working arrangement
- Hybrid working, with at least four office days across a fortnight under the permanent hybrid policy.
- The stated location is London, Docklands.
Responsibilities
- Lead audits from planning and scoping through fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up, within agreed scope, quality, timeline, and budget.
- Develop risk-based audit terms of reference, programmes, and risk and control matrices.
- Assess controls and produce evidence-based findings and reports; communicate progress and emerging findings to senior stakeholders.
- Lead close-out discussions, agree management actions, monitor completion, challenge delays, and escalate unresolved risks.
- Deliver advisory reviews and investigations while maintaining independence and objectivity.
- Use external, regulatory, and industry insight to identify emerging risks and improvement opportunities.
- Use data analytics, audit technology, and AI-enabled approaches to improve coverage, efficiency, and insight.
- Contribute to governance reporting and improve audit methodology, systems, and ways of working.
Role capabilities
- Use sound judgment, critical thinking, and a sceptical mindset to identify significant issues.
- Translate complex evidence into clear, practical, balanced findings and reports.
- Build relationships and communicate confidently with senior stakeholders.
- The supplied description is truncated before a complete qualifications section is available.
About the organization
The Financial Ombudsman Service is an independent, not-for-profit organization that resolves disputes between consumers or small businesses and financial service providers.
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