Group Chief Internal Auditor Flexible Deployment

Group Chief Internal Auditor (Flexible Deployment)

Salary: £75,000 - £95,000 Locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Bootle, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Swansea Contract Type: Permanent Working Pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working About Us

We are an executive agency of His Majesty’s Treasury (HM Treasury), established in April 2015 to improve the quality of internal audit provided to central government.

We lead both the Government Internal Audit Profession and the Government Internal Audit Function.

Our workforce brings with it a unique depth of experience gained in a wide range of government departments, related bodies and other sectors.

This enables us to offer a high-quality service based on cross-government insight and a strong understanding of our customers’ business.

In GIAA, we aim to be a great place to work and to ensure that we have the capability and capacity to make even more of a significant contribution to achieving A Brilliant Civil Service over the coming years.

Our initial focus was on becoming “a single audit practice”. We are now focused on taking GIAA to the next level so we can provide better insights and better outcomes for government.

About the Role

This is a significant career opportunity to join a fast paced and maturing organisation.

The successful candidate will own responsibility for the Internal Audit service for one of our customers. This role is being advertised on a flexible deployment basis and the final portfolio will be allocated upon commencement.

We are looking for a high performing internal auditor with relevant experience of delivering a high-quality internal audit and assurance services in a high profile complex environment. The role also requires someone who can influence at senior levels, whilst demonstrating the ability to offer sound advice and respond quickly to fast moving priorities

Group Chief Internal Auditor responsibilities:

• Providing the Permanent Secretary, Accounting Officers, and client Audit Committees, with reliable, evidence based, independent opinions on risk management, control and governance.
• Directing activity to develop and implement an Internal Audit Plan which reflects the priorities of the customer.
• Managing resources to enable effective delivery.
• Securing agreement to Internal Audit’s plans, with the Permanent Secretary, Accounting Officers and customer Audit Committees.
• Delivering plans to time, budget and quality standards in order to support year-end assurances and other agreed stakeholder requirements.
• Supporting senior stakeholders in the identification and management of key risks.

As a senior member of the leadership team of GIAA, the post holder will also be responsible for:

• Inspiring and leading a team of professional auditors to deliver the highest quality service to one of our most significant customers.
• Collectively organising both individual and thematic reviews sufficient to provide annual assurance to individual Accounting Officers.
• Actively engaging with the agendas of client organisations, maintaining awareness of changing risk profiles and appetites, and adjusting audit programmes in response to these as appropriate.
• Working with the wider internal audit community in enhancing the service across Whitehall.
• Supporting the CEO in building the capability of the internal audit function to deliver a strong, value-added service to all clients, a focus on strategic risks, and develop new leaders with the capability to develop the profession in the future.

About You

While in post, the successful candidate will be expected to perform well across the full range of Senior Civil Service behaviours set out in the Success Profile framework and demonstrate commitment to the Civil Service values. The criteria for the purpose of selection are:

• Highly developed leadership skills, with proven ability to build and inspire a team, develop capability, and create an engaged and motivated workforce.
• A successful track record of influencing with a range of senior stakeholders to adopt good practice, internal controls and risk management processes in large, complex organisations.
• Credible operational experience at senior levels with the ability to lead and embed cultural change.
• Outstanding ability to communicate (both oral and written), and work effectively, with a wide range of peers, partners and senior colleagues, combined with the ability to respond quickly to fast moving priorities.
• Strong analytical capability combined with the ability to be able to communicate complex positions clearly.
• Experience of developing and delivering a risk-based Internal Audit programme.

Benefits of working for the Government Internal Audit Agency

• Competitive salaries and in year rewards
• Flexible working
• Competitive contributory pension scheme with employer contributions starting from 26.6%.
• Discounts on big brands and supermarkets, online shops and on the high street.
• Paid volunteering days
• Season ticket loans/Cycle to work scheme
• Free eyesight test
• Family friendly HR policies
• 25 days annual leave, increasing one day each year to 30 days after 5 years’ service

For more information about the GIAA, role, salary, benefits, who to contact and how to apply please follow the Apply link.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team.