Senior Internal Audit Manager
12 hours ago
Leeds
Job Description This is a rare opportunity to join a fast growing Internal Audit function at a pivotal moment. As part of the Audit Leadership Team, you’ll have real influence, hands on responsibility, and the chance to help shape the future of the function. It offers a senior leadership role in a compact, high impact team where you will steer how the function evolves, own strategic initiatives such as GRC implementation and QA enhancements, and lead a hands on pod model that enables coaching, development, and visible results. If you’re a self starter who enjoys building capability, being close to the business, and thriving in a high change environment, this is a role with genuine long term potential. About the Role: We are looking for a Senior Audit Manager to lead one of our audit pods and play a central role in delivering a high quality, risk based audit plan. You will drive improvement across the control environment, strengthen risk management, and contribute to the evolution of our methodology, technology, and ways of working as the function continues to grow. Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, you will work closely with senior stakeholders across the business and help enhance combined assurance, insight, and the maturity of our Internal Audit capability. What You’ll Do: Lead and deliver audits • Oversee the full audit lifecycle, from scoping and fieldwork to reporting and action tracking., • Produce clear, concise audit reports that influence decision making and lead to tangible improvement., • Apply and enhance our methodology, ensuring quality, consistency, and timely delivery., • Line manage and coach a small team of auditors, building technical and professional skills., • Partner with the Head of Internal Audit and fellow Senior Audit Manager to refine methodology, QA, MI, and reporting., • Support major strategic initiatives, including the design and implementation of a new GRC platform and readiness for EQAR., • Build strong, influential relationships across the business., • Communicate results with clarity and confidence, and ensure timely remediation., • Monitor emerging risks and regulatory expectations, including Consumer Duty., • Strong Internal Audit experience in Financial Services., • Proven ability to lead audits and guide the work of more junior auditors., • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills., • Sound judgement, commercial awareness, and an ability to present complex issues simply., • Investment platform operations, CASS, trading and dealing, customer journeys, or FCA regulation., • Technology and data risk, cyber security, data governance, analytics, AI, or GRC systems., • Competitive starting salary, • Starting holiday entitlement of 27, increasing up to 31 days with length of service and a holiday buy and sell scheme, • A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 8%, • Discretionary bonus scheme, • Annual free share awards scheme, • Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme, • Health Cash Plan – provided by Simply Health, • Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan, • Free gym, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Bike loan scheme, • Sick pay+ pledge, • Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave, • Loans for travel season tickets, • Death in service scheme, • Paid time off for volunteer work, • Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice, • Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more, • Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops, • Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches, • Casual dress code