Principal Auditor

**Principal Auditor**: Posted on 9 January 2023 Apply
- Directorate BHCC: Governance, People & Resources
- Salary £43516 - £46549
- Contract Permanent

**Location**:
Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove

**Job Summary**:
- Job reference- orbis/TP/726/29880-
- Positions available- 1-
- Working hours- 37-
- Closing date- 30 January 2023-
- Job category- Audit-
- Organisation- Brighton & Hove City Council**Job introduction**:
**Interview date**: Interviews will be undertaken w/c 6th February 2023

**About the role**:
**Are you passionate about developing and delivering a high quality, innovative and value adding internal audit service?**

If so, a role as a Principal Auditor (Counter Fraud) could be for you

We are currently looking for motivated people to join our fantastic, forward-thinking team. We are pleased to offer a **Principal** **Auditor (Counter Fraud)** role within the Counter Fraud Team.

**What skills and qualifications do I need?**

Ideally you will already have or are working towards relevant professional qualifications. However, consideration will be given to those that have considerable audit and investigations experience who may be interested in further professional development. Particularly important for this role is the ability to provide counter fraud investigations in accordance with internal procedures, relevant professional standards and legislation.

You will be able to work both on your own initiative as well as collaboratively. The ability to manage conflicting work priorities and manage assignments to the expected quality and to specified timeframes and budgets is crucial.

We have put together a key skills document that sets out the type of skills necessary to be successful in this role.

**Who are Orbis Internal Audit?**

Orbis Internal Audit is a unique concept, providing Internal Audit and Counter Fraud services across Brighton and Hove City Council, East Sussex County Council and Surrey County Council. We are unique in that the entire team delivers work not only to their own Council but also to other partners, clients and customers, maximising the impact, efficiency and effectiveness of our service and resources. This creates great opportunities for everyone within the service to learn and understand how different organisations work.

Our service is highly respected across our customers and clients, and our focus on agreeing robust actions with our clients further sets us aside from other internal audit providers. We have recently been assessed as achieving the highest level of conformance available against the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards, and the service was deemed ‘Excellent’ in our reflection of the standards and our focus on performance, risk and adding value.

We have a strong reputation for investing in the development of our staff. During the pandemic response, we completely revised our induction process to support a number of new starters. We also invest heavily in developing our own staff and working practices to ensure the service we provide to our clients continues to be of a high quality. This has been reflected in our service previously being shortlisted for the Best Innovation in Training & Development category at the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors Audit and Risk Awards.

We take professional development incredibly seriously. We have a strong history of developing auditors from both inside and outside of the profession, offering support through buddying, mentoring & coaching, on the job training and access to a wide variety of professional and personal development opportunities.

At the time of this advert, everyone within our service is working in a hybrid manner between our office base at Hove Town Hall and at home. Visits to client sites and other locations within the Orbis Partnership will be required at times. You will need to possess the flexibility and skills to support a hybrid induction to the team and to develop effective working relationships with colleagues and clients remotely and in person.

**What’s the remuneration?**

The salary scale for the role is £43,516 - £46,549.

In addition to the salary, we offer excellent work/life balance and each authority offers a number of other benefits, including generous leave allocations and pension schemes, flexible working, access to staff discounts and family-friendly lifestyle benefits.

**How do I apply?**

**Additional information**:
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

For more information about our values and the benef