Principal Auditor

About the role

This is a great opportunity to continue to develop your leadership career in local government, within a forward-thinking and inventive Internal Audit team, working within an innovative and supportive County Council. You will take responsibility for reviewing and evaluating a wide range of organisational functions and services including: finance; social care; major infrastructure projects; high-value contracts; and complex partnership and joint working arrangements including the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and NHS partners. The Internal Audit team also provides advice and consultancy services across the Council, with the aim of adding value and improving organisational governance, risk management and control. At Cambridgeshire County Council, Internal Audit has a pivotal role in helping the organisation manage risks and is a positive catalyst for change.

The team is based at our newly constructed civic headquarters at New Shire Hall in Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, and operates a hybrid/flexible working policy. There is the opportunity to work remotely as well as from our central base at New Shire Hall, and some travel is likely to be required to other Cambridgeshire offices and schools.

What will you be doing?
As a Principal Auditor, you will have responsibility for managing delivery of your own varied portfolio of work, which in addition to audit reviews may include fraud investigations, contract reviews and project management. Our supportive team environment will ensure that you can develop your skills across all areas of audit through working closely with experienced colleagues.

Your work will provide assurance on the effectiveness of the organisation’s risk management, governance, policy and internal control processes, and you will work closely with senior management to agree far-reaching improvements and innovations based on your own ideas and recommendations. This role also includes the opportunity to line manage trainees and work as part of a tight-knit management team to enhance your skills in supervising, training and developing staff.

About you
Successful applicants will be team players and great communicators, with the desire to think innovatively and strategically about how to improve the way systems and services work, challenge current processes, and work closely with senior management and key stakeholders across the organisation. Relevant qualifications, such as CCAB accountancy or Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors qualifications, are desirable for this role.

**Please note: Applicants are requested to submit a C.V. and a supporting statement. When writing the personal statement, you should refer to the Person Specification and give specific examples to demonstrate how you meet the criteria.**

About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits

This role includes 28 days paid annual leave per annum plus bank holidays, with additional leave increments for continuous service and the option to purchase additional leave.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme