Senior Audit Manager - Head of Grants Specialism

Senior Audit Manager – Head of Grants Specialism

• Salary: £67,173 - £73,059
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Working Pattern: This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.
• Location: We will consider applications from people able to access the following offices: Birmingham, Blackpool, Bootle, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Swansea.

About the Team

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) provides internal audit services and support for the UK government. Our customers include all ministerial departments and many non-ministerial departments, agencies and public bodies.

At GIAA we are inspired by innovation, we are forward looking, and we work together to embed new ideas, ways of working, and technologies to keep our thinking and work fresh, modern, and effective.

We have recently been nominated as a top 5 winner in the Government Category for the 2023 Inspiring Workplaces Awards and for ‘Outstanding Team’ and ‘Inspirational Leader’ at the IIA Audit and Risk Awards.

About the Job

In this role, you will:

• Work closely with the Cabinet Office Government Grants Management Function to ensure grant risk, controls and assurance requirements are accurately reflected in the Grants Functional Standard and help shape guidance to support future grant making.
• Provide assurance and advice to grant making organisations across government to facilitate their compliance with the key principles and minimum requirements that underpin the Grants Functional Standard.
• Through input to the cross government ‘Complex Grants Advisory Panel’, provide advisory input to departments / ALBs on all matters relating to risk, controls and assurance relating to grant making.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with the government wide grant making community to continue to position and embed GIAA as a provider of grants assurance and advisory services which support the optimisation of taxpayer value and public service delivery.

About You

In this role you will have a detailed understanding of the government’s grants control framework through which it delivers its manifesto commitments. You will have experience of providing advice to a cross-government customer base on matters relating to risk, controls and assurance in order to ensure compliance with the key principles and minimum requirements that underpin the Grants Functional Standard. You’ll also have experience of delivering a complex programme of assurance work and being able to effectively manage the needs and expectations of a broad customer base, having strong networking and influencing capabilities.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and we welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly, for example, part-time, term time or job share.

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.

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 30th June 2024