Senior Internal Auditor

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom RICS Full time

**Senior Internal Audit Specialist**

**Location**: Birmingham/Hybrid

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Job Purpose**

RICS places significant importance on a responsible approach to risk management and internal audit and reporting to the audit committee on risk management and internal audit.

The Senior Internal Audit Specialist will have a key role in delivering on the internal audit plan, ensuring audit issues are remediated on timely basis and continuous monitoring of key risk areas within organisation. You will provide support on risk management activities as well as on audit committee reporting.

RICS is committed to ensuring the highest standards of financial, HR, operational and programme management. The Senior Internal Audit Specialist will play a key role in ensuring that this commitment is met through the delivery of an agreed programme of internal audit work. This work will focus on ensuring that financial and other control procedures identified in the risk register are being properly implemented, managed and used in the UK and overseas.

RICS is a membership body and there is often a requirement for internal audit to assess strategic and operational risks and associated controls. The post holder is also expected to make major contribution into improving existing and new policies and procedures.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Supporting in the delivery of the internal audit plan, risk and control engagements
- Working closely with key stakeholders to effectively plan and execute internal audit ensuring high-quality workpapers and audit reports are finalised within agreed timelines
- At the conclusion of audits, ensuring audit findings are tracked and monitored for timely closure and validation
- Ensuring factual accuracy is established for all audit findings and accordingly propose recommendations where control weaknesses are identified during audits and agree action plans necessary to implement with the key stakeholders
- Supporting development of Risk Registers and Audit Universe and make sure these are properly maintained
- Owning Continuous Monitoring of key inherent risks
- Maintain and present an annual internal audit plan by reference to the risk management framework to the Head of Audit
- Develop and maintain the Internal Audit methodology and ensure best practices are incorporated
- Providing advice and share knowledge with RICS’ key departments, such as Finance, Procurement, HR and IT on key controls design and operating effectiveness
- Ensuring that issues of internal control are considered during all work and in the development of new policies and procedures
- Performing any other tasks and projects as requested by the Head of Audit

**Person Specification**
- Hands on knowledge of executing end-to-end process of internal audits including planning, testing, landing issues and reporting
- Managing and influencing key internal and external stakeholders
- Written skills for preparing and delivering quality audit reports
- Confident on end-to-end audit process and best practice audit methodology
- Good understanding of the issue validation process and strong project management skills to be able to dynamically execute all stages of audits
- Ability to prioritise and deliver high quality results timely through organisational awareness, effective decision making with sense of ownership
- Independent, proactive, attention to details, team player and good interpersonal / communication skills
- Ability to effectively manage multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines while working both independently and in a team environment
- Highest professional standards, integrity and ethical behaviour

**Education/Qualifications**
- Professional Audit qualification such as IIA/CIA
- Degree-level education
- A relevant professional qualification / membership of one of the major UK accounting bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA) are plus

**Experience**
- Minimum of 5 years audit experience either in professional organisations or professional services firms
- Internal audit experience within international organisations with overseas offices
- Experience gained in risk based auditing

**Essential**
- Ability to identify key risk and related controls/testing to ensure design and operating effectiveness
- Identifying control weaknesses, discussing factual accuracy, and agreeing these observations with stakeholders
- Well versed in preparing well drafted high-quality audit reports and findings and presenting these findings stakeholders

**Skills/Attributes/Knowledge**
- Excellent communication and reporting skills (verbal and in writing)
- Planning and analytical skills, including knowledge of data analytics
- Negotiating and influencing skills
- Proactive, co-operative and supportive team player
- Proven track record of influencing stakeholders, building partnerships, and inspiring commitment with energy and enthusiasm
- Continuously focus on self-development and staying abreast of industry best practices
- Excellent verba

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