Job Description

Our Senior Audit Managers are integral to the leadership of the Agency and have a role beyond delivery of audit services to support the ongoing development of our services, staff and customer approach.
You will lead a team which may vary in size over time, with responsibility for a range of audits and assignments. Work can be highly sophisticated and high profile, with considerable partner liaison.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Effectively engaging with senior partners to support the identification and management of key risks and promote effective governance
• Delivering the Audit Plans in line with quality, time, and budget requirements, supporting robust assurance, opinions and other agreed partner requirements
• Leading on high risk or sophisticated audit assignments
• Delivering robust, evidence-based, independent assurance opinions to clients and Audit Committees in accordance with the agreed timetables.
• Ensuring your team are compliant with professional standards and compliance with GIAA's new single audit methodology and audit management software.

Leading on managing, recognizing and rewarding good performance; promote personal and professional development, nurturing and managing talent. Acting promptly on feedback and issues, and promoting equality and diversity.
We offer support in maintaining and building your professional career through technical training, coaching and development opportunities and you will be entitled to a formidable range of benefits from generous pension provision, embracing of flexible work patterns, diversity and security.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and in-year rewards
• Flexible working
• Civil Service Pension
• Discount on big brands
• Volunteering days
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free eyesight tests
• Family-friendly HR policies
• 25 days' annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years' service.
• Geographically based Agency

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Candidates will need to demonstrate full current membership of a recognized professional accountancy / audit body below: Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland must hold the chartered auditor/CMIIA designation or the MIIA designation where you are qualified under the previous exam route and did not apply to make this chartered Accountancy, fully qualified, current member of one of five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland or CIMA). With access to high profile work, you will work alongside key decision makers, audit specialists and private sector contractors within the Agency, challenging and developing your skills as well as ensuring we meet our customer expectations. The impact of this role is at the CEO level and it has wide-reaching and long-term impacts on governance, risk management, control and assurance arrangements.