Senior Internal Auditor

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time.

In-House Title:  Senior Auditor

DEPARTMENT: Audit & Assurance, Quality Risk and Assurance, BBC Chief Operating Group

LOCATION: London or Birmingham. Hybrid working with a minimum requirement of two days per week in the office (please note this is the current requirement, and may change in future)

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £55,000 - £60,000 (plus LW £5,441pa) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Join a high-performing Audit and Assurance team at the heart of the BBC. We deliver impactful audits that shape the organisation and focus on the BBC's most significant risks. Highly regarded across the Group, our work drives strategic decisions and supports continuous improvement. If you're passionate about making a difference, influencing change, and working where your insights matter, this is your opportunity to be part of a team that truly makes an impact.

BBC Audit and Assurance sits within BBC's Quality, Risk & Assurance division which aims to keep the BBC safe, secure and well run.

The Senior Auditor, working in collaboration with an Audit Manager and the relevant Head of Audit, plays a pivotal role in delivering recognised excellence through the provision of independent and impartial advice and assurance on business risks and controls. They will also hold specific responsibility for supporting activities related to the UK Corporate Governance Code Provision 29, as well as other compliance-related controls testing.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Do you want to join a team where your work truly makes a difference? At the BBC, our Audit and Assurance team thrives on a great team culture, where collaboration, support, and innovation are at the core. No two days are the same as we tackle the BBC's biggest risks and help shape its future. It's a fantastic place to work—diverse, dynamic, and driven by purpose—within a world-renowned organisation that values integrity, impact, and continuous improvement.

Our Audit and Assurance team ensures that the BBC's strategic and operational risks are understood and effectively managed. Its remit is the entire BBC Group, including commercial subsidiaries and overseas locations. Audit and Assurance, via the Director of Audit and Assurance, maintains an independent reporting line to the BBC Audit and Risk Committee.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT: 

As Senior Auditor, you will:

• Prepare detailed audit testing plans that focus on key risks. This will involve gathering information by meeting people at all levels across the BBC.
• Carry out rigorous audit testing, flexing work plans in response to findings and emerging risks.
• Acknowledge issues, impacts, root causes and recommendations with management throughout the course of audit assignments.
• Act as an advocate for internal control, sharing expertise within the team and encouraging best practice behaviours across the business.
• Write clear, concise, robust and balanced audit reports.
• Maintain knowledge of the BBC strategy, external and organisational risk environment and business changes to help inform audit approach and activity.
• Support on departmental systems and reporting for the Audit and Assurance function, including Audit and Risk Committee reporting and action follow up.
• Provide dedicated controls assurance support, including activities related to Provision 29 testing and other specific compliance-related controls testing

• Successful applicants will be fully qualified with at least one of the following professional qualifications, with a preference for Chartered Accountancy qualifications:
  • Qualified Accountant through a recognised professional body (e.g. CA, ACA, ACCA, ACMA)
  • Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (UK)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor
• Ability to negotiate and work alongside a range of contacts including senior management and the motivation and energy to actively promote control improvements.
• Proven recent internal auditing experience.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and in writing, and proven ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
• Demonstrates the ability to assess controls with technical depth across financial, operational, compliance, and reporting domains.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED: 

• Understanding of when and how to apply data analytics to enhance audit effectiveness.
• Experience working in a complex, multi-entity organisation or within a regulated environment.
• Familiarity with the UK Corporate Governance Code and its implications for internal controls and assurance.
• Ability to adapt audit approaches in response to emerging risks or organisational change.
• Strong awareness of current trends and developments in internal audit, risk management, and compliance.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer. 

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