Trainee Internal Auditor

**Why join us?**

We have a strong and positive culture, led by its values ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Equality’ and our core purpose of ‘enabling mission and providing resource to help the work of The Salvation Army’

Our colleague benefits include:

- Incremental holiday scheme starting at 25 days + bank holidays
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Company wellbeing commitment
- Excellent pension - with the company doubling up to 6% of employee contributions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Fantastic communications, wellbeing & benefits platform
- Personal development opportunities
- Living Wage Foundation - SATCoL has committed to aligning our pay rates with those published by the Living Wage Foundation
- Enhanced sick pay, maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- 25% discount at our shops plus access to 100s of online and shop discounts

**The role**:
We are looking for a dynamic, self-motivated professional with excellent attention to detail to join our expanding auditing team. You will conduct audits on all aspects of the business, to assist the organisation in ensuring its risk management, governance an internal control processes are operating effectively. Initially focussing on developing the transparency reporting framework for our clothing collection business.

At SATCoL we value our colleagues and aim to develop their skills where possible. Therefore we aim to deliver training to the role holder through the completing a Level 4 Internal Audit Practitioner Apprenticeship, if required.

The role will be based at our Wellingborough Support Centre with travel and overnight stays required, including overseas stays. Hybrid working may be available following completion of a successful probation period.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Carry out code of conduct assignments which includes compliance checks within labour, Health & Safety, environmental and transport laws. Overseas travel and overnight stays will be necessary. Expected overseas travel will be an average of twice per month
- Compliance checks within SATCoL, ensuring policies and procedures are effective and are being followed and that resources are being used efficiently
- Analysis of quarterly transparency reports, recording, reviewing and interpreting data and information and production of quarterly reports
- Ensure ethical working practices and environmentally sound management practices for têxtiles and non-têxtiles are being followed
- Other audits of internal business processes
- Good at building collaborative relationships
- Data analytical skills
- Integrity
- Attention to detail
- Self-motivated
- Inquisitive nature and investigative skills
- A good communicator
- Determined and able to challenge in a positive way

**Desirable skills and qualifications**
- High level of efficiency and accuracy
- IT skills; experienced user of spreadsheets and data input reports
- Good knowledge of all Microsoft packages
- Exceptional research, planning, problem-solving, critical thinking, and maths skills
- Excellent presentation, collaboration, and verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work on own or part of a team
- Sensitive to the aims and ethos of The Salvation Army

**Please be aware that this advert may close sooner than the closing date in extreme circumstances