# Head of Internal Audit

**Company**: Pret
**Location**: London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We are looking for a Head of Internal Audit to lead a small, high-performing function providing independent assurance over governance, risk management and internal control across a complex, multi-jurisdiction group.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Set a risk-led direction: Develop and maintain a proportionate Internal Audit Strategy and rolling risk-based plan, prioritising principal risks alongside financial, operational and technology risks.

- Deliver assurance on priority risks: Provide assurance that food safety governance, supplier assurance and incident management are effective, using specialist co-source support where needed.

- Strengthen risk management and governance: Oversee and support the development of Pret’s enterprise risk management approach on behalf of the Board.

- Be a trusted, independent adviser: Offer practical advice on risk and control without taking on management responsibility for the controls reviewed.

- Build and lead the function: Shape the operating model, including the balance of in-house and co-sourced capability.

**What Success Looks Like:**

- The Audit Committee receives timely, decision-useful assurance on food safety, franchise and fraud risk.

- Fraud and franchise-compliance issues are identified earlier, and agreed actions are closed on time.

- Internal Audit is seen as independent, credible and commercially relevant.

**Experience and Skills Required:**

- Internal audit experience gained in a complex, multi-site or international organisation, including leadership at Head of Internal Audit level or as a senior deputy ready to step into a first head role.

- A strong track record of designing and delivering risk-based audit plans across financial, operational and technology areas.

- Experience working with Boards, Audit Committees, executive leaders and external auditors.

- Demonstrable experience of enterprise risk management, control improvement and organisational change.

**Benefits:**

- A Gold Card! That means when you’re in the office, your food and drinks are on us. And when you’re not, you get 5 free drinks a day and 50% off everything else

- 33-38 days of annual leave (increasing with service)

- Free private medical aid cover – with the option to add a loved one

- 4-5% pension contribution (increasing with service)

- Life assurance at 3x your annual salary

- Loyalty awards to celebrate every 5 years you’re with us

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## Skills

### Required
- Internal Audit
- Risk Management
- Governance
- Financial Controls
- Operational Controls
- Technology Risk
- Data Analytics

### Nice to have
- Food Safety
- Franchise Compliance
- Fraud Risk Assessment
- Cyber Security
- ESG Risk

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