# Senior Audit Manager

**Company**: Government Internal Audit Agency
**Location**: Birmingham, West Midlands, England; Bootle, Merseyside, North West, England; Bristol, South West, England; London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, London, England; Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England; Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England; Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, England; Reading, Berkshire, South East, England; Swansea, Wales, Wales
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Flexible
**Salary**: GBP 75,695 - 87,681 per year
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is seeking a Senior Audit Manager to join their team. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement, and strategic relationship management skills across government.

The Senior Audit Manager will lead and manage a portfolio of audit delivery, including delivering individual audit engagements from planning through to reporting, providing people management, engagement supervision, and oversight to teams delivering individual engagements in a matrix model, and fulfilling the role of Head of Internal Audit (HIA).

Key Responsibilities:

- Take a strategic leadership and delivery role leading and managing a portfolio of audit delivery from planning through to reporting.

- Shape and drive the implementation of an audit strategy and plan, identifying key risks, and engaging stakeholders with credibility and impact.

- Uphold quality assurance and strengthen the function, including championing the development of a risk-orientated culture.

- Provide portfolio direction and alignment, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and learning.

- Fulfil the role of Head of Internal Audit (HIA) for Arm’s Length Bodies (subject to appropriate opportunities being available).

- Provide leadership and oversight as a People Manager and/or Engagement Manager in a matrix model for a team of auditors across multiple regions.

- Support the GCIA in reporting to audit committees, including the development of audit strategies and plans, progress reporting, and delivering opinions on the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal control.

- Lead the strategic management of client relationships, including regular engagement with senior client management and audit committees.

Requirements:

- Significant experience in effective decision-making, successfully planning, managing, and delivering a portfolio of risk-based internal audits.

- Leading and supporting change at a team and organisational level, adopting a continuous improvement approach.

- Strong strategic thinking skills and an ability to interpret complex, conflicting information and make sound judgements.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interpret complex audit judgements and deliver insight for senior and specialist audiences.

- Proven track record in successfully leading, managing, and developing teams in a matrix management setting.

Benefits:

- Competitive salaries and in-year rewards

- Flexible working

- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

- Discount on big brands

- Volunteering days

- Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes

- Free eyesight tests

- Family-friendly HR policies

- 25 days’ annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years’ service

## Skills

### Required
- Internal Audit
- Risk Management
- Governance
- Leadership
- Stakeholder Engagement

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